
Hunt has been working on a consultancy basis at the newspaper since January last year, but was appointed on a permanent basis as its top marketer this week. He will report to chief commercial officer David Pemsel.
. Previous to that, Hunt held marketing roles at Freeview, Project Kangaroo and Sky Italia and was a partner at ad agency St Lukes.
Pemsel described Hunt as having a "brilliant media background".
He said: "He’s got a wonderful balance of understanding audiences, new technologies and the new media space."