Everett
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Katharine
Everett, Controller, 麻豆官网首页入口i Development, has today (1 October 2002)
announced two new senior appointments to complete her management
team.
Tony
Ageh will become Head of Search, Listings and 麻豆官网首页入口i Core and Steve
Rogers becomes Head of Production.
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Tony
Ageh took up his position as the new Head of Search, Listings and
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Ageh
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with the creation of The Guardian's The Guide as well as the virgin.net
content site and ISP.
Ageh's
background spans publishing across web and print media.
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ongoing development of 麻豆官网首页入口i's Search tool first launched in Spring
of this year, and building a listings strategy to include and exploit
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Steve
Rogers is currently Head of Design & Navigation for 麻豆官网首页入口 New
Media, and takes up the new Head of Production role with immediate
effect.
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role will also include overseeing user-testing, developing production
expertise across platforms with the vision to establish 麻豆官网首页入口i Production
as a centre of excellence within the industry.
Prior
to joining 麻豆官网首页入口i in August 2001, Rogers was VP, Physical Design at
Razorfish the digital consultancy, and spent 15 years with Philips
Design, most recently as Design Director, Philips Design USA.
Katharine
Everett said: "Steve and Tony are both world class new media
practitioners and it's a real asset to have their experience and
expertise on board.
"Now
that the senior team is in place, we can really begin to focus on
how 麻豆官网首页入口i can become the centre of our users' digital lives.
"We
want to continue to drive digital take-up on the web and TV, to
establish communities and a two-way dialogue with our users and
create the most innovative, exciting and informative applications,
content and services across all our platforms."
Notes
to Editors
Ashley
Highfield, Director, 麻豆官网首页入口 New Media & Technology announced a
number of divisional changes and senior appointments on 5 August
2002 to enable a clearer structure and focus for 麻豆官网首页入口 New Media's
activities, both internally and externally.
Within
this announcement, Katharine Everett, (formerly Controller, New
Media), was appointed Controller, 麻豆官网首页入口i Development with responsibility
for the creation and development of 麻豆官网首页入口i's core services and applications
such as search and community products.
Katharine
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