The Marketing Store has appointed Tim Uden, the award winning Creative Director from Chemistry as the agency’s Deputy Creative Director. Jamie Putnam, Creative Partner at KLP will also be joining the creative team as Head of Copy.

Uden and Putnam will be teaming up to work on the agency’s growing FMCG business. Prior to Chemistry, Uden was at Dynamo Marketing Communications, where he worked across FMCG and alcohol brands such as Kerry Foods, Coke, Danone and Budweiser. Across his career Uden has gained recognition for this creative talent winning a host of awards including the DMA, ISP, MCCA, FMBE and FAB awards.

Jamie Putnam joins The Marketing Store in May bringing with him 15 years of experience of through-the-line marketing. Previously, Creative Partner at Euro RSCG KLP, Putnam was responsible for the Britvic, Budweiser and Nike Golf accounts.

Mike Cavers, executive creative director - Europe, The Marketing Store says: “To attract such top award winning creative talent to The Marketing Store is fantastic news as it really adds firepower to our creative product going forward.”

The Marketing Store also made two senior appointments, Chris Walsh, Business Director and Phil Dearson, Associate Planning Director-Digital.

Walsh, formerly Client Services Director at Pulse Group, will head up the agency’s FMCG accounts and will be responsible for new business development.

Whilst at Pulse Group, Walsh worked with Diageo, Innocent and Percy Fox on brand and category management, in addition to shopper marketing projects. Dearson will lead the development of The Marketing Store’s digital positioning and offer. He will develop digital strategies for clients and also be responsible for driving new business for digital.

Dearson joins The Marketing Store from 23red, where he was Digital Director responsible for developing their overall digital offering to key clients including Arts Council, Bacardi, HM Revenue and Vodafone.

Wendy Lanchin, planning and strategy director, The Marketing Store says: “These appointments reflect our continuing investment in talent across the business. Digital is a key focus for us both to support our growing FMCG client base and to extend our capabilities to deliver engaging brand activation beyond the high street.”