Arrivals & Departures

NZME has appointed Matt Headland to the position of chief commercial officer leading the organisation’s advertising sales teams and programmes. He replaces Laura Maxwell, who took up the new role of chief digital officer in August.

Global audience data provider Eyeota has strengthened its ANZ leadership by hiring Sydney-based industry veteran Peter Hunter as NZ/Australia general manager.

Bauer Media has turned in-house to replace commercial director Paul Gardiner – who in September moved to a similar role at Bauer Australia. The NZ arm has made permanent the acting commercial director role of Kaylene Hurley, who’s been filling in for Gardiner.

Sydney-based commercials producer Photoplay – which already has Kiwi director Brendan Donovan on its books – has signed award-winning comedy performance director Frazer Bailey (an Aussie) for representation in Australia and New Zealand.

DDB Group communications agency Mango has appointed a new experiential director – Noeline van den Berg, who joins from Publicis Groupe South Africa, to lead Mango’s events team, delivering experiential campaigns for a range of clients including McDonald’s, Specsavers and Mini.

Auckland digital PR/activations agency Darkhorse has appointed Courtenay Clark as social media manager in its growing team. Clark has six years of social media experience, and has worked at Socialites in downtown Auckland, in-house at Città Design Auckland and most recently at Auckland digital design agency Hello.

Auckland indie Lassoo Media & PR has strengthened its digital team – promoting one staffer, and bringing back an old friend – as online marketing spend in New Zealand continues to grow.

Freeview has appointed Jason Foden as chief executive officer after serving several months as acting general manager. Prior to taking up his role at Freeview, Foden was the general manager of OnDemand at TVNZ for over three years.

Global media agency network Mindshare has appointed Campbell Smith to the role of client leader at Mindshare New Zealand.

DDB Group’s CRM shop Track NZ (formerly known as Rapp) has appointed senior copywriter Claire Huddart – a 25-year veteran at leading agencies in London & Auckland –  to its creative team in Greys Ave.