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Stephen Mayes returns to Image Source as head of US Operations
The London based Royalty Free Producer Image Source, has announced the appointment of photography veteran, Stephen Mayes, to the role of Chief Operating Officer - Americas. In addition to industry experience Mayes previously worked for Image Source as Creative Director prior to crossing ‘the pond’ to serve as a director at Art+Commerce in New York. In addition, Mayes has held senior level positions at Getty Images, Network Photographers and Photonica. Stephen will be responsible for driving the expansion of the creative output and sales of Image Source's New York and newly opened Los Angeles offices.
The appointment of Mayes follows the appointment of Hugh Yarbrough last October as Image Source continues to build its US presence in the marketplace. "We are delighted to welcome Stephen back to Image Source in this exciting position", said Duncan Grossart, CEO of Image Source. "Having worked with him for several years, the time is ripe for him to return at an executive level and to head up our US operation. We have had an amazing 2006 driven by our premium content strategy that has put us in a very strong position to aggressively build on our business and market position. Our growth demonstrates the market hunger that exists for high-end premium imagery that is both creative and commercially relevant as an antidote to the overload of low-end low production value imagery."
"Image Source is a dynamic hotspot in the stock industry. Only seven years old and accelerating in a tough market, Image Source is the right place to capitalise on my experience gathered from so many parts of the photographic industry" stated Mayes. "We have been looking for the opportunity to work together and the recent expansion of Image Source's US operation is the ideal moment to combine our ambitions to bring something fresh to the communications industry."
”We wanted the best in the business to spearhead our development in the United States and Stephen was the name that kept coming back to us. Having such a well-known and well respected industry figure joining us demonstrates the draw Image Source has. We have always been an ambitious company but now more than ever, with our impressive growth record in 2006, we believe it is our time to accelerate the adventure" stated Christina Vaughan, Image Source Founder and CEO.
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