Comms consultancy expands with seven new appointments

Communications consultancy, Liquid, has strengthened its Birmingham team with seven new appointments across its PR, digital, design and food teams.

The hires include development chef Olivier Briault, digital designers, Irene Eliseeva and Daniel O 'Gorman, junior account executives, Antonia Hall, Hannah Ashley and Tom Dellow, and junior digital marketing executive, Ellie Jeffrey.

Olivier Briault, an award-winning Parisian trained pastry development chef, will lead the agency 's growing food offering, working with a range of clients on product development, recipe creation, and photography and videography.

Holding a rich background in the food industry Olivier has formerly worked at some of Birmingham 's finest restaurants including The Edgbaston, Simpsons and Opus alongside Liquid 's chief operating officer and chef director, David Colcombe.

Digital designer Daniel O 'Gorman joins the agency from DB Consulting Group in Malta where he completed an internship in Graphic Design working for clients including IT company, Agilis, and boutique hotel, Palazzo Consigllia.

Irene Eliseeva also joins the design team having spent three years as a freelance graphic designer, working closely with start-ups across Russia and New Zealand.

Bolstering the PR team are three new junior account executives. Antonia Hall brings a BA in Journalism from Nottingham Trent University while Hannah Ashley has a BA in Geography from The University of Birmingham.

Tom Dellow also joins, having completed a PR internship at a start-up luxury fashion brand after finishing his MA in Broadcast Journalism and BA in Philosophy.

The final appointment is Ellie Jeffrey, who completed work experience at Liquid in 2019, and now joins the digital team after completing her BA in History from Loughborough University.

Liquid CEO, Elisabeth Lewis-Jones, said: “After adapting to onboarding and working remotely, it 's been a pleasure to see our team return to the office, catching up and getting to know each other over breakfast made by our new development chef!

“Here at Liquid, we are proud to invest in our people and are delighted to welcome seven new starters to bolster our ever-growing client offering. Each individual brings their own unique knowledge and experience to enhance our PR, digital, design and food teams and we look forward to working together to deliver exceptional results for our clients. ”

From top left - Irene Eliseeva, Daniel O 'Gorman, Antonia Hall

From bottom left - Tom Dellow, Ellie Jeffrey, Olivier Briault, Hannah Ashley