Arrivals & Departures

AUCKLAND, Today: Retail specialist agency 99 has added two new creative strings to its bow to provide their customers a “new-breed” full-service model.

AUCKLAND, Today: 3rdeye Recruitment has appointed John Darby as an advertising creative recruitment specialist. He has worked with 3rdeye director Andy Sive as a candidate since 2004.

AUCKLAND, Today: Saatchi & Saatchi has announced the appointment of Alina Godfrey in a senior business leadership role, further strengthening the account service team in the Auckland office.

AUCKLAND, Today: PHD Group has announced the appointment of Nick Scott as strategic partnerships director, and the promotion of PHD group business director Helen Brown to group investment director.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Bauer Media Group has appointed Kelly Badland as the new agency sales director for the Auckland agency team. She replaces Sarah Yetton, who is now with oOh!.

AUCKLAND, Today: TVNZ’s popular corporate comms general manager Georgie Hills leaves tomorrow, after six years with the company. She’s moving to the Cook Islands with her husband and their three young boys.

AUCKLAND, Today: oOh!media will appoint Timothy Miles as an independent non-executive director, effective at the conclusion of the company’s 2019 AGM this afternoon.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Colenso BBDO has appointed Londoner Rob Graves-Morris to the role of senior copywriter on the other side of the world.

AUCKLAND, Friday: Steve Bayliss (formerly of Foodstuffs, Air NZ, Lion Nathan) has been appointed chief marketing officer at Sky TV.

NEW YORK, Thursday: Omnicom Media Group has named Philippa Brown as ceo of PHD Worldwide. Brown, who joins PHD from her role as ceo of Omnicom Media Group UK, succeeds Mike Cooper, who was recently named group ceo of Omnicom Media Group APAC and EMEA.