Helios Worldwide welcomes APAC PR Manager

TEAM LEWIS has launched Marketing SideKick, a proprietary AI-powered marketing intelligence platform available to its clients.

Developed in-house, the platform is designed to support marketing and communications teams by connecting data across PR, web, CRM and paid media functions, and providing recommendations as trends and narratives evolve.

Marketing SideKick comprises a suite of AI tools, including:

• Playbook – maintain brand memory and context across strategy, messaging and assets.
• Scout – track AI visibility metrics and share-of-voice tracking across AI search and answer engines.
• Ping – provides always-on media monitoring and narrative intelligence.
• Editor – refine content for clarity, structure, and brand consistency.
• Presenter – generate editable, on-brand presentations from briefs.
• Coach – deliver presentation training with performance insights.

Alan Tanner has joined the team at Ubank as Associate Director, Media and External Communications on a 12-month contract, where he will be advising the CEO and Leadership Team on reputation, risk and opportunity. He was Head of Communications at Foxtel Group for four years. Prior to this, Alan gained agency experience at Ogilvy PR in Sydney and GCI Health in New York. 

 Nike has promoted Vanessa Marven to the role of Director of Communications, Pacific. She initially joined the team in 2024 as Principal, Communications Lead, Pacific.

Vanessa's communications experience spans more than two decades, which includes in-house experience across the luxury, retail and beauty sectors.