Arrivals & Departures

CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday: Plato Creative has lured Kelly Lovelock back into agencyland as executive creative director.

AUCKLAND, Today: Freemans Bay creative/media agency Contagion has announced three new hires following new business wins and increased workload from existing clients.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Hadleigh Sinclair has returned to Colenso BBDO as group creative director – one of seven new hires announced by the agency.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Leading customer intelligence agency Perceptive, has welcomed a new member to its CX team and has announced two internal promotions across research and data science.

AUCKLAND, Today: Following a number of new business wins and the continuation of partnerships with BNZ, Contact Energy and Icebreaker, Freemans Bay agency Hearts & Science NZ has announced a number of internal senior promotions.

AUCKLAND, Today: NZME is promoting marketers Mandie Strachan and Gemma Vovchenko into two newly created senior leadership roles.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: CBD-based independent media agency Together has formalised a new data and technology team to further its focus on business outcome-driven media.

AUCKLAND, Monday: GroupM New Zealand has appointed Manjit Singh as head of product & technology, as the media network expands its tech capabilities.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: FCB Media has announced the arrival of Agata Ziemianska as head of digital planning. Ziemianska has worked in digital media for 15 years, with clients and agencies in Dublin, Sydney and Auckland.

AUCKLAND, Today: Stuff has appointed Frances Morton to edit its Sunday and Your Weekend magazines. She starts in July. Morton joins Stuff’s Life team from her role as head of TVNZ’s youth digital platform Re: News.