AUCKLAND, Wednesday:  Stanley St has appointed Siobhan (Partington) Burke as ceo to lead the Kiwi-owned integrated creative and media agency. Also new to the agency is ECD Brad Collett, formerly of DDB Aotearoa (replacing former CCO Regan Grafton, who’s joined Culture & Theory), and James McHoull in the new role of managing partner.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: Phantom is bringing the street-level authenticity of traditional posters to the digital outdoor medium. The first site in the new format is lighting up the junction of Williamson Ave and Ponsonby Rd in one of Auckland’s busiest pedestrian precincts.

AUCKLAND, Today: FCB Worldwide ceo Carter Murray has announced the appointment of Sébastien Desclée as ceo of FCB New Zealand. Desclée is returning to the FCB network where he was previously president of international markets, overseeing the FCB footprint in Europe, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific and Latin America.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Global data-driven insights & consulting company Kantar, has announced the formal integration of Colmar Brunton NZ into the wider Kantar business.

AUCKLAND, Today: Total digital advertising revenue in New Zealand continues to climb, reaching over $400 million for the first quarter in 2021, and achieving 28.7% growth on the same period in the previous year.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: New Zealand King Salmon has extended its long-established relationship with full-service Freemans Bay indie Republik to lead and manage its social media and other holistic media activity in the United States.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Auckland indie agency Motion Sickness has won the full Energy Online business after a competitive pitch. The incumbent was Contagion.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: JCDecaux New Zealand has unveiled a new social impact initiative – a partnership with youth mentoring charity, The Crescendo Trust of Aotearoa.