Prime Focus has appointed Neil Coles to the role of senior sales executive and added Louisa Sutherland-Smith as an audio producer, both in its broadcast division.

Coles was most recently on the studio and outside broadcast side at Roll to Record, having also worked at The Pinewood Studios Group and Lynx Digital.

He will work closely with the broadcast sales team on business development, predominantly for long-form and light entertainment broadcast projects.

Sutherland-Smith joins from Aquarium Studios where she was responsible for six studios and has experience in prep, sound design, mixing, foley, ADR and Dolby mastering and encoding.

Her credits include Merlin (pictured), The Secret Life of the Berlin Wall and Pulling.

Simon Briggs, managing director, UK said “Broadcast continues to play a major role in our London offering and we’re constantly looking to progress and develop our facilities and our team.”