Jess Maunder joins as Kinase continues to build leadership team

Jess Maunder, former advertising consultancy director at Merkle, has joined Kinase in the new role of Consultancy Director. Jess will focus on driving consultancy and programmatic at Kinase, building up new teams and services. As one of the founding members of the programmatic team at Merkle (formerly Periscopix) in 2013, Jess supported the successful growth of the department which was awarded ‘Best Digital Trading Team’ by the Drum. Having also enjoyed a stint at Jellyfish, she joins with plenty of experience and fresh ideas.

On the appointment, Jess said, “Kinase stood out as one to watch - an agency with a collaborative culture, while implementing innovative strategies and developing all the time. There’s huge potential for growth.”

Kinase co-founder Richard Brooks said, “I am thrilled that Jess has chosen to join us. She brings her understanding of consultancy from exceptional work at Merkle to really strengthen and expand Kinase’s core services.”

Kinase’s fast growth - more than doubling in size over the past year - should be further accelerated as Jess joins two other recent milestone hires, Dylan Wanigasekera as the new Head of Business Development, and Richard Eccles as Senior Commercial Director.