Movings/Shakings: 29 April
Industry happenings at NZME, Tremor Video, BNZ and Magnify.
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Contagion recruits a pair of replacements for Thompson
The departure of former partner Richard Thompson to KPEX earlier this year left a significant gap in the executive team at Contagion, but the agency has now announced a pair of replacements. “It’s been a long search,” says Contagion managing partner Dean Taylor. “Richard hasn’t been an easy man to replace. In fact, it’s taken two people to replace him.”
Tim Miles and Rod Snodgrass to depart as Spark shuffles its executive team
Spark’s public relations arm today announced a number of changes to its leadership team, including the departure of Spark Digital CEO Tim Miles and Spark Ventures CEO Rod Snodgrass at the end of the year.
Movings / Shakings: 22 April
Industry happenings at Coca-Cola Amatil, Bloggers Club, Method, Cheapflights, MediaMath, Jade Software, Eyeota, TEDx Auckland and Mobile Embrace Limited.
Movings/Shakings: 15 April
Industry happenings at Phantom Billstickers, TVNZ, iProspect, Mitsubishi Motors New Zealand, and NZME.
Movings/Shakings: 8 April
Industry happenings at Whybin\TBWA, Vevo, Bauer and Frucor.
Movings/Shakings: 7 April
Industry happenings at New Zealand Woman’s Weekly, True, PledgeMe, Casual Fridays and Ad2one.
Movings/Shakings: 1 April
Industry happenings at the Marketing Association, MediaWorks, DNA, Pocketmath and FCB.
Movings/Shakings: 22 March — UPDATED
Industry happenings at Draper Cormack Group, Assignment Group, DB Breweries, Blismedia, eStar, Halcyon Knights, Botica Butler Radon Partners, Adshel and 8.
Movings/Shakings: 11 March
Industry happenings at MYOB, PRINZ, Salt & Pepper, DDB, Bauer Media, Clemenger BBDO/ Proximity and TV3.
Movings/Shakings: 4 March
Industry happenings at Fairfax, The Business, The Pond, 3rdeye, Pead PR and HMC Communications.
MediaWorks’ Mark Jennings to be replaced by NineMSN’s Hal Crawford
In a staff email sent out this afternoon MediaWorks confirmed that veteran Mark Jennings is moving on from the organisation after 25 years leading 3News.
Movings/Shakings: 19 February
Industry happenings at TVNZ, NZME, Māori Television, Anthem, JustOne, Marsden Inch and The Instillery.
KPEX appoints Contagion’s Richard Thompson chief executive
Richard Thompson, a partner at creative agency Contagion, will be taking over the KPEX reins from consulting chief executive Duncan Arthur in mid-April.
2degrees names Roy Ong as successor to Malcolm Phillipps
Following last year’s departure of long-serving Malcolm Phillipps, 2degrees has confirmed the appointment of Roy Ong as its new chief marketing officer.
Movings/Shakings: 12 February
Industry happenings at Frucor, Flight Centre, Fairfax Media, Adshel, Bauer, Fresh Focus, Brandstand, Sizmek and Rubicon Project.
Google names Stephanie Davis new country manager for New Zealand
Google has confirmed that New Zealand country manager Tony Keusgen has been replaced by Stephanie Davis.
Movings/Shakings: 26 January
Industry happenings at TVNZ, Facebook, Icebreaker, ZenithOptimedia and Red Balloon.
Movings/Shakings: 22 January
Industry happenings at DDB, Pandora, Adshel, Spur, Anthem, IBM, VW, Weta and Jetmax.
Movings/Shakings: 3 November
Industry happenings at Hourigan International, Spark, MediaWorks, Finch and Federation.
Movings/Shakings: 20 October
Industry happenings at NZ Herald, IAB NZ, Cuisine magazine, TRA, Group M, Hunch and Hypermedia.
Peter Biggs and Philip Andrew join forces, take on roles with Assignment Group
Biggsy and Duster may sound like characters in a gangster flick. But they’re actually Assignment Group’s two newest hires, Philip Andrew and Peter Biggs.
Movings/Shakings: 18 September
Changes at FCB, MediaWorks, NZME, Bauer, Sovereign, Postr and DDB.
Movings|Shakings: 11 September
Changes at Ikon, AMP, Hypermedia, Publicity PR and Southern Discoveries.
Movings|Shakings: 4 September
Industry happenings at Marketing Association, MediaWorks, TVNZ, Snakk Media, Intelligent Ink and Envy Studios.
Executive shuffle: NZME announces two senior appointments; Fraser leaves MediaWorks—UPDATED
This week has seen an executive shuffle at two of the nation’s major media players. Following on from reports that MediaWorks group head of revenue Liz Fraser had resigned from her post to take up a new position at Air New Zealand, NZME has today announced the appointment of Laura Maxwell as its group head of revenue and Sandra King as general manger of market solutions.
A welcome return: Irene Chapple to drive digital at the Herald
NZME has brought on board Irene Chapple as the NZ Herald’s new digital editor, who is returning to the Herald after ten years in other roles, and several years overseas.
Movings|Shakings: 28 August–UPDATED
Industry happenings at Facebook, GrownUps, Marketing Association, Fairfax, Ideas Shop, InMobi and Vizeum.
2degrees loses a loyal servant as CMO Malcolm Phillipps heads to the regions
Malcolm Phillipps joined 2degrees just a few months after it launched in late 2009 and he’s been a key figure in its evolution from a cheap and cheerful challenger brand to a grown-up, full-spectrum telco. Now he’s set to chuck it in and head to the Waikato.
Movings|Shakings: 21 August
Industry happenings at Ebiquity, Chemistry Interaction, Thick as Thieves, bcg2, Bauer Media, Sky and VeNA.
Movings|Shakings: 14 August
Industry happenings at Saatchi & Saatchi, NBR, Weta, Pandora, Images & Sound, BBC, Ambient Group, Lily & Louis, Republik and Outdoor Media Group.
Movings/Shakings: 7 August
Industry happenings at TRA, Dot Loves Data, Adshel, Comvita, Intelligent Ink, Better by Design and Asia Pacific Digital.
Garrett trades Auckland for Melbourne, takes reins at Clemenger BBDO—UPDATED
The Clemenger Group has announced that Colenso BBDO chief executive Nick Garrett will move across to Clemenger BBDO Melbourne to take up the chief executive role that was left vacant following the departure of Peter Biggs, who retired in September last year.
Movings/Shakings: 31 July
Industry happenings at Mediaworks, Y&R, NZME and Blockhead.
Movings|Shakings: 24 July
Industry happenings at eStar, OMD, Zyber, Aamplify and Nielsen.
Moving/Shakings: 17 July
Industry happenings at Radio New Zealand, Icebreaker, Big Mobile, KOR Creative, Greater Group and Hypermedia.