Good evening all,

Those of you who read my April update will be aware that we were unable to fill the position of Marketing Director in February. In the time since, I have continued to ‘caretake’ the role while temporary solutions were  discussed within the DSG. 

Effective immediately, the responsibilities of the Marketing Director role will be split between Kieran Hardern and myself, with Kieran assuming responsibility of events and the Events Team. Thomas Hallam, who has done an excellent job of managing the Division’s social media presence, will join Luke Thompson in event planning to pick up some of the workload that I will be dropping.

Given the high level of involvement that Kieran has had in event planning from the Operations Department, this appears the most logical temporary solution. Kieran will be aiming to further improve the Events Team (discussed in my April post) and aiming to streamline some of our processes and interactions with Operations. This will have the effect of reducing the knowledge and time prerequisites for the Marketing Director role. This solution will be in place until the end of August 2024, at which point the DSG will re-evaluate the situation.

Please continue to direct any event suggestions or proposals to the VATSIM UK Helpdesk as usual. For escalation to Marketing Management, please contact Kieran in the first instance and hwe will forward your message to the correct person as required.

Ben