Published: 08 Feb 2019
Following an open recruitment process, Creative Scotland is pleased to confirm that Ken Miller has been appointed as Interim Director of Communications, taking up post with immediate effect.
Ken Miller will be covering the post held by Kenneth Fowler who has been seconded to the Scottish Government for 12 months as Head of Communications.
Before joining Creative Scotland, Ken Miller led the communications work of the national healthcare improvement body, Healthcare Improvement Scotland, and the national agency for sport, sportscotland, focusing on integrating internal, stakeholder and public communications to improve healthcare services and participation in sport respectively.
Prior to those posts, Ken held communications and marketing roles across manufacturing, service, public and private sectors.
Of the appointment, Iain Munro, Acting CEO at Creative Scotland said: “I’m extremely pleased to welcome Ken to his new role as Interim Director of Communications. Ken brings with him a wealth of experience that will be hugely beneficial to Creative Scotland.
“Over the course of the next 12 months Ken will provide strategic leadership and direction to the Communications’ team, fostering collaborative working, connected planning and knowledge-sharing across the organisation.
“I look forward to working closely with Ken and I know he will make a positive contribution during his time at Creative Scotland.”
Ken Miller, Interim Director of Communications, Creative Scotland said: “I am delighted to be joining Creative Scotland at what is an exciting time for the organisation and for the arts, screen and creative industries more generally.
“Crucial to the organisation’s work is effective communications and engagement and I am really looking forward to building on the some of the great work that is already being done.”
Creative Scotland is the public body that supports the arts, screen and creative industries across all parts of Scotland on behalf of everyone who lives, works or visits here. We enable people and organisations to work in and experience the arts, screen and creative industries in Scotland by helping others to develop great ideas and bring them to life. We distribute funding provided by the Scottish Government and the National Lottery. For further information about Creative Scotland please visit www.creativescotland.com. Follow us @creativescots and www.facebook.com/CreativeScotland
