Arrivals & Departures

AUCKLAND, Thursday: Film Construction has added director Chris Clark to its roster, for representation in New Zealand, Australia, and Asia. “We first became aware of Chris’ work around a decade ago,” said FC director/founding partner Perry Bradley.

SYDNEY, Today: Former Colenso chief creative officer Levi Slavin is leaving Auckland to return to the land of his birth, joining Aussie start-up Howatson+Company Sydney as CCO.

AUCKLAND, Today: Publicis Groupe’s AUNZ ceo, Sydney-based Michael Rebelo, has announced the launch of Spark Foundry in the New Zealand market, with Westpac NZ signing as the foundation client. The incumbent was FCB Media.

AUCKLAND, Today: Mt Eden-based PR agency Drum (originally Spark PR & Activate) has appointed managing partner roles to long-standing team members Aimee Nicholls and Cassidy Meredith.

AUCKLAND, Today: Leading out-of-home media company JCDecaux New Zealand has announced the appointment of four senior sales executives.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: NZ/US PR agency SweeneyVesty has appointed Mike Shaw as its newest Auckland-based consultant. Shaw previously led Massey University’s communications team.

AUCKLAND, Today: TBWA\New Zealand has announced the appointment of Mick Stalker as creative director. Stalker – a creative agency veteran – has more recently been working independently.

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Creative consultancy Deloitte Digital has announced the appointment of former Colenso BBDO legend Nick Garrett, to lead the growing business from NSW.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: Stuff has announced the appointment of Joanna Norris to the newly created executive position of chief content officer. Norris is currently ceo of regional economic development body ChristchurchNZ.

AUCKLAND, Today: Ambient outdoor exponents Shout Media has added two specialists – Jay Drew and Olivia Innes – to its growing sales team.