AUCKLAND, Monday: dentsu New Zealand has announced the appointment of Stevie Weber to the role of executive director, strategy. Weber is no stranger to the group, having departed dentsu in 2020 to take on the role of GM strategy for FCB NZ.
Colenso promotes Vicars & Devereux
AUCKLAND, Thursday: Colenso BBDO has confirmed the new creative leadership of the agency. Simon Vicars will step into the CCO role and Maria Devereux has been promoted to chief innovation officer (to add to her existing ECD title).
dentsu’s global swoop
LONDON, Thursday: dentsu International has announced the appointment of Alex Hesz as global chief strategy officer. The PR reckons: “This marks an important step in dentsu’s ambition to become the most integrated agency network in the world.”
Strategy Translator
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: FCB Media has confirmed the promotion of Philippa Mckenzie from the position of group business director at the agency to head of connections planning.
Jack’s back
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: DDB Aotearoa NZ has appointed Jack Murphy, one of New Zealand’s leading young strategists, to the role of strategy director.
Spark Foundry adds senior hires
AUCKLAND, Today: Spark Foundry has announced a number of key appointments to its senior team including Oliver King as head of strategy, Kyra Hale Lyden as strategy director and Liam Dunne as business director.
The future of publishing?
AUCKLAND, Monday: School Road Publishing has appointed Joe France as managing director. Owner Greg Partington said: “The decision to pivot SRP to include a stronger digital play is the obvious future of publishing.”
Hire Power
AUCKLAND, Friday: dentsu NZ has announced its engagement of Richard Hollingum as Experience Consulting Practice Lead. dentsu NZ ceo Robert Harvey said: “In a year when dentsu saw 10.2% growth across the APAC region, the New Zealand arm of the global business has continued to make key strategic hires signalling the intention for further growth in 2022.
The Herald loses PR chief
AUCKLAND, Friday: NZME’s Cliff Joiner has departed his wide-ranging role, which included PR with media (like M+AD), to join the BNZ (presumably in a senior comms role).
The Returning
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Following four recent new business wins, Proximity NZ has appointed Adam Brami as client partnerships director. Brami recently returned to New Zealand after leading the Australian Defence Force recruitment business at VMLY&R Melbourne, with a large client partnerships team.
