WoodWing Europe appoints John Cunningham as Country Manager for UK and Ireland
With John Cunningham, WoodWing Europe hired a seasoned publishing expert with extensive experience in the creative and media industry. Leveraging his comprehensive know-how, Cunningham will enable WoodWing to further expand its already strong market position in the UK and Ireland. He will work close to WoodWing´s Solution Partners Media Systems and Evolved Media Solutions, helping them to increase sales of WoodWing´s multi-channel publishing platform Enterprise and the digital asset management solution Elvis DAM. In his new role, Cunningham is also responsible for expanding the partner network of WoodWing in the UK to address multiple vertical markets including retail, tourism, financial, manufacturing, and more.
Publishing expert John Cunningham will help WoodWing Europe to increase sales and to expand its partner network in the UK and Ireland.
Zaandam, The Netherlands (April 30, 2014) – In his new role, John Cunningham brings in more than 25 years of experience in the publishing area. Solely for Adobe Systems Northern Europe, he worked 19 years as Sales Manager Media and Publishing, driving the business in the UK, Ireland and the Nordic region.
“I am really excited to be working with such a talented team and to build on my years of experience and knowledge of the creative and publishing industry,” said John Cunningham. “I have always had a passion for helping this industry to face the challenges both now and in the future. WoodWing´s publishing and digital asset management solutions, along with their partner eco system, are best suited to take the industry forward.”
For both multi-channel publishing and digital asset management, WoodWing Software already has a strong footprint in the UK. Many newspapers including Daily Express, Sunday Times, The Economist, The Times and more, as well as magazine publishers such as Dennis Publishing Limited, Reed Business Information, William Reed Business Media, Future Publishing and others rely on WoodWing Enterprise for their mission-critical workflows – some of them leverage the advantages of a combined environment of Enterprise and Elvis DAM. Well-known users of WoodWing´s Elvis DAM include British Sky Broadcasting, Charterhouse Production, Express Newspapers, Fashion Union, and more.
Ambitious goals
“Although we are already well established in the UK newspaper and magazine industry, we still see major growth opportunities, including other segments such as marketing and financial communications,” said Jeroen Sonnemans, Managing Director of WoodWing Europe. “John will provide our partners with comprehensive support particularly in the pre-sales phase, and will act as direct contact for publishers, corporations and agencies. This setup will help us to achieve our ambitious goals in the UK market.”
About WoodWing Software
WoodWing Software develops and markets a premier, cost-efficient multi-channel publishing system, Enterprise, and the next generation digital asset management system, Elvis DAM. WoodWing’s solutions are aimed at magazine and newspaper publishers, corporate publishers, agencies and marketing departments to reach their goals for quality, economy and time-to-market.
WoodWing’s publishing system Enterprise – including the editorial management application Content Station – coordinates and streamlines the process of creating, managing and publishing static, dynamic and interactive content for all media channels – print, Web, social, smartphones and tablets. Elvis DAM enables users to securely store and efficiently manage the increasing collection of rich-media files.
WoodWing Software, founded in the year 2000, has its headquarters in Zaandam, The Netherlands, and has regional sales offices in Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific. Customers are served locally by over 80 selected partners in more than 100 countries. WoodWing’s long-standing relationship with Adobe as a Technology Partner and its close cooperation with a large number of other technology vendors worldwide, confirm WoodWing’s position as one of the leading suppliers of publishing software. WoodWing is a privately owned company, with all founders actively engaged. Additional information regarding WoodWing's products and services can be found at www.woodwing.com.
Press contact
Stefan Horst
PR Manager WoodWing Software
T: 49-151-12 72 63 62
E: sho@woodwing.com
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