Arrivals & Departures

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

AUCKLAND, Today: Shortland St-based PR agency Wright Communications has won a raft of clients seeking the agency’s specialist sustainability strategic planning and story-telling skills.

AUCKLAND, Monday: Leading PR agency Drum has expanded its social & content team, appointing Felicity Hopkinson as social & content creative director, and Siobahn Brown as content & social media director.

AUCKLAND, Today: The Monkeys Aotearoa, part of Accenture Interactive, has announced a massive boost to its creative department with the appointment of seven new staffers, including two creative directors – Christie Cooper and James Conner.

CHICAGO, Thursday: Global creative agency TimeZoneOne has appointed Jasmine Shaughnessy to the role of senior graphic designer in it’s NZ office in Christchurch.

WELLINGTON, Today: Wellington indie agency GSL Promotus has welcomed Matt Eastwood as creative director and Cam Frecklington as copywriter.