Andrew Low: HHB Communications

HHB Communications has appointed Andrew Low to the newly-created position of Marketing Coordinator.

Andrew Low Based in the main HHB sales office in West London, Low will report to Group Sales Director Steve Angel, working with both HHB and Scrub to create content for the company’s new website, produce HHB’s catalogues, write and issue press releases and work with social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter among other marketing duties.

He joins HHB from Intent Media where he was editor of Audio Pro International magazine for the past four years. He is also a gigging and recording guitarist and singer songwriter with a wide knowledge of pro audio products and an audio engineering background. ‘I am very lucky to join a company that is so well respected in the pro audio and broadcast communities at a time when there is so much going on in the business,’ he syas. ‘With the new HHB website launching and big events like the London Olympics just around the corner, I have no doubt that there are exciting times ahead.’

‘Andrew will help make our new website one of the most comprehensive and progressive online portals in the pro audio industry,’ adds Angel. ‘His experience with Audio Pro will be a valuable asset to our future marketing efforts.’

More: www.hhb.co.uk

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