AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Mango Communications has formalised its corporate comms offering with leading PR practitioner Jill Dryden heading up the dedicated service.
Ave, Maria
AUCKLAND, Today: Creative director Maria Devereux has been promoted to executive creative director at Colenso BBDO. She replaces Dan Wright who is to be moved to a group ECD role (the agency promises to reveal more “in a couple of days”).
Mighty MetService taps 2
AUCKLAND, Friday: MetService (or – as they like to call themselves: “The Mighty Metservice”) has made two key new appointments. MetService is a lot more than just a weather forecast – it’s a major vehicle for ad messages, and is the 7th largest NZ website and the 3rd largest mobile site.
Then there was light
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: The Comms Council has appointed independent strategic consultant Simon Lendrum as the convenor for the 2020 Beacon Awards (held in association with oOh!media).
Adschool favours Ogilvy UK creative?
AUCKLAND, Today: Despite nothing but silence from AUT Adschool, M+AD Daily sources have confirmed that the next head of the school is likely to be Daniel Fastnedge.
AUT Adschool CD exits
AUCKLAND, Today: AUT Adschool CD Paul White has left – after 18 years in the job. It’s as yet unclear why – the Adschool website still lists him as its head, and White’s Linkedin page now describes him as “freelance copywriter”.
Auckland Calling
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Off the back of recent account wins, including Oceania Healthcare and Hellers, indie creative agency YoungShand has announced the appointment of Claire Backhouse as its new strategy director.
Newspapers recruit marketer for leadership role
AUCKLAND, Today: Marketer Brook Cameron has been appointed to lead the Newspaper Publishers Association , taking over from outgoing chief executive Brian Hill.
