Arrivals & Departures

AUCKLAND, Today: Stuff has appointed Matt Headland to the role of executive commercial director. He was formerly chief executive of performance marketing agency Glass Elephant, and has a strong commercial background in media, e-commerce, and the music industry that spans 25 years.

AUCKLAND, Today: After six months of waiting for borders to open, Colenso BBDO has welcomed Duncan Bone to their creative department.

AUCKLAND, Today: Integrated communications agency Anthem is expanding, hiring two comms professionals and establishing a dedicated people & culture team.

HAMILTON, Wednesday: King St Advertising’s digital team is changing. In the agency’s e-newsletter, ceo Chris Williams wrote: “This month we said ‘see you later’ to digital manager Nicole Cochrane, who is off on maternity leave.

AUCKLAND, Today: Indie trans-Tasman agency Aruga Aotearoa has strengthened its digital and public relations offering with the hire of Juno Scott-Kelly as PR & social lead.

AUCKLAND, Today: Following the Commercial Communications Council recent board elections which saw Lee-Ann Morris (MBM), Gareth O’Connor (Harvey Cameron), Mark Cochrane (Saatchi & Saatchi), and Sean Keaney (FCB), all join the board, the board has elected a new president.

WELLINGTON, Today: MBM Auckland has appointed Amy Greene as a strategy director, to lead and continue to develop the strategic thinking throughout the media agency. MBM has also promoted Loren Smith in Wellington to the role of strategist.

AUCKLAND, Today: Leading subscription-based digital content production company VideoTaxi has appointed communications industry expert Isobel Kerr-Newell, ex-Publicis Groupe, as its new ceo, with “ambitious plans for the future”.

CHRISTCHURCH, Thursday: Christchurch CBD-based Plato Creative has appointed Hayley O’Connor to the newly created role of people and culture manager, effective immediately.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: In its biggest recruitment drive to date, Newton indie agency Motion Sickness has added five new members to its team.