Arrivals & Departures

Auckland-based publisher Snapdragon Media has engaged two new team members. Rebecca Knight has been appointed as sales manager. She joins Snapdragon from Bauer Media and will be managing the direct advertising for Kidspot as well as all advertising across lifestyle brand Her World.

The Comms Council has appointed Brand Spanking director Mark Pickering to the position of Chair for the PR, Experiential, & Social Media Committee (PREScom). 

Max McKeon joins Colenso BBDO as Creative Director – but what’s in a title? Titles in advertising have lost a lot of meaning as of late, the good people at Colenso say. “Sometimes they are offered instead of pay rises,” they say.

Retail agency 99 Auckland has promoted three key senior staff members to group business director roles to lead their client service team – Katherine Sliper, Leila De Koster and Kristyna Hotchin.

Wellington & Auckland brand strategy & design agency Creature Design has announced the appointment of NZ creative identity Jerry Beale as senior strategist, based at Creature Auckland. Beale will also work with the Wellington team on key projects.

R/GA Australia has crossed the Tasman to tempt Colenso BBDO’s Rachel Morgan into a client services executive director, client services role at the Sydney agency.

Leading Wellington-based digital experience company Heyday (Whittaker’s, Griffin’s, Mitsubishi, Garage Project and Z Energy) has appointed Jodi Willocks to the new position of general manager.

Sydney, 11 June 2018 – Ooyala, a leading provider of software and services that optimise the production, distribution and monetisation of media, has appointed Patricio Cummins as the vice president for the Asia-Pacific region (including NZ and Japan) based in Sydney.

Transtasman shootists Eight (production offices in both Auckland & Sydney) have signed star Kiwi director Steve Saussey for representation in Australia, New Zealand and Asia.

DDB’s customer experience agency Track NZ has appointed senior art director Carl Lough, a 20-year UK/NZ agency veteran, to its creative team, and Adele Glover who has taken on the role of traffic manager.