Team News

Route Agency's Director, Ben Dascombe

Meet Ben Dascombe, Director

Ben Dascombe, our Director, initially started out in marketing in the 90s, working on the client side. He moved over to the agency side of the industry in 1997 to work at a specialist radio agency, before leaving to launch a media agency in London. He ran the agency with his partners for 17 years, helping to launch a number […]

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The Route Agency team in 2022

2022 Review

What a year… It’s that time of year when you reflect on the past 12 months and what a year it has been for the Route team! During a recent team meeting, the team summed 2022 up as: jam-packed; fast-paced; challenging and exciting. 📍Working on a range of exciting projects with wonderful clients including Environment Bank, JMAC , Luxury Cotswold […]

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Darren Davidson, born in Gateshead and now Managing Director of Route Agency

Meet Darren Davidson, Managing Director

Darren Davidson Darren Davidson, our MD first started out in the advertising industry working at ITV in London as an airtime sales assistant, scheduling TV adverts for ITV Tyne Tees. He then moved on to work for large media companies in London including Sky and News UK before founding Route with his business partner Ben Dascombe. Gateshead-born Darren is passionate […]

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Molly Hughes

Molly Hughes Promotion

Congratulations to our wonderful Molly-Ann Hughes who has recently been promoted to SEO Account Manager! Molly joined us a year ago as an Account Executive, fresh out of university. In that time, she has progressed rapidly and is excelling across all parts of her role. Training and investment in young people are a priority at Route. Career development is always top […]

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Vermont Hotel Away Day

Away day with some familiar faces Yesterday the Route Team headed to The Vermont Hotel Newcastle for our very first away day. ⤵️ It was a great opportunity to reflect on our growth to date and for the team to feed into our growth strategy for 2022/23 sharing their thoughts on Route’s direction and structure. We were delighted to also […]

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We’re growing

Following continued growth we have further strengthened the team with four new appointments.  Martyn King, SEO Account Director and Sarah Thomas, Paid Social Media Manager will support our vision to partner with clients to help them understand their customer touchpoints and maximise their investments. Molly-Ann Hughes, Account Executive and Lewis Wallwork, Data Apprentice, will support clients and the company as […]

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