Vivo Gaming appoints Martin Hodges as marketing director
Hire is one of three new appointments as company strengthens its management team
Live casino software provider Vivo Gaming has appointed Martin Hodges to the role of marketing director as the company continues to strengthen its leadership team.
Hodges arrives with 11 years’ experience in igaming and sports marketing with previous roles including over three years as managing director and founder at Sponsio Tech, which developed a mobile app (OneBet) that allowed customers to manage all their betting accounts and activities from a ‘one-stop shop’ app.
Hodges also spent two years as marketing manager at Sports Betting Community and was latterly head of marketing for USAbility providing strategic, tactical and advisory consultation to a US-focused igaming business.
Hodges will be responsible for managing the overall direction of all marketing and communication activity involving the brand.
Yuval Shochat, COO at Vivo Gaming, said: “Martin boasts a proven track-record within both marketing and igaming, we’re confident his wealth of experience will prove invaluable to everyone, bringing new and innovative ideas to the company.
“There are exciting times ahead of us at Vivo Gaming, these new appointments highlight our ambition going-forward, we’re delighted to welcome all of our new appointments to the team.”
Of his appointment, Hodges said: “I’m excited to join such a well-respected company with a strong and steadily growing presence in key markets around the world.
“I look forward to help take Vivo to the next level. All the right infrastructure is in place for us to take that step.”
The appointment is the third new management hire at Vivo following the recent appointments of Benjamin Umoren as business intelligence manager and Herberth Castro as product manager.