I’m sure LDV readers would like to join with me in congratulating Mark Pack on his new job – he will be leaving the Lib Dems, where he is the party’s head of innovations, this June to take up an appointment as associate director of Mandate Communications, where he will be developing their online PR. The announcement was made today by the Lib Dems’ director of campaigns, Hilary Stephenson:
Mark joined the Lib Dem staff in 2000 – in his own words he has been with us ‘for the entire century!’ He started off working on London elections, then moving on to internet and communications development in the Campaigns Department as well as working very closely on the winning Hornsey and Wood Green campaign in 2005 and more recently heading up Innovations. His contribution has been a very considerable and highly appreciated one right across the organization and his range of expertise not only on new media but also on election law will be missed. Any of you who need to download his brain on any of these issues need to do so over the next two months!
I am sure we all wish Mark success and happiness in his new role. He will be with us until June – so there is still time for the Campaigns Department to enjoy a few more of his inimitable scatter graphs!
Hilary
The party’s loss is the world of PR’s gain!
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Well, it will reduce the number of innovative new ideas, but it will be safe again to leave chocolates lying around…
Are Mandate Communications aware of his vegetarian food eating, rucksack holding terrorist past?
Well done to Mark, I am sure he will be sorely missed on this site as well as on the party’s main site.
Will Mark be continuing his role with LDV? If not, where will we get our daily fix of opposition misdemeanours and shenanigans?
All the best, Mark.
Nooooooooooooooooooooo!
“Ask Mark” was our watchword. Not after June. Where will we go for advice and assistance that we know we can rely on?
Nooooooooooooooooooooo!
This.
Best of luck with the new job!
Ah heck, that “Nooo” should have been in quotes. :p
Is it known yet who’s taking over the role?
Doom, doom, doom.
Good luck Mark, thanks for all your work
Can’t resist the opportunity to pay public tribute to Mark’s phenomenal talents – from which I and the Party have benefitted so fully. Mandate are very lucky to have him! But I dare say I will still get the odd text or email………
Congrats Mark! Are you being directly replaced, or is ‘head of innovations’ old hat yet?
Dammit! He was the only reason I read LDV
A great shame you are going Mark. Our loss. Maybe Mandate will be hired by LD….
A great loss for the party.
But a great gain for the PR industry.
And a competitor for me. Damn.
I’m glad to report that Mark’s already on the Lib Dems in PR Facebook group…