Hear it as it happens. All the latest comings and goings from the local advertising, media and marketing industries.
After almost four years as managing director of Clemenger BBDO in Wellington, Andrew Holt has accepted the equivalent role at Clemenger BBDO Sydney, with Livia Esterhazy shifting from her role as managing partner at Assignment Group to replace him.
After almost two years as global head of strategy for PHD’s Unilever business in London, Guy Cousins is set to return to New Zealand to take up the chief marketing officer role with Lotto NZ. He replaces Val Green, who held the role of general manager of marketing for almost two years before departing in May.
Changes at Davy & Chapman, Heinz, Qrious, Running with Scissors, Snakk, Pead PR and GrabOne.
Industry happenings at Clemenger Group, Colenso, Air New Zealand, The Management Company and 3R.
Industry happenings at Special Group, Colenso BBDO, Ipsos and Toybox.
Industry happenings at Touchcast, Healthy Life Media, BOTAB, CAANZ and Blockhead.
Changes at Chemistry Interaction, MediaWorks, Big Mobile and CallPlus.
Industry happenings at iProspect, Spark PHD, Union Digital, Yukfoo and Ambient Group.
Industry happenings at Colenso, the MPA, Ideas Shop, HMC Communications and Colmar Brunton
Industry happenings at TRN, MPA, Adshel, Hunch, BelowTheLine, Apollonation and the Pond.
Industry happenings at Springload, DesignWorks, NBR, MediaWorks, The Muesli Hub, GrabOne and Spikes Asia.
Industry happenings at TRN, Radio New Zealand, Lightbox, Bauer Media, Reactive, Designworks, iProspect, MediaWorks, DDB Group Sydney, TEDx and Spikes Asia.
Industry happenings at Gladeye, The Marketing Association, Fairfax, Dynamo, Sunday Punch and ANZ.
Industry happenings at Saatchi & Saatchi, Ultrafast Fibre, Travel Memo, MEA, Snakk and InMobi.
Starring OMD, TVNZ, House of Travel, Adobe and Fronde.
Industry happenings at Trade Me, the Herald, MediaWorks, New Zealand Rugby, and BKA Interactive.
Industry happenings at Eleven PR, Hypermedia, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, The Sweet Shop, MediaR, Zomato.
Industry happenings at Touchcast, Waitemata Films and Reload Agency
Industry happenings at Carat, FCB Sydney, The Paul Henry Show, RadioLive, Management magazine, Dish magazine, Ngage and MEA Mobile.
Industry happenings at The Sweet Shop, Thick as Thieves, Fairfax Media, TalentShop, Unilever and Warner Bros.
Changes at AUT, Yahoo!, APN, MediaWorks Radio, Food magazine, The Sweet Shop, NBR and Mazda.
Changes at Saatchi & Saatchi, Carat, APN, Tourism New Zealand, Orangebox, The Business and ImMediate.
Moves and shakes at Telecom, MediaWorks, Augusto, Pitango, Lassoo, Boyd PR and L’Oréal.
Michael Pryor, currently general manager strategy and business performance at IAG New Zealand, has been appointed as the chief executive of the Marketing Association, replacing Sue McCarty, who announced her departure in February after six years at the helm.
Changes at Assignment Group, Sovereign, the MPA, Bauer, Shine, Sky, Icebreaker, More FM and PRINZ.
Moves and shakes at the Herald on Sunday, Hunch, Union Digital, DDB, Contrafed Publishing, Lily & Louis and EstarOnline.
Moves and shakes at Lotto NZ, IABNZ, ANZ, Carat, Y&R NZ and Green Cross.
Moves and shakes at Fairfax, MediaWorks, Mi9 and 8.
There hasn’t been much bad news for Colenso BBDO in the past few years, with a host of big account wins, some big hires and a regular stream of big awards. But managing director Nick Garrett has confirmed it has had to shuffle the deck and say goodbye to a handful of staff on account of what he says are changing client demands and a couple of projects that didn’t come to fruition.
Moves and shakes at IAB NZ, Fairfax, Cannes Lions, More FM, and Auckland Conventions Venue and Events.
Moves and shakes at Touchcast, MediaWorks, Pure SEO, Domino’s, Touchtech and OptimalBI.
APN is centralising management of its radio, publishing and digital business interests in New Zealand with the appointment of Jane Hastings in a redefined chief executive officer role. Previously, the Kiwi arm of APN had dual chief executive roles, with Martin Simons being in charge of the publishing and digital side and Hastings holding the reins at TRN. Updated with comments from Hastings.
Moves and shakes at Interbrand, TVNZ, Tangible Media, New Zealand Story and Vena.
Just over a year after he arrived at Whybin\TBWA, Toby Talbot is departing the agency, with ex-M&C Saatchi executive creative director and chief executive Dave King coming on board as the replacement chief creative officer.
Industry moves and shakes at Y&R Wellington, Whybin\TBWA, Trade Me, Tangible Media, Mango, Mediacell and ADK.
Changes at Blackfoot, Colenso BBDO, MediaWorks, First Star Communications, Adhesif Labels and GrabOne