Arrivals & Departures

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: FCB Media has confirmed the promotion of Philippa Mckenzie from the position of group business director at the agency to head of connections planning.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: DDB Aotearoa NZ has appointed Jack Murphy, one of New Zealand’s leading young strategists, to the role of strategy director.

AUCKLAND, Today: Spark Foundry has announced a number of key appointments to its senior team including Oliver King as head of strategy, Kyra Hale Lyden as strategy director and Liam Dunne as business director.

AUCKLAND, Monday: School Road Publishing has appointed Joe France as managing director. Owner Greg Partington said: “The decision to pivot SRP to include a stronger digital play is the obvious future of publishing.”

AUCKLAND, Friday: dentsu NZ has announced its engagement of Richard Hollingum as Experience Consulting Practice Lead. dentsu NZ ceo Robert Harvey said: “In a year when dentsu saw 10.2% growth across the APAC region, the New Zealand arm of the global business has continued to make key strategic hires signalling the intention for further growth in 2022.

AUCKLAND, Friday: NZME’s Cliff Joiner has departed his wide-ranging role, which included PR with media (like M+AD), to join the BNZ (presumably in a senior comms role).

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Following four recent new business wins, Proximity NZ has appointed Adam Brami as client partnerships director. Brami recently returned to New Zealand after leading the Australian Defence Force recruitment business at VMLY&R Melbourne, with a large client partnerships team.

AUCKLAND, Today: DDB Aotearoa NZ has announced the appointment of a new lead business partner, with Kate Heatley joining the Auckland-based team to lead the Westpac NZ business.

AUCKLAND, Today: Indie digital agency Flight has announced a series of key hires across its senior team, in response to significant growth over the past 12 months. Furthering Flight’s expansion is the appointment of Stephen van Niekerk as head of performance.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: NZME has appointed experienced digital marketing leader Jared De Wet as its new general manager digital sales, agency. De Wet has 12 years in the media and marketing industry with much of that focused in digital marketing and leadership roles.