Movings/Shakings: 26 April—UPDATED
Industry happenings at Adshel, Little Giant, Y&R Media, Eight, Flexi Cards and NZ Food and Grocery Council.
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Movings/Shakings: 13 April
Industry happenings at Y&R Wellington, Carat, Spotify, Adshel NZ and MediaWorks.
Simon Vicars and Andre Sallowicz depart Colenso BBDO for London
As Levi Slavin and Dan Wright return from New York, Simon Vicars and Andre Sallowicz head off to London.
Martin Yeoman and Jamie Hitchcock set to leave Assignment to launch indie shop
Assignment group managing partner Martin Yeoman and creative director Jamie Hitchcock have confirmed that they’re establishing their own communications company called The Enthusiasts.
Movings/Shakings: 7 April
Industry happenings across MediaWorks, Curator, Typhoon Hospitality and Chemistry.
Toby Talbot goes full circle with return to Saatchi
After nearly a decade, veteran creative Toby Talbot is returning to Saatchi & Saatchi to take on the newly created role of chief creative officer.
Movings/Shakings: 28 March
Industry happenings at the Marketing Association, InMobi, Fish&Clips and Gemba.
MediaWorks Radio CEO to step down
MediaWorks has announced its Radio CEO Wendy Palmer will be stepping down at the end of April. In her place, David Gibbs, who has been assisting the radio team since the beginning of the year will act as head of radio.
TVNZ’s director of content Jeff Latch to hang up his hat
Following more than two decades with TVNZ, director of content Jeff Latch has handed in his resignation.
Movings/Shakings: 17 March
Industry happenings at BNZ, Canon New Zealand, Acumen Republic, Lily & Louis PR, Brandstand, the Caples Awards and Reel Factory.
CEO Gill Stewart set to leave the Marketing Association
Marketing Association chair Lance Walker announced today via an email to members that Gill Stewart, the organisation’s chief executive, would be departing her role after 18 months at the helm.
Levi Slavin set to return for senior role at Colenso BBDO
StopPress understands that well-regarded creative Levi Slavin has returned to New Zealand to take up a creative leadership role at Colenso BBDO.
Loyalty NZ names interim CEO
Loyalty New Zealand has announced the role of interim chief executive office will be taken up by its chief customer officer Dave Mansfield.
Senior departures at Tangible: CEO John Baker and Dish editor Lisa Morton moving on
Tangible Media chief executive John Baker and Dish editor Lisa Morton have announced their resignation to staff at the media company.
Movings/Shakings: 2 March
Industry happenings at Sovereign, Spark PR & Activate and 99.
Toby Talbot departs Assignment
Assignment Group chief executive Peter Biggs has confirmed the departure of managing partner Toby Talbot after only around nine months at the agency.
Movings/Shakings: 28 February
Industry happenings at ANZ, Sovereign, MediaWorks, OMANZ, Newsroom, Voice, Colourbox, Maslow and Men’s Health Trust.
Movings/Shakings: 24 February
Industry happenings at FCB Media, MediaWorks, Newsroom, Publicis Communications and Photoplay.
DAN veteran Che Tamahori departs for Air New Zealand
Che Tamahori has called a day on his 21-year stint in his career by leaving the Digital Arts Network (DAN) to take up the role of general manager of user experience at Air New Zealand.
Fairfax CMO Campbell Mitchell departs
Fairfax Media NZ CMO Campbell Mitchell has departed, to take on the role of Suncorp’s executive general manager of customer experience. The role of acting chief marketing officer has been given to Grant Torrie.
Movings/Shakings: 17 February
Industry happenings at FCB, Saatchi & Saatchi, Chow Group Management Limited, Postr, Thrive PR and Flying Fish.
Livia Esterhazy bids farewell to Clemenger BBDO
Clemenger BBDO announced via a late press release on Friday afternoon the resignation of Clemenger BBDO and Proximity Wellington managing director Livia Esterhazy after two years with the agency.
Movings/Shakings: 3 February
Industry happenings at MediaWorks, Sky and Pead PR.
Freeview general manager Sam Irvine departs
After a decade-long stint, Freeview general manager Sam Irvine has confirmed that he will be leaving the organisation to take up the role of chief operating officer at Isthmus Group.
99’s new director of strategy Dan Bye on retail being a dirty word, scam campaigns and what makes New Zealand an attractive place to work
StopPress sits down with the recent import that 99 managing director Paul Manning described as the most important appointment he’ll make this year.
Movings/Shakings: 24 January
Industry happenings at MediaWorks, Young & Shand, NZME, SoundCloud and EditMate.
Movings/Shakings: 17 January
Industry happenings over the holiday period at Tourism New Zealand, MediaWorks, Bauer, CricHQ, IPSOS, FInch, Postr and Vena.
McDonald’s announces trio of executive changes
McDonald’s has revamped its executive team through a trio of recent appointments. David Howse has stepped in as managing director, Jo Mitchell has been promoted to director of marketing and Brid Drohan-Stewart has joined the organisation as head of marketing. PLUS: former director of marketing Chris Brown and former managing director Patrick Wilson depart.
Simon Teagle departs FCB, looks back at 25 years in the industry
After 25 successful years in the industry, Simon Teagle is hanging up his FCB head of client service hat to relax and mull over his next move. He reflects on his time in the industry, the changes he’s seen and FCB.
JWT lures international ECD to Auckland office
After taking its search international, JWT has appointed London-based Justin Barnes as its executive creative director.
Movings/Shakings: 29 November
Industry happenings at Colenso BBDO, Frucor and Datalicious.
Movings / Shakings: 24 November
Industry happenings at: Qrious, Ogilvy & Mather, PHD Group, Tenfold and Postr.
Steve Kane farewells Y&R after a successful stint, buys into True
Y&R NZ’s managing director Steve Kane is departing after two-and-a-half years in the role to become managing director and shareholder at fast-growing independent agency True.
Movings / Shakings: 18 November
Industry happenings at Sparcmedia, Spark PR & Activate, JWT New Zealand, Omnicom Media Group, PwC, The Instillery and Aquire Online.
Movings / Shakings: 4 November
Industry happenings at TV3, MediaWorks, Us&Co, The Sweet Shop, Hootsuite, and Sparcmedia.
Movings /Shakings: 25 October
Industry happenings at Amplify, MediaWorks, Destinations Magazine, Little Giant and Photoplay.