Former Citywire Customer Content Head Joins Financial Media Solutions Provider, Last Word, in Strategic Hire
LONDON, March 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
Last Word, an independent financial media solutions provider headquartered in London, with offices in Singapore and Hong Kong, today announced that Elliot Jacobs will assume the position of Head of Research and Content Marketing effective of 21 March 2016.
"We are delighted that Elliot is joining Last Word at a time when bespoke content solutions for clients are becoming more mainstream" said Jamie Hinchliffe, Director & co-founder of Last Word on the hire. "Elliot is a research and content solution specialist with a reputation second to none and will work with all the brand heads at Last Word to create innovative content solutions globally for all of our clients."
Jacobs commented on the new role, "I'm thrilled to be joining Last Word to help further develop their content creation and distribution capabilities for asset management clients worldwide. They have a terrific reputation for delivering high-quality content to their loyal communities and I look forward to replicating this success with their commercial customers. The value placed on both research and content in business and financial publishing has never been higher so the timing of this increased focus could not be better."
His most recent position, Head of Customer Content, was at Citywire, the financial publisher of news, information and insight for professional advisers and investors globally. During his 6 years there, he ran the customer content division that developed products and produced content to help asset management teams worldwide. He was also integral to the data and proposition development of Citywire's data products.
Previous to that, Jacobs spent over 10 years in various senior publishing roles working in the UK, Hong Kong and US for Euromoney Institutional Investor Plc, one of Europe's largest business and financial publishers, as well as Dow Jones and Crain Communications.
About Last Word
Last Word has been the final say for first to-market news, analysis and comment across the global wealth management market for over 10 years. Our invaluable insight, intelligent and inspirational content is delivered to our sophisticated markets across multi-channel platforms - print, digital, video, research, data and events.
Our unrivalled brand reputation and bespoke content offerings across its four key brands, Expert Investor, Fund Selector Asia, International Adviser and Portfolio Adviser, are the first choice for wealth managers, financial advisers, fund selectors, discretionary managers, distributors and intermediaries across the globe, helping them forge the right connections, and make better informed business decisions with confidence.
For more information, visit http://www.lastwordmedia.com.
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