Locog PR Head Joins England Rugby 2015
England Rugby 2015 has appointed former head of PR and media at LOCOG, Joanna Manning-Cooper to the new position of communications and marketing director.
Joanna will become part of the ER 2015 leadership team and will take responsibility for ticketing and volunteering campaigns, promoting the tournament, managing the ER2015 brand, implementation of the Rugby World Cup brand, media relations, running the press office and co-ordinating press operations.
Manning-Cooper becomes the latest London 2012 staff member to make the move to England Rugby 2015.
Debbie Jevans, chief executive of England Rugby, served as the London 2012 director of sport while former London 2012 head of sport operations Neil Snowball was appointed rugby operations director in November.
London 2012 chief executive Paul Deighton was also appointed to the England Rugby World Cup 2015 Board last month.
Most recently Manning-Cooper was head of PR and media at LOCOG for more than six years, where she was responsible for global PR and media activity to promote the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Jevans commented: ‘We want Rugby World Cup 2015 in England to be the best World Cup ever. With less than 1,000 days to go to the tournament we are strengthening our senior team, and Joanna has been appointed following a competitive recruitment process for this important new role within the ER2015 leadership team.’
‘Joanna did an exceptional job for London 2012, and her skills and experience in major sporting events will be a great asset as we promote Rugby World Cup 2015 to the world.’
