CAREERS MEDIA: Getty appoints new AP agent manager

<p>Ms Helen Mok-Sargent has been appointed to the position of </p><p>Asia-Pacific agent manager at Getty Images - a leading global ecommerce </p><p>provider of imagery and related products and services. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Ms Mok-Sargent, who has been in the stock photo business since 1982, </p><p>will help oversee the development and expansion of Getty's sales </p><p>network. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>She was previously the licensee of The Image Bank Hong Kong from 1985 to </p><p>1998, during which time the company grew to be a major player in the </p><p>stock photography and film footage market in the region, with major </p><p>brands such as Archive, Swanstock and Artville. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Getty acquired The Image Bank last November as part of its worldwide </p><p>expansion drive and one of Ms Mok-Sargent's immediate tasks is to help </p><p>establish a new structure and lines of communications. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>"Of utmost importance is to liaise with all areas of the network, chart </p><p>out reporting channels and to reorganise work duties to avoid </p><p>duplication of work. Basically, we are taking the cultures of the </p><p>different brands we manage to form an 'all for one and one for all' </p><p>attitude within the Getty network," she told MEDIA. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Getty's more significant acquisition included Visual Communications </p><p>Group. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>It also formed an alliance with Internet media and commerce network </p><p>AltaVista Company and a deal allowing access of National Geographic's </p><p>image collection through Getty's creative professional portal site, </p><p>gettyone.com. </p><p><BR><BR> </p>