Arrivals & Departures

Former Saatchi & Saatchi NZ digital creative director Tom Eslinger – an American creative who spent 15 years in NZ from 1990 to 2005 – has been named global chief creative officer of Y&R Group agency Burson-Marsteller, a global strategic communications & PR firm based in New York.

MediaWorks has appointed Oskar Alley as the lead digital editor in the Newshub team. He joins Newshub from Wellington’s Dominion Post where he held a variety of roles including assistant editor, chief reporter, and most recently deputy editor.

Finch has signed NZ writer/director Zia Mandviwalla to its roster of directors. Mandviwalla has directed commercials for Sky, Vodafone, NZTA, Google Android, Tower Insurance, the NZ Navy and ASB Bank.

FCB NZ ceo Brian van den Hurk has today announced that he will be retiring in early 2017, after 40 years in the agency business, including 28 years at FCB locally and offshore.

Bauer Media has appointed Michele Crawshaw as editor of the Australian Women’s Weekly NZ magazine. The previous – temporary – editor was Wendyl Nissan, who ran the title in 2016 while then-editor Cath Bennett was on maternity leave. Bennett had since chosen not to return.

McDonald’s New Zealand has confirmed new appointments in three key positions: Dave Howse as managing director, Jo Mitchell as director of marketing and Brid Drohan-Stewart as Head of Marketing.

US/Sydney-based Quantcast, a leader in applying the power of big data to digital and mobile advertising, has appointed experienced industry executive Brendan Muller to lead its New Zealand operations. 

NZME announced today that Mike Lane will be joining the NZME Content team in the newly created role of content director – Radio Hauraki and The ACC (Alternative Commentary Collective).

Talya Avram has joined the Jobmedia team in Auckland after two years’ recruiting for the creative industries in Sydney and Melbourne.

With a key hire, leading Auckland branding agency Dow Design has hired Michael Evans as digital director, tasked with integrating design and digital more optimally.