Andy Cocker

Current

• Managing Partner at Infectious Media Ltd

Past

• Group Trading Director at Isobar UK (Aegis Media)
• Head of Trading at Diffiniti
• Buying Director at Zenith Interactive Solutions

• TV Buying Manager at Zenith

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Education

• The Manchester Metropolitan University

Recommended

4 people have recommended Andy

Connections

127 connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

• My Company

Andy Cocker’s Summary

A senior media communications professional (since 1995) Broad experience spanning large agency groups and smaller developing subsidiary agencies. Specialising in digital media since 2001 has developed a keen interest in evolving media markets and advertising technologies. Accustomed to working at board level, with commercial focus, managing teams and developing operating processes and efficiencies. Was responsible for controlling the UK's largest digital media buying pool (£180m), across 5 major media agency brands, and developing Isobar UK groups media trading capability into the market leading proposition.

Andy Cocker’s Specialties:

Digital media trading
Process and systems development
Media/advertising technology
Behavioural targeting
Media exchanges
Media convergence
Social media
Innovation and new agency models

Andy Cocker’s Experience

• Managing Partner

  Infectious Media Ltd

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

  April 2008 — Present (9 months)

  Co-founder and managing partner of Infectious Media.
  
  www.infectiousdigital.com
  
  The definition of what digital media is has changed.
  
  INFECTIOUS is a digital media agency that understands the new rules and does things in different, more effiicient ways.

• Group Trading Director

  Isobar UK (Aegis Media)

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Online Media industry)

  August 2006 — April 2008 (1 year 9 months)

  Responsible for directing group trading strategy with key media and technology partners across Isobar UK group media agencies (Carat, Vizeum, Diffiniti, Feathers Brooksbank, Just Media). Aegis Media UK & Ireland,Trading Board representative for Digital Media.

• Head of Trading

  Diffiniti

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  April 2005 — July 2006 (1 year 4 months)

• Buying Director

  Zenith Interactive Solutions

  (Online Media industry)

  2000 — 2004 (4 years)

• TV Buying Manager

  Zenith

  (Online Media industry)

  1996 — 2000 (4 years)

Andy Cocker’s Education

• The Manchester Metropolitan University

  Economics & Social Studies of Technology 1990 — 1994

Additional Information

Andy Cocker’s Websites:

• My Company

Andy Cocker’s Interests:

media technology, gadgets, cooking, snowboarding, running, travelling, wine, Colombia

Andy Cocker’s Groups:

IPA DMG board member

•    ThoseInMedia (The Who's Who in All of Media)
•    First Tuesday
•    Ad eXchange Experts
•    Connected Marketing Networking Group
•    Digital Loungers

Andy Cocker’s Honors:

One to Watch (Rising Stars of Digital Media 2006) Media Week

Andy Cocker’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch