Webgains Appoints Three New Staff for UK Office

Webgains, a division of ad pepper media International N.V and one of the fastest growing affiliate marketing networks in Europe, today announces the appointment of three new employees to the UK sales and account management teams.  

Nicky March joined Webgains on the 1st April as account manager for the travel, health & food and drink sectors.

Nicky will handle all account management, sector strategy & innovation across all three sectors, building on many years affiliate industry experience. Well-known Merchants within these key sectors include the likes of Go America, Green & Blacks, Tesco eDiets, Cadbury’s Gifts Direct and Vitabiotics.

Nicky has over 7 years of affiliate marketing experience. Her last role was at Search Logic and prior to that she managed the pan-European campaign for KLM at Media Contacts, where she was online marketing account manager. She has also worked in an account management capacity at rival networks Affiliate Window, as well as the Online Media Group (OMG). At OMG she managed the following key accounts - Norwich Union, Freedom Finance, OneAccount, Virgin Money and MBNA.

Sophia Zydenbos, will take up the position of account manager for the fashion sector on the 10th May.

Sophia’s remit will include managing and growing accounts across 24 apparel, shoe, lingerie and accessory brands, such as Viyella, D & A Designer Sunglasses, Urban Retro & British Van Heusen.

Previously, Sophia worked at Munich-based online marketing agency 3GNet GmbH (www.3gnet.de) as international affiliate manager for two years. Sophia has a wealth of SEO/ SEM knowledge and excellent international campaign management experience, having worked on affiliate campaigns across the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium & the UK.

Annabel Holloway, joined the UK team on the 20th March as a sales executive.

Annabel will join a growing sales team and will help add new merchants to the existing Webgains portfolio. Headed by Derek Grant, the sales team over the last three years has grown the network to 225 live merchants, which include the likes of Sainsbury’s, Maplin, Viking, Cloggs, Readers Digest & Yesloans.

Annabel’s earlier career included working as a retail sales advisor for the House of Fraser, John Lewis & Beals.

Robert Glasgow, Managing Director of Webgains said, "I am delighted to welcome Nicky, Sophia and Annabel to the UK team. Our biggest USP is our customer service, exemplified by the outstanding reputations of our head of account management, Ryan Gilbert, and senior account manager, Hero Grigoraki, Nicky, Sophia and Annabel have been carefully selected because they embody this spirit and I look forward to celebrating their achievements going forward”

About Webgains

Founded in 2004, Webgains is one of the leading European affiliate marketing networks, providing a highly effective combination of user-friendly technology together with world-class client account management. With offices in UK, Spain, France, Germany, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands, Webgains is the fastest growing affiliate network in Europe facilitating trans-national transactions for the benefit of both our affiliates and merchants. Webgains is part of ad pepper Media N.V., the pan-European online marketing specialists.

For further information contact:

Sheema Luca, International Marketing Director
Tel: +44 (0)207 269 1228; Email: sheema@webgains.com