Oisin Langan, the well-known sports broadcaster has joined Wilson Hartnell’s sports marketing and sponsorship practice. In his new role, Langan will lead on strategy and content development across a number of leading Irish and International brands.
A native of Waterford, he joins Wilson Hartnell from Newstalk, where he spent over a decade as a sports broadcaster with the Off the Ball and Newstalk’s breakfast programmes. His coverage of the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio De Janeiro earned him Best Paralympic Games Radio Coverage at the OCS Irish Paralympic Awards. More recently, he worked as Off the Ball’s senior reporter during the launch of its innovative breakfast show OTB AM, which is streamed live across its social media channels.
Prior to joining Newstalk, he worked with Red FM in Cork as sports editor, where he was the youngest ever recipient of the prestigious Radio Sports Broadcaster of the Year award.
According to Sarah O’Connor, Head of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, Wilson Hartnell: “We are delighted that Oisin has joined the team. He will play a key role in the leadership of our sports marketing and sponsorship business and the implementation of our growth strategy. His extensive experience in sports broadcasting as an editor, producer and reporter, will complement Wilson Hartnell’s unique sports and brand marketing expertise, enhance our award-winning content creation team and expand our service offering to existing and future clients.”
Oisin Langan adds: “I am hugely excited to join the Wilson Hartnell team. In a constantly evolving communications landscape, clients are looking for multi-layered skillsets, different perspectives, strongly rooted insights that form the basis of brilliant campaigns and content that is fully optimised to deliver the biggest return. I am really looking forward to bringing my experience to bear on the great work that Wilson Hartnell is widely known for.”
