Arrivals & Departures

Gina McKie has joined oOh! NZ as business manager following a role in Microsoft’s digital sales house, Mi9. McKie’s background and experience is predominately in sales with a key focus on delivery and client service. 

Napier-based Tracta Advertising (“the heartland agency”) has appointed Mark Lorrigan as creative director, and Kimberley Smyth as senior account manager. Lorrigan joined directly from DDB, and has relocated to Hawkes Bay. At DDB he was retail CD.

Online anytime TV service Lightbox has appointed Andy McCool as its new head of product. McCool who joins from Sky Network Television.

The name’s Blakely, Ross Blakely. He may not have a licence to kill, but new Pond digital agent Ross Blakely most definitely has a license to thrill with his insights into digital recruitment and a stellar line-up of talent.

Sydney & Auckland global search firm Hourigan International has appointed Natasja Barclay as managing partner and Gillian Gibson as leadership consultant in the Auckland office. (A release mix-up yesterday caused M+AD to run a very old release in error – Mark Jenner left Hourigan in April to join Interbrand NZ as managing director. And he’s still there! M+AD and Hourigan regret the error.)

Former Bullet PR account director Tony Mangan has returned to New Zealand to take up the role of managing partner at Hubbub, a content marketing agency launched in Auckland this week by independent creative agency Federation.

GroupM ceo Sean Seamer has bailed – to join MediaCom Sydney as ceo. He’d been in the GroupM role since the company set up in NZ a year ago, and will continue to oversee the NZ operation until a replacement is appointed.

Fairfax Media has appointed Kelli Brett as editor of Cuisine magazine. Brett is an experienced food journalist who has written for magazines and newspapers in Europe and Dubai.

After eight years leading Whybin\TBWA Melbourne, Andrew Scott is returning home to New Zealand to lead the Auckland office together with Christy Peacock who has been appointed as the agency’s new executive creative director.

Singapore Airlines has hired a new NZ general manager. He’s Simon Turcotte and he replaces Edwin Chiang, who’s moving to Singapore Airlines as general manager in Indonesia.