Sarah Reakes & John Dibb join the KISS board

Sarah Reakes, Managing Director of creative agency, KISS and Digital Director, John Dibb have joined the KISS board. The duo joins the other directors, Simon Fryer, Richard Bland and Justine Smith.

We are a strategy-led integrated marketing agency working with ambitious companies in the science, technology, healthcare and FMCG sectors. We have the ability to cut through complexity to deliver single-minded ideas that have enabled the agency to deliver strong growth year on year.

Prior to joining KISS in 2010, Sarah worked client side with a number of high profile global brands and companies including Colgate-Palmolive, Nestlé, and United Biscuits, and on the agency side with JWT and Publicis. At KISS she has played a key role in building upon the strategic foundation that reinforces everything the agency does.

John joined in 2013 to strengthen and lead its digital team, introducing a more strategic approach to the integrated digital services for the KISS clients. He bought with him in-depth digital expertise across many sectors, including client experience on Which?, Nigella Lawson, National Trust, eBay, Boots, MasterCard, Transport for London, and Ferrari F1 Merchandise Team.

Simon Fryer, CEO of KISS believes the addition of Sarah and John will support the agency to maintain its momentum and achieve its ambitious targets. He said: “Sarah and John both share the KISS values and have made a significant contribution over the last couple of years. It is with great pleasure that we welcome them both to the board.

“We have established a solid platform on which to continue our growth and development, including an experienced management team, supported by fantastic and passionate in-house creative, digital strategy and PR experts. The KISS team contains a diverse skill set; strategy-led creativity blended with technical nous and a shared restlessness to worry our clients competition.”

KISS has offices in Cambridge, London and Oxford.