Carat NZ has appointed OMD’s Jonathan Sorensen to the role of group business director on some of the agency’s highest profile accounts, including ASB Bank and DB Breweries.
Arrivals & Departures: Little Giant promotes Ian Howard
Auckland digital agency Little Giant, Linked by Isobar has appointed Ian Howard to the newly created position of managing director. The creation of the role follows another period of strong growth for Little Giant which now boasts a team of 45 digital experts.
Arrivals & Departures: Colmar Brunton fills senior roles internally
Colmar Brunton has announced two senior appointments – both from within the company. Kerri Tait is moving into the chief client officer (Auckland) role and Brian Turner has been appointed as head of client service (Auckland).
Arrivals & Departures: PHD Group goes in-house for leadership hires
Auckland, today: PHD Group, part of Omnicom Media Group, has appointed four of its senior management team to new leadership roles within its two agencies, PHD and Spark PR & Activate.
Arrivals & Departures: Snapdragon Media hires two execs
Auckland-based publisher Snapdragon Media has engaged two new team members. Rebecca Knight has been appointed as sales manager. She joins Snapdragon from Bauer Media and will be managing the direct advertising for Kidspot as well as all advertising across lifestyle brand Her World.
Arrivals & Departures: New chief at PREScom
The Comms Council has appointed Brand Spanking director Mark Pickering to the position of Chair for the PR, Experiential, & Social Media Committee (PREScom).
Arrivals & Departures: Colenso asks, What’s in a title?
Max McKeon joins Colenso BBDO as Creative Director – but what’s in a title? Titles in advertising have lost a lot of meaning as of late, the good people at Colenso say. “Sometimes they are offered instead of pay rises,” they say.
Arrivals & Departures: 99 promotes proven trio
Retail agency 99 Auckland has promoted three key senior staff members to group business director roles to lead their client service team – Katherine Sliper, Leila De Koster and Kristyna Hotchin.
Arrivals & Departures: Jerry Beale joins Creature Design
Wellington & Auckland brand strategy & design agency Creature Design has announced the appointment of NZ creative identity Jerry Beale as senior strategist, based at Creature Auckland. Beale will also work with the Wellington team on key projects.
Arrivals & Departures: Sydney shop lures Colenso star
R/GA Australia has crossed the Tasman to tempt Colenso BBDO’s Rachel Morgan into a client services executive director, client services role at the Sydney agency.