After a decade of giving brands and products award winning looks, Saatchi & Saatchi Design Worldwide closed its doors at the end of October. We take a look at the closure and where the team are now.
Following on from the news of former chief executive Nicky Bell’s departure, StopPress can now confirm that director of strategy Murray Streets has also left the organisation and that Saatchi has hired Gina Williams as brand strategist this week.
Darryn Melrose heads back to school, Colenso expands its team, Sarah Putt moves from IT press to IT Professionals, Icebreaker redesigns its business, SenateSHJ gets a high five, Tourism Australia adds to its Kiwi flock, and Simon Gault gets a brand manager.
Westpac’s Martine Jager heads back to Oz, Colenso shares the account management love, CAANZ announces four new board members, indies band together to create new agency forum, Orangebox makes a big Wellington hire, Fairfax goes Peat mining and Alexander Communications goes global.
No sooner has the last staff merry-go-round post gone live than a host of other rotations come to light, including the departure of OMD Auckland’s managing partner Rosanne Robinson, a few big snafflings by the Clemenger gang, TVNZers heading to APN Online, a new NZRU comms gatekeeper and a fresh big cheese for PMP.