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New comms boss at UK Music
By Chris Cooke | Published on Tuesday 14 April 2015
Cross sector trade body UK Music has announced the appointment of a new Director Of Communications in the form of James Murtagh-Hopkins, who has previously held in-house and agency PR roles in the music space, as well as stints working in artist management and music film.
He will “use his strategic publicity experience to help deliver focused and impactful communications for UK Music around all of our core campaign objectives”, says the press release, which was both strategic and impactful, so things are already in motion.
Commenting on his new job, Murtagh-Hopkins told reporters: “I am incredibly excited to be joining Jo Dipple and her fantastic team at UK Music, and am looking forward to working closely with all of our member organisations to help highlight the core issues facing the UK music industry today”.
Noting UK Music’s core lobbying role, he added: “With the General Election just around the corner, 2015 marks an important year for UK Music and will see us publish key reports and research that will continue to showcase both the cultural and economic value of music in the UK”.
Murtagh-Hopkins’ recruitment follows the recent departure from UK Music of Jonathan Todd, who spent just over a year with the group leading its research activity, while concurrently working as Chief Economist at think tank Demos. Though Todd will continue to work for UK Music in a consultancy role via his new employer BOP Consulting.
