Gemma Handley appointed as Managing Director

We're delighted to announce that Gemma Handley has been appointed as Managing Director at Code.

Gemma joined Code in 2018 and the promotion sees her moving from Commercial Director to Managing Director at the start of 2023. Gemma will replace Rob Jones who is taking up a new position outside of the group. We wish Rob all the best for the future and thank him for his contribution to Code over the past 14 years.

With 15 years of experience in commercial delivery and operations, Gemma has been instrumental in introducing new company-wide operational and cultural initiatives, alongside progressing team-centric practices and relationship-focused collaboration tools.

Prior to joining Code, she held delivery roles at some of Manchester's biggest dot-coms including LateRooms and ao.com as well as working for agencies like Kin & Carta (formerly Amaze) and Dept (formerly Building Blocks).

In January, Code will be officially part of EssenceMediacom and move into the new WPP Campus based in Enterprise City and St John's tech, media and creative quarter.

CEO of MediaCom North, Paul Cooper, said:

"I am thoroughly looking forward to Gemma moving into the role of Managing Director, as her leadership has been crucial to Code's amazing success this year. 

"Gemma will play a key role in our EssenceMediacom North leadership team and help bring the capabilities and category leadership of Code into the new agency, whilst retaining its independent culture and spirit."

Gemma Handley, said:

"The opportunity to lead Code is incredibly exciting! With over fifteen years in both large agencies and client-side roles, I've seen every aspect of how digital impacts businesses.

"Code's core values set out by the founders of doing the right thing by our people, partners and community is something I'm equally as passionate about and intend to protect as we continue to grow.

"2022 has been a strong year due to our ability to act as advisors to our client partners, providing the expertise they need to deliver well-engineered business systems and world-class customer experiences.

"I look forward to guiding Code and supporting our partners throughout 2023 and beyond, with a focus on value creation in everything we do for them and our people - as well as continuing to have lots of fun along the way."

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About EM Code

EM Code is a customer experience, digital innovation and AI agency. 

We’re a strategic digital partner that delivers breakthrough growth throughout the customer experience (CX). 

We achieve this through our industry-renowned services in digital transformation, web development, brand strategy, click rate optimisation (CRO) and UX (user experience).

Our human centric approach underpins every aspect of our work.

A collective of experts in multiple disciplines, we collaborate to distil the complex needs of organisations and end users to engineer solutions that make an impact.

From fast scaling start ups to global brands, we can help you to transform your organisation.

We are an EssenceMediacom North agency.

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About EssenceMediacom North

EssenceMediacom North helps brands to breakthrough in the new communications economy.

Disrupting models of media, EssenceMediacom North accelerates creative and business transformation for its clients roster, including Hillarys, Absolute Collagen, Webuyanycar.com and United Utilities.

The agency delivers breakthrough growth, capabilities, and revenue through the integration of media, creativity, data and technology, combined with its diverse industry-leading expertise.

Equipped with access to the richest data, robust benchmarking and advanced technologies, EssenceMediacom North unlocks new opportunities to deliver truly integrated media solutions for scaling and global brands.

EssenceMediacom North is part of WPP’s media investment group, GroupM

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