This week’s North East appointments: Featuring North East Screen, DPP Planning and Parsons Containers

This week’s round up of North East appointments includes North East Screen, DPP Planning and Parsons Containers. Read on to find out more.

Lisa Davidson, North East Screen

North East Screen, the region’s screen agency, has appointed Lisa Davidson, a highly experienced screen industry professional, to their latest new role as they continue to build the organisation to serve the growing TV and film industry.

An experienced art director and production designer who has worked in the industry on long running TV series’ such as Coronation Street and Heartbeat and more local productions, The Dumping Ground and Wolfblood, Lisa is “delighted” to be joining the organisation to play a part in helping local people find their career path in the region.

Lisa commented: “Working as a freelancer I’ve been offered work in Liverpool, Manchester, London, Cypress and even the Caribbean but now that I have a family I’m firmly rooted in the North East.

“Working at North East Screen gives me the opportunity to still work in the industry, be with my children and help crew get work and develop talent in the North East. It’s important that people in the region can have a chance of working in this industry but not having to move away from home.

The skills manager position was created to develop North East Screen’s Crew Academy, grow the existing crew database and create trainee and shadowing opportunities on productions through North East Screen’s Access initiative.

Gayle Woodruffe, operations director at North East Screen, added: “Lisa brings with her a wealth of industry experience and knowledge of 15 years working at a high level in TV drama productions across the North. She will play a part in growing the industry, inspiring, engaging and advising the talent we have here now and the next generation of North East crew.”

Lauren Hunter, DPP Planning

DPP Planning, an independent national planning consultancy, has promoted a “rising star” from its Newcastle office to further strengthen the business and promote talent from within.

Lauren Hunter, who has been promoted from planner to senior planner, joined DPP in January 2017 on a work placement while at Newcastle University, before being appointed as Assistant Planner in June 2017.

During the last six years, Lauren has worked across a broad spectrum of projects from residential developments and schools to university projects such as the Citadels in Carlisle and many of DPP’s Durham University schemes. Lauren is currently working on several RAF sites, including in Kinloss, Scotland.

Lauren commented: “One of the things that attracted me to DPP was its commitment to personal and professional development, which I have benefited from. I have been involved in some high quality and important projects, which has had the added benefit of helping my career and to achieve my second promotion in six years.”

Gareth Hooper, DPP’s chief executive, added: “We believe in rewarding talent at DPP, and this is reflected by the promotion of Lauren in our Newcastle office. Lauren has demonstrated strong professional progress during the last year and has made a significant contribution to the company since she started in 2017.”

(L - R): Ryan Tempest, Joanne Worsley, Joanne Wilkinson and Paul Weir: Parsons Containers

Parsons Containers, a Sedgefield, County Durham headquartered shipping container firm, has made a raft of promotions across its operations to support the ongoing expansion of the business.

Among these is the appointment of Joanne Worsley to the role of manager for real estate and key contracts. Joanne’s new responsibilities include managing all enquiries relating to the property interests of the business, working with the management team to take forward property initiatives, and overseeing the customer service function for U Hold The Key.

Joanne Wilkinson has also been promoted, from customer service assistant to customer experience manager for U Hold The Key. With over 30 years’ experience in sales administration, customer service and business development, Joanne’s new remit includes maintaining a positive customer experience for the company’s growing customer base.

Meanwhile, Paul Weir has moved from container sales coordinator to container sales manager at Parsons Containers Ltd, the arm of the business responsible for the sale and hire of shipping containers, where he will focus on managing customer enquiries and driving sales growth.

Finally, Ryan Tempest has been promoted from marketing technician to customer journey manager, with responsibility for improving the customer experience and journeys for both container sales and self-storage customers. As well as increasing brand exposure, Ryan will develop new ways to keep the businesses at the “forefront of the container industry”.

Helen Parsons, finance director and general manager, commented: “These four internal promotions not only recognise the hard work and commitment of our great employees, they also ensure that we have experienced, talented and committed people in place who really understand the Parsons business and ethos as we move forward with our growth plans.”

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