Lee Baldock is joining The Fifth Estate team for this week's Prolight+Sound exhibition in Frankfurt
UK - The Fifth Estate Ltd has announced the growth of the company, with the arrival of well-known entertainment technology editor and journalist, Lee Baldock, who joins the group of experienced marketing content producers and strategists. Baldock, who left Light & Sound International (LSi) magazine this spring, joins The Fifth Estate as senior account director.
Based in Sussex, Lee will work from the company's seaside office near Brighton. Working closely with creative director Sarah Rushton-Read, his focus will be on business development, alongside helping existing clients craft their brand stories for the variety of audiences and platforms that today's marketing communications need to reach.
Baldock's long career has seen him spend 22 years representing the entertainment technology industry working on leading B2B publication LSi, gaining experience under the editorships of both John Offord and Ruth Rossington, before becoming editor and head of PLASA Media, a position he has held successfully for the past 13 years.
"I'm excited to be joining the team at The Fifth Estate," says Baldock. "I've known the company since its inception, and have always been impressed by its output and its role in helping connect some really innovative technology producers to the creative people who use that technology out in the marketplace.”
Sarah Rushton-Read, founder and creative director of The Fifth Estate, says: "We're delighted that Lee has chosen to join our company as senior account director. He joins us at a perfect time in the business's development, as we rebrand and refocus our services to meet the ever-changing landscape of corporate communications.”
Baldock is joining Sarah Rushton-Read and The Fifth Estate team for this week's Prolight+Sound exhibition in Frankfurt.
(Jim Evans)

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