Vistar Media, global provider of programmatic technology for digital out-of-home (DOOH), has appointed Jack Manning as Account Director for NZ.

Leading media investment company GroupM has announced Melissa Hey as Chief Investment Officer in Australia & New Zealand, replacing Seb Rennie.

Sandpiper has announced the appointment of Camille Middleditch as Associate Director and Charlotte Whale as Senior Consultant to its growing NZ team.

Omnichannel advertising platform Kargo has named Lizzie Westgate as its new Sales Manager for New Zealand.

oOh!media New Zealand has announced Charlotte White as a new Group Sales Leader, reporting to Ben Gibb, Head of Sales, effective immediately.

Bettle & Associates have appointed creative Simon Wharton, most recently of The Brand Agency, to add depth to the agency’s creative offering.

M&C Saatchi has announced that Justin Graham, CEO of M&C Saatchi Group Australia, is expanding his role to the Global Head of Advertising Network.

Emily Joe and Simone Louis join Colenso from The Monkeys Aotearoa, and prior to that TBWA, where they first consciously coupled as a creative team. 

Formerly of DDB Mike Hammond and Milon Williams have teamed up to create their own content and sound offering Boxcutter.

Bettle & Associates have appointed Livio Godnich as strategist, adding to its brand, marketing and customer/user experience strategic offering.

Integrated creative agency DARKHORSE is welcoming Seán Rose onto the team as Communications Account Manager at its Auckland office.

Clemenger BBDO Wellington has strengthened its leadership team with the hire of Ravi Matharu as Head of Strategy.

Go Media has announced the appointment of Frank Costello as Commercial Director as the company develops its Out of Home asset portfolio.

PR consultancy, Botica Butler Raudon Partners, has appointed three new account executives to meet demand for its strategic communications services. 

Matt Scotton, formerly of IPG Mediabrands, joins EssenceMediacom as Chief Product and Marketing Officer for Australia and New Zealand.

In a move to support growth in the rural sector Stuff has appointed Lee Piper as head of Rural Revenue and Kate Boreham as Business Director – Rural.

BigAds has announced that Michael Buhagiar has re-joined the business to spear head growth in New Zealand.

HMC has announced the promotion of Rosie Miller and welcomed Jamie Batters, bolstering the agency’s marcomms and digital offering.

Deloitte Digital Creative has appointed Priyanka Patel as Programme Director as the practice enters a new phase.

Krunch has acquired SEO, Data and Dashboarding specialist indie agency Venerate Digital, adding more firepower to its offering.

NZME’s award-winning agency sales team welcomes Sarah Yetton on board as GM Agency Sales, Auckland.

Stuff has welcomed Andy Taylor on board as Group Investment Director, building on his extensive media career working across the globe.

Following growth of the business and developing client demands, The Pond Recruitment has added two more recruiters to the team.

Off the back of continued growth in 2022, Mango Aotearoa has welcomed five new people across its experiential, digital and PR teams.

Sarah Heeringa has been appointed as the new Life Editor for The Forever Project, Stuff’s dedicated climate change coverage.

Pead has appointed Jennifer Leppington-Clark as Senior PR Consultant in the agency’s consumer division, and announced two other promotions.

Go Media has appointed of Matt Field as National Sales Director, to lead the sales team into the next phase of expansion.

Dentsu Creative Aotearoa has promoted Evaan Miocevich to Head of Account Service and added Trina Miller as Senior Account Director.

The Colenso BBDO Creative team is growing with the appointment of Isabel Snellen, Camille Gagnon, Jack Close and Zak Hawkins.

Two new hires, Gemma Fitzpatrick and Georgia Sanderson, are joining Invivo’s global marketing team and bringing with them a wealth of experience.

M&C Saatchi AUNZ has announced the promotion of Michael McEwan as CEO, reflecting the development of a new national structure.

Saatchi & Saatchi NZ has announced two new Executive Creative Director positions; Jordan Sky & Lee Sunter following the growth of its creative team.

One Plus One Communications has appointed Max Burt as General Manager to lead the day-to-day operations and continued growth of the business. 

Stuff has appointed Laura Maxwell (Taranaki Ngāti Mutunga and Te Āti Awa) in the role of Chief Growth Officer to champion growth initiatives.

Colenso BBDO is welcoming three new senior hires onto its Production and Account Service teams – Jacqui Walker, Charlotte Glennon and Keshvi Lal.

New Zealand’s leading data-driven agency, Krunch.co, has appointed award winning creative leader Bridget Taylor as Chief Creative Officer.