Arrivals & Departures

Designworks has appointed Danielle Barclay to the newly created leadership role of Group Head of Brand Experience, effective immediately.

Seasoned adman Grant Maxwell is joining the Wellington arm of digital marketing specialist Uprise Digital to add more clout to the agency as it continues to grow its client base and influence.

The Bank of New Zealand has appointed TVNZ ceo Kevin Kenrick to its board of directors. Kenrick will join the board on Friday 1 July as a non-executive director, replacing one of two departing directors, former Fletcher Group executive Susan Macken and founding Landcare Research chief Andy Pearce.

The Clemenger Group NZ has today announced the appointment of Vanessa Nicol to the newly created role of Managing Partner to run and manage the Spark business across six Clemenger Group companies: Colenso BBDO, Proximity, Touchcast, Creative Activation, .99 and Dynamo Media.

DDB Group’s Mango Communications has appointed Sean Brown as general manager, and Chloe Hewitt to a freshly created role of group business director. 

Auckland-based independent consultancy Pead PR is boosting its tech team resources with the appointment of Sarah Munnik to the role of account director.

Saatchi & Saatchi has appointed a new Head of Planning. He’s David McIndoe, who joins the agency today from Whybin\TBWA where he’s been Planning Director for the past two years. 

Dentsu Aegis Network has appointed Kathy Gieck as Managing Director of MKTG to lead its lifestyle marketing agency in New Zealand.

NZME has appointed Matt Headland as general manager agency markets, and Mike Beazley as the new head of direct, both reporting to chief commercial officer Laura Maxwell.

After almost four years in business, integrated Auckland indie agency Chemistry Interaction continues to grow and has made three new hires in the wake of recent new client wins helloworld, ChildFund and Placemakers.