{"id":96766,"date":"2018-07-04T11:21:44","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T11:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.72point.com\/72point-welcomes-back-jay-williams\/"},"modified":"2018-07-04T11:21:44","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T11:21:44","slug":"72point-welcomes-back-jay-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.72point.com\/us\/72point-welcomes-back-jay-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"72Point Welcomes Back Jay Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>72Point welcomes back Jay Williams, former Head of News at Freuds, as Director of Strategy.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">72Point is a top 20 consumer agency that provides unique creative and unrivalled distribution for some of the biggest brands such as, British Airways, Virgin <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Media and Sky.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Williams was one our founders back in 2001, before joining PR behemoth Freuds. \u00a072Point has enjoyed consistent 30% growth in the last two years, debuting in the PRWeek Top 150 list in 2018 at number 54. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He said: \u201cIt\u2019s great to be back. \u00a0It\u2019s a very exciting time to be rejoining, with 72Point making its debut in the PR Week Top 150 and in the top 20 consumer agencies. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44361 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.72point.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG-1187-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/>\u201cThey\u2019ve punched above their weight for some time, but much of their work has gone under the radar. \u00a0It\u2019s good to see them where they belong \u2013 rubbing shoulders with the big players.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe will be making more key creative hires in the coming months.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once synonymous with News Generation in the PR industry, we are taking huge strides to diversify its offering across Broadcast PR, Content Marketing and Social Media Outreach. Williams is one of our biggest recent hires, with Former Royal Correspondent for The Sun and owner of Zest PR, Duncan Larcombe, joining in April 2018 as Consumer PR Strategist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of SWNS Media Group, which has a 40-year heritage in the UK press industry, 72Point continues to harness the power of its strong media connections with top UK national news publications including The Sun, MailOnline, Telegraph and the Independent as well as high-volume news sites UNILAD and LadBible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chris Pharo, Managing Director said: \u201cWe welcome Jay back to the company with open arms. 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