Click Consult has promoted Julie Sowa to Managing Director, after more than a decade at the Cheshire agency.
The former Business Development and Client Services Director said she wants the company to take a “big leap forward.”
“I have been with Click Consult for almost 12 years, and have worked in various roles within the business, each with their own challenges and responsibilities. It’s this experience and the incredible team around me that will ensure we make the right decisions to drive us forward,” she explained.
“Onboarding the right new business in a sustainable way will be the benchmark for success. Commercial growth is a must, however, and I believe that we are very well positioned to achieve that during my first 12 month as MD.”
Click employs 70 staff and is part of brand services group, Ceuta, which acquired the agency in 2018.
“We continue to operate in a very competitive space and over the next 12 months, R&D will remain at the forefront. It is crucial that we can continue to deliver the most creative and dynamic strategies which realise the results that our clients’ need and expect,” said Sowa of the future.
“A key focus for this is on the talent at the agency. I know that by investing in the people we have, and new talent across the business, we can continue to stand out and grow both our clients and as an agency.”
On her position as a female MD in the sector, she added that there was still more to do:
“Whilst it’s certainly positive to see women step into leading roles more frequently in our sector, it’s a trend that is far from its peak. I think it’s unquestionable that there is a lot of talent that has been poorly nurtured or overlooked elsewhere in the digital space and in business more broadly. That’s changing, but it also needs to be pushed.”
“Click has always been somewhat egalitarian, but creating the leaders of the future, regardless of sex or gender, in digital and beyond is something that I’m keen to oversee in my tenure as Managing Director – and it’s my hope that you’ll see the awesome people already at the agency, and those yet to join, blossom over the coming years.”
