Arrivals & Departures

Adshel NZ has announced the appointment of a new staff member – Charlotte White – to its Auckland sales team. “As Robbie Coshan sets to depart on his OE, Charlotte has stepped into the role as account manager joining the award-winning sales team,” said Adshel Auckland group sales manager Mark Banbrook.

Y&R New Zealand has announced the appointment of Kim Pick and Tom Paine as joint creative leaders, following Josh Moore’s departure as CCO.

Global fast food chain Domino’s has appointed Brisbane-based Melody Livingstone to head its Australian and New Zealand marketing operations. Livingstone was formerly head of marketing at Aussie food delivery service provider YouFoodz.

Commercials director Jeff Wood has returned home to New Zealand from a successful stint in London to join the Fish & Clips roster.

Stuff has announced the appointment of Josh Borthwick as commercial director – agency and direct. In this role, Borthwick will lead, develop and direct the national advertiser and agency sales teams, as well as the local direct sales teams.

Carat NZ has appointed OMD’s Jonathan Sorensen to the role of group business director on some of the agency’s highest profile accounts, including ASB Bank and DB Breweries. 

Auckland digital agency Little Giant, Linked by Isobar has appointed Ian Howard to the newly created position of managing director. The creation of the role follows another period of strong growth for Little Giant which now boasts a team of 45 digital experts.

Colmar Brunton has announced two senior appointments – both from within the company. Kerri Tait is moving into the chief client officer (Auckland) role and Brian Turner has been appointed as head of client service (Auckland).

Auckland, today: PHD Group, part of Omnicom Media Group, has appointed four of its senior management team to new leadership roles within its two agencies, PHD and Spark PR & Activate.

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.