Filled roles

Colenso BBDO has added to its Creative department with the arrival of seven new hires.

Qrious has promoted Christopher Laing to the role of Chief Technology Officer, accelerating the strategic direction of the Spark Business Group.

Perceptive has welcomed a new member to its CX team and has announced two internal promotions across research and data science.

One of NZ’s leading agency sales teams has announced further expansion into the AUS market, with the appointment of Chris Rudd as GM Australia.

Together have formalised a new data and technology team, with Dr David Airehrour joining the team in the role of Data Scientist.

Warner Bros. Discovery has announced the appointment of Seth Zwart as their new Strategy Director, Integration.

Reason continues to grow their team, welcoming Jarryd Rautenbach and Felix Wong into the mix.

Stuff has appointed Frances Morton to edit its iconic Sunday and Your Weekend magazines.

Publicis Groupe ANZ Chief Executive Michael Rebelo has announced several key senior appointments to Publicis Spark Foundry New Zealand.

Retail media owner HYPER has welcomed Chris Burton into the business as its new General Manager of Media.

GroupM New Zealand has named Hannah Rowley as Client Services Director to lead Mindshare and drive its Good Growth proposition in the country.

Go Media has appointed Craig Du Plooy to the role of South Island sales with a particular focus on building the company’s direct portfolio.

Deloitte Digital Creative NZ have employed Daniel Talbot from DNA Design as Creative Experience Architect.

Freemans Bay indie, Republik, has announced the appointment of Nadine Hollows as the agency’s Studio Manager.

Hot on the heels of their rebrand earlier this year, CALIBRE + CANDOR has announced three new appointments as the agency continues to grow.

MBM has announced the appointment of Kate Grigg as Head of Digital Media in the Auckland office.

Media Intelligence platform, Telum Media, has appointed Stuart Thompson as New Zealand Manager.

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Digitas New Zealand has announced the appointment of Gavin Becker as Managing Director, Digitas NZ.

After announcing the opening of a Wellington office late last year, Special has officially opened the doors with an impressive first round of hires.

GLOBOX Digital Billboards has welcomed a new addition to their land acquisition team in order to keep up with customer demand.

Following a year of sustained growth in 2021, indie creative and design agency Brandspank has bolstered its team.

Kiwi independent digital agency BBT Digital (BBT) has announced the opening of their first Australia office in Melbourne, Victoria.

Customer intelligence agency Perceptive has appointed Sho Pogoni as Data Science Team Lead after enticing him back from Westpac NZ.

With almost twenty years’ digital experience, Jason Craig is the latest addition to design and brand agency Saturday’s leadership team.

Wellington PR and Communications firm Draper Cormack Group has added a fourth member to their small team – Senior Consultant, Janaya Soma.

MSL New Zealand has announced the appointment of Huia Ngapo as Senior Consultant, to support the agency’s continued expansion.

GroupM has announced that Maria Grivas will join the group as CEO of Mindshare Australia & New Zealand.

Indie creative agency True has announced new appointments as the agency moves to a multi-disciplinary way of working across broader brand experiences.

An expanding Culture&Theory have nabbed GroupM multi-award-winning Nick Henderson to head up their digital & technical offering.