AUCKLAND, Monday: Stanley St ECD Brad Collett has unveiled three new hires into the creative department – including in a “rockstar” creative director.
Special PR signs Sarah Prigg & Duncan Killick
AUCKLAND, Today: Special PR – recently established by Special Group in its downtown office – has appointed Sarah Prigg as an account director and Duncan Killick as a senior PR manager.
Planning doyen Lucinda Sherborne departs DDB to set up strategy consultancy
AUCKLAND, Today: Respected NZ strategist Lucinda Sherborne has departed DDB Aotearoa NZ after nearly 15 years to establish her own strategic consultancy business.
Lou Devine signs on to head up Farrimond
AUCKLAND, Today: Lou Devine, previously at The Warehouse Group, has joined Farrimond as managing director, responsible for developing the agency and growing the business’s local and global brands.
Lumo taps Canty & Shrubb
AUCKLAND, Today: Lumo Digital Outdoor has welcomed in two new hires to its account management and operations teams. CEO Phil Clemas says the additions are “the first steps of many to expand our offering in 2022”.
Rhapsody in Blue
AUCKLAND, Today: The latest version of Twitter – Twitter Blue – has this morning become available in New Zealand, giving Kiwis access to more content. It was released in Australia in June.
More strategic firepower for Stanley St
AUCKLAND, Monday: Stanley St ceo Siobhan Burke has continued to add strategic firepower to the agency, hiring expat Thomas Scovell as head of strategy, and scientist Ankit Patel as head of data & analytics.
DB Breweries names new MD
AUCKLAND, Today: DB Breweries has this morning announced senior management changes which will see managing director Peter Simons moving on to a new role within the Heineken company, and Matt Wilson (currently corporate affairs director and transformation lead at DB) appointed as MD, effective 1 January.
MBM taps Lee-Ann Morris as its first ceo
AUCKLAND, Today: Media agency MBM has appointed Lee-Ann Morris to the newly created position of ceo. She will join the agency in February 2022 from PHD Media where she has been managing director for the past five years.
Saatchi & Saatchi upsizes in lockdown
AUCKLAND, Today: After a year of rapid growth and four significant business wins including Z Energy and ANZ FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & NZ 2023, Saatchi & Saatchi NZ has further strengthened its senior team with a number of key hires in their Auckland office.
