Office space company beefs up marketing team

Global property company Instant has bolstered its marketing team with the appointment of former WH Smith marketer Catherine Lister.

Lister is a former marketing director at WH Smith Travel Retail and marketing manager at Tesco. In 2006 she set up her own marketing consultancy specialising in the retail sector.

She now takes the position of marking director of the managed offices division of Instant, which specialises in online brokering of serviced office space and providing managed offices.

The company has also recruited Aviva/RAC digital specialist Claire Noble as online marketing director

The company says that the recruits strengthen Instant’s team and will allow it to capitalise on opportunities in the market and fortify its position as a market leader.

Instant recently appointed former chief executive of Friends reunited, Michael Murphy, as chairman.

Rob Hamilton, founder and chief executive of the Instant group, says: “The team will be providing strategic counsel to help build the company’s growing reputation in both online broking of serviced office space and the provision of a unique full service managed offices operation.”