We use cookies. You have options. Cookies help us keep the site running smoothly and inform some of our advertising, but if you’d like to make adjustments, you can visit our Cookie Notice page for more information.
We’d like to use cookies on your device. Cookies help us keep the site running smoothly and inform some of our advertising, but how we use them is entirely up to you. Accept our recommended settings or customise them to your wishes.
×

Merkle creates new role to drive integration across media and CRM

July 1, 2020
London, England

Niyi Duro-Emanuel appointed to help clients bring adtech, martech and data capabilities together

Merkle, a leading technology-enabled, data-driven performance marketing agency and part of Dentsu Aegis Network, has appointed Niyi Duro-Emmanuel to the newly created and expanded role of vice president, Solutions across Merkle UK.

The new role responds to the shift that organisations are making to integrate their customer strategy, technology stack and organisational approach to deliver a total customer experience across every encounter they have with a brand. This means shifting focus to giving consumers what they need, rather than using a channel first approach based around what companies want to sell to them.

In this new role, Niyi will work across Merkle’s UK client base to help them leverage their advertising tech, marketing tech and data capabilities to ensure all interactions are not only joined up, but also contextually relevant and as personal as possible to each individual.

Niyi was previously head of client services working for Merkle’s agency business across its entire UK performance media and customer experience offering. He came to Merkle in 2015 as part of the acquisition of the former Periscopix business, in its paid search team. He moved through the paid media teams in department head roles, culminating in his leadership of client services. In this role he was responsible for helping clients join up all their activity across all digital media disciplines.

Working in the Solutions team with Richard Lees, Merkle’s EMEA executive vice president, Solutions), Niyi will use this experience to help clients integrate their digital media and performance marketing, with all customer interactions, to deliver a total customer experience across all channels.

Richard Lees said: “Delivering a total customer experience ensures that consumers receive a contextually meaningful interaction everywhere they encounter a brand – whether that’s in sales, service, marketing and finance. This means making the shift from selling in channels, to meeting customers’ needs and expectations – which is what modern CRM is all about. Niyi’s experience of helping brands join up their data-driven media disciplines will be invaluable to clients looking to bring together their media and CRM capabilities with their customers at the centre.”

Niyi Duro-Emmanuel said: “It has been incredibly exciting to be part of how Merkle has evolved over the past five years, helping clients connect their capabilities to deliver data-driven, tech enabled people-based strategies. The next step is to pivot to delivering a total customer experience by helping clients integrate their customer strategy, technology and organisational approach.”

-ENDS-

If you’d like more information, please contact:
Flo Clarke: [email protected]
Claire Billings: [email protected]

About Dentsu Aegis Network

Part of Dentsu Inc., Dentsu Aegis Network is made up of ten global network brands - Carat, Dentsu, dentsu X, iProspect, Isobar, mcgarrybowen, Merkle, MKTG, Posterscope and Vizeum and supported by its specialist/multi-market brands. Dentsu Aegis Network is Innovating the Way Brands Are Built for its clients through its best-in-class expertise and capabilities in media, digital and creative communications services. Offering a distinctive and innovative range of products and services, Dentsu Aegis Network is headquartered in London and operates in 145 countries worldwide with more than 47,000 dedicated specialists. www.dentsuaegisnetwork.com

About Merkle

Merkle is a leading data-driven customer experience management (CXM) company that specializes in the delivery of unique, personalized customer experiences across platforms and devices. For more than 30 years, Fortune 1000 companies and leading nonprofit organizations have partnered with Merkle to maximize the value of their customer portfolios. The company’s heritage in data, technology, and analytics forms the foundation for its unmatched skills in understanding consumer insights that drive hyper-personalized marketing strategies. Its combined strengths in performance media, customer experience, customer relationship management, loyalty, and enterprise marketing technology drive improved marketing results and competitive advantage. With 12,000+ employees, Merkle is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, with 50+ additional offices throughout the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. Merkle is a dentsu company. For more information, contact Merkle at 1-877-9-Merkle or visit www.merkle.com.

Media Inquiries