OMD hires new Client Services Director: OMD Auckland has recruited Penelope Burns to one of the agency’s three newly-created Client Service Director roles.
Laidback Trade Me chief exits: Trade Me’s chief operating officer Mike O’Donnell has resigned, and will leave at the end of next month.
mediaR has made two new appointments to its team: The staff boost coincides with a number of new business wins (see mediaR warms up the Aussies on this page), says managing director Tony Richards.
Hypermedia finally replaces outgoing GM: Instore ad shop Hypermedia recently appointed Belinda Freeman as ceo, replacing general manager Jonathan Symons, who left earlier in the year to become data & insights manager at TVNZ.
Cannes Lions head of press & PR Amanda Benfell has left to join The Gunn Report: “I joined Cannes Lions in 1997, and having just completed my 18th Festival, it was a very difficult decision to leave such a great company which has been such a big part of my life,” she writes.
Waitemata taps Scarfies man: Freemans Bay-based Waitemata Films has signed Rob Sarkies to its roster, and announced that the star director is now available for work.
New editor for Management magazine: North Shore-based Adrenalin Publishing has appointed Fiona Powell as editor of New Zealand Management magazine, one of NZ’s most influential professional magazines.
Fairfax Media comms manager Amber McEwen’s six month contract has come to an end, and the company is in the process of recruiting a replacement.
Fairfax taps Herald news chief: Fairfax Media has appointed Cathy O’Sullivan to the role of Auckland editor-in-chief. O’Sullivan is currently the editor of nzherald.co.nz as well as head of news for the New Zealand Herald.
APN NZ Media has established a digital business development team to work across agency sales. The team is part of the company’s strategy to increase the digital expertise within the advertising sales teams, and to continue providing multi-channel solutions for clients.
