Advertising systems developer Lineup Systems has recruited former Gannett Healthcare IT vice president Meg Donnelly to its growing professional services team.

She was executive vice president of IT and business integration at Gannett Healthcare and held roles within the client services team of The Media Services Group.

The North American team gains Pete Lewis, appointed senior sales director. His more than 30 years industry experience includes leadership roles with Newscycle and Atex, and consulting the founders of VocalBee.

The company has also hired a programme office manager in Clair Lyddon, digital and programmatic specialist in Jeremy Van Mullem, and customer support manager in Jerome Oliver.

The company says it has increased its global staff by more than 58 per cent since the beginning of 2015, and is still seeking media industry experts to join its team.

• A new Lineup advertising system at Ireland's Independent News & Media will support 200 users.

The move follows a successful pilot of the web based advertising sales and management solution.

INM manages assets of 187.6 million Euros and is a leader in Irish and Northern Irish newspaper markets as well as being the country's largest newspaper contract printer and wholesale newspaper distributor.

The system will book adverts across print, digital and inserts, managing finance and providing reporting and analytics.