Arrivals & Departures

Marketing Association stakeholder relations & admin manager Sylvia Devlin – a true legend in this business – is moving on after 30 years at the MA. 

New York, NY (May 03, 2016) – The One Club, producers of the prestigious One Show Awards and Creative Week, overnight announced that it has appointed six new members to its board: Mark Tutssel, Judy John, Rei Inamoto, Pete Favat, Leslie Sims and Colenso BBDO creative chairman Nick Worthington (as a member of the International Board).

Auckland-based Film Construction has added Way Ward director-producers Sam Doyon & Morgan Way to its Sydney team.

Former NZME executive Phil Eustace has been appointed chair of the Newspaper Publishers’ Association, replacing Gisborne Herald MD Michael Muir, who has held the role since 2007.

The numbers in the media department at Freemans Bay full-service agency Contagion have risen by two, with the promotion of Suzie Thompson and the hiring of Ryan Jordan as Joint Heads of Media.

Coca-Cola (NZ) Amatil has appointed former television frontman Neil Waka to lead its communications team as corporate affairs manager.

After 14 years at Fairfax Media, Stuart Palmer has taken up the newly created position of national sales manager at Phantom Billstickers.

Dentsu Aegis’ Auckland-based digital performance marketer iProspect has appointed Alex Fallowfield to the newly created position of head of product.

ad2one has appointed Natasha O’Connor to the position of interim sales director in NZ, filling the gap left by the departure of managing director Lisa Ison and sales director Johanna Cotter.

After six years and four years of service apiece, managing director Lisa Ison & sales director Johanna Cotter have decided to leave the NZ arm of global digital advertising sales company ad2one – to “pursue other business opportunities”.