In 2010 Renegade continues to expand with three new recruits. In the last weeks of 2009 we worked with a number of major international brands to provide workshops covering all aspects of social media and digital public relations. Our largest to date involved the entire press and communications team of a major broadcasting company. If you are interested in securing a rapid upscale in Web 2.0 knowledge, contact us today.
Robin Hutchison has over a decade of experience on both sides of the media fence. He began his career as a freelance journalist at Britain's oldest independent press agency, Raymonds of Derby. His responsibilities included court reporting, news gathering and covering Premier League football matches across the East Midlands.
Following a move to his native Scotland in June 2000, Robin began freelancing for Newsflash Press Agency. After breaking a number of front page stories which dominated the Scottish media, he spent time as a food critic in Glasgow whilst also working for the Daily Record and Scottish Sun. Fleet Street called soon afterwards where he worked at the Mirror and Daily Express before joining the Daily Star, Britain's fastest growing newspaper.
After working on a series of high profile stories he was promoted to night news editor before being poached for a public relations role at Ladbrokes, the world's largest bookmaker. He spent over five years at the firm in charge of sport and politics PR, delivering a host of successful campaigns including football's 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008, cricket's 2007 World Cup and the 2009 Ashes series; and the 2008 U.S Presidential elections. He also oversaw a number of sponsorship deals with PDC World Darts Champion Phil Taylor and snooker star Ronnie O'Sullivan, as well as writing the biography of former Rangers and Derby County star Ted McMinn.
