Arrivals & Departures

Saatchi & Saatchi has appointed Chris Childerhouse as creative director. The agency says his appointment comes off the back of a series of new client projects with Local Government New Zealand and the Ministry of Justice in the Wellington office.

Jamie Chambers has been promoted to regional sales director for BBC Advertising in Australia & New Zealand.

Outdoor sales specialist Kerry George has relinquished one of the two roles he previously held with Outdoor Media Group, which owned both Media5 and GO Media.

Just one day after filing a timely piece for M+AD, How to Get the Best out of Your Voice Artist, Envy Studios executive producer/joint general manager, Samantha Jukes has accepted a new role – at Auckland post house Images & Sound as in-house producer.

Adshel has announce additions and changes to its team in Auckland as the outlook for the outdoor market continues to remain buoyant.

Sunday Punch has appointed Nikki Smith as its new managing director and executive producer. And Smith’s first undertaking? Signing comedy director Helena Brooks.

Special Group’s head of production for the past four years Nigel Sutton has exited agency life in favour of a senior producer gig at Ponsonby-based production outfit Blockhead.

Y&R NZ has appointed James Johnston to the newly created role of client services director effective immediately.

NZME Radio has promoted NZME Radio general manager Dallas Gurney to a new role at group level, GM of group content marketing, focussed on growing commercial branded content, white-labelled content solutions, PR and communications services for clients. He will continue to be based in Auckland.

MediaWorks has snared Mike Berry for the role of Wellington-based radio sales manager, effective Monday 17 August. Berry joins from The Radio Bureau, where he’d been Wellington sales manager since 1992.