Habbo appoints Emap creative solutions director

[Headwire]

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Habbo UK, a social networking site aimed at teenagers, has appointed former Emap creative solutions director Hussain Chowdhury as UK sales manager.
Chowdhury (pictured) will be responsible for overseeing advertising sales and creating interactive brand campaigns for Habbo.
He will report to former AOL UK commercial director Phil Guest, who joined as the regional director for Habbo Central Europe earlier this year

He has more than ten years experience in the media sector and working with major brands such as Adidas, Audi, Levi’s and Sony Ericsson.
Before joining Emap six years ago, Chowdhury held roles at CBS Impact Division as a special projects account manager.
Habbo launched seven years ago and has 78 million users signed up on its worldwide network.
Previous advertisers include P&G, Nike, Nokia, Coca Cola and Playstation.
Guest said: “"Hussain’s appointment is key to building a scalable advertising business to compliment our successful user revenue model that has made Habbo one of the most successful virtual communities online today.
"His knowledge of the digital arena and his experience of cross-media integrated activity will be valuable in helping marketers understand how best to use virtual worlds to build relevant brand connections

Taken from http://www.mad.co.uk/Main/News/Artic...-director.html

The website contains an image of Hussain Chowdhury.

[Pyroka]

That's a pretty good move for Habbo, though I have no idea who the guy is but hey, he sounds up to the job.

[VPSwow]

Habbo can only get better

[You]

Nice post Rob.

[Laurensh1]

Nice, although I can't read more on the site :-)

We will wonder what his name will be!

[PriceTags]

Eeeh, if he's from Emap, he must be good! Emap are the company who give us Kiss, Smash Hits, The Hits, Kerrang, Q and many more magazines with digital radio stations and TV channels ^_^!

[ºNotesº]

Wow, cool find. +rep

[CrazyColaist]

i want kerrang to sponser habbo then (h)

[Hazza]

is Phil Guest is Nilsn?

Nice find btw

[RICHe]

i want kerrang to sponser habbo then (h)

They sponsered Ozzy coming! Its more likely Smash Hits though !

is Phil Guest is Nilsn?

Nice find btw

Yes Phil Guest is Nilsn