Arrivals & Departures

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: MediaWorks has appointed Scott Bibby as general manager within the agency sales team, responsible for TV, radio and digital revenues across a large agency group.

AUCKLAND, Friday: Carat NZ has appointed Hayden Skelton to the role of digital director on some of the agency’s highest profile accounts, including DB Breweries, Holden, and L’Oréal. 

HAMILTON, Today: Two newcomers and one “sadly missed” at Waikato’s premium creative advertising agency KingSt.

AUCKLAND, Today: Sky TV has appointed Martin Stewart as its new ceo. He takes up the role on February 21, following John Fellet’s decision to retire at the end of the year.

AUCKLAND, Today: DDB NZ has announced the appointment of Chris Willingham, formerly global business director of Nike at Wieden + Kennedy, to the new role of managing director in Godzone.

GREY LYNN, Yesterday: Curious Film has introduced accomplished fashion and fine art photographer James K Lowe as their newest director.

MELBOURNE, Thursday: Thrive PR + communications, which claims to be Australasia’s largest independent PR agency, has announced the appointment of Hazal Alkac, who takes the helm of its digital and content studio across New Zealand and Australia this month.

AUCKLAND, Yesterday: Integrated indie agency Chemistry has promoted two staff members and hired another two as they gear up for growth. 

Ipsos New Zealand Managing Director, Carin Hercock, today announced the appointment of Amrutha Murthy as a Director leading Customer Experience for the market research company.

AUCKLAND, Today: Omnicom’s PHD Group has made a string of recent appointments following a period of significant growth for the agency. The group has further bolstered its account service team with the appointments of account directors Daniel Cho and Matthew Didovich.