RBS head of digital marketing Jim Murray-Jones has been appointed by News International Commercial as general manager of driving.co.uk, the new classified advertising site for cars.
Murray-Jones will take up the new role in February. He is tasked with developing the website's experience for consumers, car manufacturers and car dealerships. Murray-Jones will also be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the business including co-ordinating sales, editorial, technology and marketing. He will also oversee head of sales Steve O’Meara and sales director Ian Webber.
Prior to joining RBS in July 2010 Murray-Jones held a number of roles in publishing including CEO at TNT Publishing, digital publishing director at Haymarket where he helped oversee the acquisition of Pistonhead.co.uk, and digital publishing director at Auto Trader.
Jeremy has been a journalist for 30 years, 20 of which have been in business-to-business automotive. He was a writer and news editor on AM-sister brand Fleet News for three years before setting up the AM website. For the last five years he has been Bauer B2B’s head of digital helping to manage the digital assets of AM, together with Fleet News, Commercial Fleet, Rail and Smart Transport.
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