Reprise Media Australia adds social-media expertise

The company, which has also expanded to Perth and Brisbane recently, has hired Maria Casas as social-media strategist in Sydney and Richard Dalke as social-media manager and Cam Bisley as community manager in Melbourne.

Craig Ellis, Reprise Media's Australia CEO since November 2011, said social-media business grew 126 per cent year-over-year in the second quarter, and the new talent will "fast track Reprise Media’s capabilities to deliver innovative, socially enabled business solutions".

Cases has worked at creative agency Arnold Furnace, focusing on digital and social-media strategies for clients including Warner Bros and Procter & Gamble. Dalke is a former strategy planner and account manager with UK-based social media agency Fresh Networks who has worked with American Express, Telefónica, Jimmy Choo and 3M. Bisley, who has worked as a video blogger and as a content manager for Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand, is also a former radio announcer.