Acuity PR, part of Ingenuity, has appointed former Marketing Week deputy editor Ian McCawley as managing director.

McCawley joins from Limelight where he was client services director. He spent ten years in journalism with publishers including Centaur, where he was also deputy editor of Precision Marketing and Data Strategy.

At Acuity, McCawley will have overall responsibility for growing the business, overseeing client relationships and acquisition.