Ouseburn Valley-based marketing agency, Silver Bullet Marketing, has announced the appointment of Richard Hopper as Account Manager. 

28 year old Richard, from Newcastle, joins the agency from his previous position as Marketing Manager for Durham County Cricket Club where he developed the Durham brand and marketed several events at Emirates Durham ICG including the 2013 Investec Ashes Test Match. 

Richard has worked extensively with Durham’s partner organisations giving a wide-ranging marketing experience and has also held the role of Manager of the Durham County Cricket Foundation.

Richard commented, “I was delighted to be offered the Account Manager position at Silver Bullet in a move which takes me from the client side of marketing to an agency role. The agency has an excellent reputation and a very varied client portfolio, which makes the work so interesting - dealing with everything from urban regeneration and education clients to international drilling contractors. I’m really eager to get involved and helping to make a difference to these organisations’ marketing activity.”

Silver Bullet Managing Director, John Dias added: “We're delighted that Richard is joining us at such an exciting time for the agency as the market for our services not only recovers but dramatically improves with a number of new account wins in recent months. We had some very impressive applications for this post but Richard stood out for his experience of a wide variety of marketing and his enthusiasm for creative work.”

“The last five years of recession has certainly sorted out the agency world in the region with many companies going to the wall, through no fault of their own apart from being unable to adapt to a ferociously difficult economic environment. We’ve been trading for 15 years since 1999 and are now seeing business improving dramatically as organisations feel confident to invest in their marketing again.”

"Richard’s appointment is a sign of our own confidence in the improving economy and he’s already impressing our clients with his own style."

Silver Bullet Marketing provides a full range of marketing services from PR to website design for a wide variety of regional, national and international clients. For more information call Silver Bullet on (0191) 261 7422 or email jd@silverbulletmarketing.co.uk