Strategist Jye Smith replaces digital head Matthew Gain at Weber Shandwick
PR agency Weber Shandwick has replaced departing head of digital Matthew Gain with the slightly more junior role of digital strategist.
As Mumbrella reported in March, Gain is leaving to become head of digital at Edelman, which is rebuilding its top team, with new boss Michelle Hutton due to join from Hill & Knowlton next month.
Gain will be replaced by Jye Smith, who began his career in the industry in 2006 as an event manager at AIMIA (the Australian Interactive Media Industry Association) before a stint as a marketing executive at CBS Interactive and head of social media at digital agency Switched On Media. He also writes the A Digital Perspective blog and is @JyeSmith on Twitter.
He will report in to MD Emma Jane Granleese. She said: ““Jye represents the next wave of digital communications expert, one who fuses an experienced commercial understanding of the space with a long personal history of experience with the medium. We are excited about the expertise that he brings to the firm and to our clients.”
Nicely done homie, you’ll be missed on the North side!
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Congratulations Jye! Weber have made an excellent choice. All the best wishes.
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Nice work Jye!
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Congrats Jye – all the best.
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That’s fantastic news.
Congrats mate 🙂
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Congrats Jye! Weber have made a great choice 🙂
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Yay! Congrats! Exciting times… 😉
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Congrats Jye – fantastic news 😀
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Congratulations Jye!
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nice work man!
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Congratulations , made a great choice!
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Congratulations *insert name*, *insert company* made a great choice!
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Well done Jye. Nice to see your dedication to your work and career has paid off. Congratulations
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Nice guys win.
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Congrats mate, hope you kick ass 🙂
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nice work Jye.
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Nice one Jye. I’ve only heard good things about you and WS!
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wondering if there’s a Career Move Ladder that could be constructed using a combination of factors to determine whose move is truly perceived by industry peers (on this website) to be the best of the year..
Points awarded for:
Each genuine (linked) congratulatory comment 1pt
Client-side congratulatory comment 3pts
Board level 5pts
Points deducted for:
Any (self-serving) linked comment by social media blogger -1pt
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Congrats Jye…. gee, I knew you when…
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Congrats mate, great news!
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Jye, one day you’re going to crack a smile on that photo.
Good luck matey…
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(another word for ‘congrats’), Jye!
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Congratulations Mr Smith! All the best in the future.
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Praise, Kudos and Extolment, Jye.
Best wishes for the new workload!
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(edited by Mumbrella)…… as a client who has worked with him I’m wondering what the logic is for hiring a Digital Strategist who has no experience in SEM, SEO, Display, Affiliates, Web optimisation, measurement … No trading experience… but basically knows social media and writes a BLOG!!!
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Hi What a Joke,
You do know that Weber Shandwick is a PR agency rather than a digital agency, don’t you?
Cheers,
Tim – Mumbrella
A big congratulations Jye! You will bring a lot to WS and I wish you well. Never mind the haters. Soon you around no doubt!
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.. and I meant to add.. congrats Jye.. I don’t know you but wish you well mate
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God there’s always one troll in every conversation
Good luck mate-Onwards and upwards !
Cheers
Dave
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Awesome news! Wish you all the best in your new role.
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Congratz dude!
@what a joke nice work on looking like a douche bag
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Congrats.
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Great stuff mate. Well-deserved for a guy who lives and breathes the space, works like a crazy mofo and generates heaps of value wherever he goes.
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I’d like to find a new way to rephrase ‘Congrats, Jye’, but obviously all the trendsetters have beat me to it. 😉 But, really congrats and good luck Jye! 🙂
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Congrats mate, hopefully they send you over to London for a visit soon 🙂
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Can’t thank you all enough for taking the time to comment yesterday – am really appreciative!
I’m really excited to be joining the Weber-Shandwick team, and at the same time am going to miss the guys at Switched On Media.
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As to the one negative comment. Sigh. If your dreadful writing style wasn’t so easy to spot; let alone the fact this site’s key audience is agencies; I mightn’t have known who you are: thanks for being that weak little coward hiding behind anonymity. To attack my reputation with out putting yours even on the calling card.
For the record:
I have deep experience across all the sections you ‘highlighted’. But not in any rush to justify to some ant like you.
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Nice one Jye!
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I’m a day late but joining in on the congratulations anyway.
Nice one Jye.
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I’m adding to the list of congratulations dear Jye.
Best of luck on your journey wherever the path may take you x
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Tough act to follow up Matt Gain. Seriously good operator and very strong across all of digital.
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Jye – congrats and welcome to the family.
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