A HARTLEBURY-based communications agency has a new member in its creative team.

Drpgroup has appointed Gordon Roberts as senior creative director.

He has industry experience, working with a variety of brands. They include working with Jack Morton Worldwide NY and Caribiner International in New York and Detroit, alongside brands such as Ford and Diageo.

The Drpcreative team has taken on six new team members this year and Drpgroup has also announced two promotions.

Nick Ruffles takes over the role of head of project management, taking over the reins from Gemma Downing.

With the development of dedicated account management team under the direction of Paul Nicholls, a further new role has been created, with Ms Downing being promoted to account manager, solely focused on the Lloyds Banking Group account.