Kaizo recruits new Associate Director

Kaizo, the independent PR and Digital agency, has recruited Melanie Diamond as a new Associate Director to support its growing nutrition and science portfolio.

Melanie joins from the SPA Way, where she was an Associate Director and had spent the last eight years delivering campaigns for a range of consumer and business brands. Her experience includes working on high profile campaigns for John Lewis and BAA Commercial as well as heading the agency’s education division with organisations including Montessori and Oxford Brookes University.

Rhodri Harries, Managing Director of Kaizo, said: “Mel is an excellent addition to our senior team. She brings with her a wealth of media relations and campaigning experience which complements our established integrated social media and traditional PR offer. She will be playing a key role across some of our major nutrition and science clients, establishing further education credentials, and also making a significant impact on other clients across our business.”

Kaizo’s clients in nutrition and science include, amongst others: Unilever’s Flora/ Becel and Elsevier, the world’s largest science publisher. Previous clients in this area include Nestle, Wholegrain Foods, Del Monte and the Dairy Council.

Recent news at Kaizo includes the promotion of Stephanie MacLeod to Board Director and new client wins and projects with CA Technologies, CitizenCard, Fusion Garage (developers of the joojoo), business price comparison site Make it Cheaper and the European Science Federation.