Arrivals & Departures

Parnell-based engagement agency Campbell + Co has added Skinny Mobile to its portfolio, along with Container Door, St Marks Developments Limited and Auckland Art Fair.

Jennifer Came has joined TRB this month as an account director following a role as agency account manager at Val Morgan Cinema.

Darren Linton has been appointed chief marketing officer of Yellow. He returned home to New Zealand for the role after 16 years in the United Kingdom where he held senior level marketing positions with some of world’s biggest brands. 

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.