Omnicom Media Group NZ agencies have made three recent key hires: Rachel Leyland has joined Dynamo as a business director, working primarily on Spark, helping promote its Skinny Mobile and Lightbox offerings. She’s an ex FCB Auckland media director.
Arrivals & Departures: JWT signs digital strategist
J Walter Thompson New Zealand has appointed Grant Henderson to take the reins of the agency’s digital strategic direction.
Arrivals & Departures: Spark PR taps NZME star
PHD Group has appointed Dallas Gurney as general manager of Spark PR & Activate, replacing Robin Wilson, who is returning home to the UK.
DDB & Rialto bring women to tears in remarkable breast cancer research
DDB has taken Rialto Channel’s storyteller role to a new level with a groundbreaking research event that made the Kiwi audience itself part of the story.
Arrivals & Departures: Chemistry Interaction boosts production capabilities, Andrew Holt exits BBDO after seven years
Westhaven-based agency Chemistry Interaction has hired Jude Lehmann as creative services manager to ensure seamless workflow across the agency’s diverse portfolio, which now includes Green Cross Health and The Travel Corporation.
Arrivals & Departures: Carat lures digital guru back to NZ
Carat New Zealand has announced the appointment of Nick Scott to the role of group business director. Scott returns to New Zealand after 10 years in Singapore working for global marketing and performance agencies such as Havas, Neo@Ogilvy and MullenLowe Profero, where he led multiple blue chip digital accounts including IBM and Apple.
Arrivals & Departures: Acquire acquires new sales director, MediaWorks taps new CFO, Spark taps agency star
Nick Paschalis has joined online display advertising technology shop Acquire Online Auckland as an agency sales director after a 5 1/2 year innings with Yahoo as head of direct sales.
Arrivals & Departures: TV3 honcho’s exit triggers global search
MediaWorks has commenced a global search for a TV programming executive to replace director of programming Mark Caulton, who has resigned from TV3 to move to the United Kingdom in the New Year.
Arrivals & Departures: Matt Swinburne moves to Droga5 NYC
Award-winning NZ creative director Matt Swinburne has been lured from McCann New York to a creative director role at Droga5 New York.
Arrivals & Departures: Marketo founder steps aside for new ceo
Sydney, November 2 – Global marketing software company Marketo Inc, a leading provider of marketing software & solutions, has hired Steve Lucas as its new chief executive officer, “underscoring (says the company) our commitment to accelerating growth and innovation”.
