Parker (pictured) joins the agency from Flamingo where he was an associate director and headed the firm’s digital and ethnographic initiatives.

Prior to this he had spells as a senior strategist at Naked Communications and in the planning team at Saatchi X.

On his new role Parker said: “Face represents a huge opportunity for me to continue the trends and digital research and strategy work I have championed at Flamingo, while contributing to the innovation, insight and social media strategy projects that Face already excels in.”