Cooper quits Unbound for subscription service ckbk

Jason Cooper is to leave crowdfunding publisher Unbound to join ckbk, the digital subscription service for cooks, as chief operating officer in the New Year.

He will be responsible for the operational and commercial development of ckbk working with the co-founders, c.e.o. Matthew Cockerill in London and Nadia Arumugan in New York. Cooper joined Unbound as chief commercial and operating officer in 2015.  He was previously digital and new business development director at Faber.

Cockerill said: "We're delighted to be welcoming Jason to ckbk at this exciting phase. Feedback from our founder subscribers and Kickstarter campaign has helped us to fine-tune ckbk as we prepare for wider launch. Jason has played a lead role in digital publishing innovation, both in a startup context and at established publishers, and this range of experience will be invaluable as we work with our publishing partners to develop ckbk to its full potential."

Cooper said: "I'm thrilled to have been asked to join in the excitement of a new business at a promising moment. I admire Mathew's form as a technologist and publishing innovator.  His vision for ckbk and the exceptional content and community of writers and chefs he and Nadia have assembled around it is compelling.  I'm looking forward to working globally and across media with an ambitious business model that reaches beyond normal digital publishing territory."

At Unbound, Cooper said: "We've grown the business substantially over the last few years and the team's pluck, good humour and enthusiasm has shone."