Arrivals & Departures

AUCKLAND, Thursday: Special has hired two senior creatives to further bolster their creative team. Matt Swinburne (group creative director) and David Shirley (creative director) will be joining the agency at the end of this month.

CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday: Merivale-based comms agency Harvey Cameron has promoted Gareth O’Connor to managing director.

AUCKLAND, Today: Proximity NZ has launched a CXM division with Kate De Marco and Nathalie Philippsen named as co-directors.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: London-based global location advertising company Blis is launching its programmatic offering, Audience Explorer, in New Zealand. They launched in Australia a year ago.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Following several new business wins, Grey Lynn-based independent media agency D3 has announced the hiring of nine new staffers, seeing the total agency swell to 18 team members.

AUCKLAND, Today: NZME has announced further additions to its commercial team, strengthening its multi-platform offering for clients.

AUCKLAND, Today: Discovery ANZ’s senior director for ad sales Donna Gurney has been appointed the new chair for ThinkTV.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Discovery ANZ has announced a key internal promotion, with NZ-based Kerry Leonard appointed to the senior manager – integration leadership role.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Indie creative agency Federation has announced another five appointments, this time to its creative production team, including Miranda Kennedy as creative delivery lead.

AUCKLAND, Today: USA/AU/NZ agency Attain has scored a coup, signing storied adman Mike Hutcheson for its global advisory board.