Communications agency, Bright Signals, has strengthened its senior management team with three appointments.

The 50-strong agency has hired Frances Irvine as managing director. She was a board member, co-owner and associate director at Whitespace, and has worked with clients such as the Scottish Government to the Royal Academy of Music.

One of Ms Irvine’s former colleagues at Whitespace Phillip Lockwood-Holmes, joins Bright Signals as head of Innovation. His clients include household names such as Sainsburys, Nike, Oxfam and Lego.

Vic Milne joins the team as head of planning and optimisation from Scotland’s largest creative agency The Leith Agency, where IRN-BRU, The Scottish Government, Famous Grouse and Baxters were among her campaign projects.