Arrivals & Departures

Adshel has announce additions and changes to its team in Auckland as the outlook for the outdoor market continues to remain buoyant.

Sunday Punch has appointed Nikki Smith as its new managing director and executive producer. And Smith’s first undertaking? Signing comedy director Helena Brooks.

Special Group’s head of production for the past four years Nigel Sutton has exited agency life in favour of a senior producer gig at Ponsonby-based production outfit Blockhead.

Y&R NZ has appointed James Johnston to the newly created role of client services director effective immediately.

NZME Radio has promoted NZME Radio general manager Dallas Gurney to a new role at group level, GM of group content marketing, focussed on growing commercial branded content, white-labelled content solutions, PR and communications services for clients. He will continue to be based in Auckland.

MediaWorks has snared Mike Berry for the role of Wellington-based radio sales manager, effective Monday 17 August. Berry joins from The Radio Bureau, where he’d been Wellington sales manager since 1992.

Nielsen New Zealand marketing & communications manager Kim McFadden has taken six months’ extended leave. Even as you read this, she’s on the plane bound for Central America.

Former Eleven PR managing director Lauren Vosper, who left the TBWA NZ fold in July last year, has been appointed global PR manager at merino clothing chain Icebreaker.

Sydney-based APAC-wide mobile marketing agency Big Mobile Group has appointed co-founder Graham Christie to the additional role of group ceo.

Spark Home, Mobile and Business has appointed Clive Ormerod as its new general manager marketing.