OMD & Total Media trading director Andy Taylor has resigned to relocate to Sydney to take up a similar role at Starcom Australia. Taylor has been at the Auckland agencies since 2012. Before that, he spent five years at Aegis UK.
Tom Cotter has been appointed to the newly created role of CIPO (Chief Information & Product Officer) for MediaWorks. The role is part of a new service delivery structure that combines both technology operations and technology product development into one department.
DB Breweries has appointed Amber McEwen as its external relations manager. She’s recently returned from South East Asia, and is ex Fairfax Media (comms manager), TBWA NZ’s Eleven PR (GAD), and PPR.
MediaWorks Radio has appointed Leon Wratt as group content director – music: In this new role, he will be responsible for the company’s music brands, The Edge, The Rock, More FM, The Breeze, The Sound, Mai FM, Kiwi FM, George, Coromandel FM, Radio Dunedin and Times FM.
South African director – now new Aussie – JH Beetge has joined Goodoil Films Sydney: “JH is becoming increasingly well known for his strong visual narrative and emotive storytelling,” Goodoil EP Sam Long told Campaign Brief Australia. “He’s a director to watch.”
