Storm Day named NZ lead for Accenture Song and CEO of Droga5 Aotearoa
Storm Day has been appointed as the New Zealand lead of Accenture Song and CEO of The Monkeys Aotearoa, soon to become Droga5. She has led The Monkeys Aotearoa, part of Accenture Song, and the Song New Zealand Marketing Practice since she joined in early 2022.
Nine's Heidi Sayers joins Australian Traffic Network
The Australian Traffic Network (ATN) has appointed Nine's Heidi Sayers NSW sales director. In this newly created role, she will drive agency and direct sales in the key Sydney market ahead of ATN’s major relaunch later this month.
Sarla Fernando steps down as ADMA's director of regulatory and advocacy
Sarla Fernando, the director of regulatory and advocacy for the Association for Data-Driven Marketing and Advertising (ADMA), has resigned from her role. She joined the industry body in June of 2020, having previously worked at Goodfern Consultancy across the UK, Australia and Sri Lanka.
Khemistry's Jo Millington joins VML as managing partner in Brisbane
WPP creative agency VML has appointed Jo Millington as managing partner Brisbane, rejoining the office after two and a half years as Khemistry general manager. In the newly created role, she will work alongside VML Brisbane and Perth managing director Adam Kennedy.
TrinityP3 promotes Anton Buchner, hires Kate Gunby and Adrian Treahy
Specialist marketing management and pitch consultancy TrinityP3 has promoted Anton Buchner to business director. And Kate Gunby and Adrian Treahy have been hired to help the consultancy build out its specialism within the growing areas of ad tech implementation and alignment, data and analytics assessments and tech capability management.
Dean La Rosa to spearhead News Corp's in-house data science
News Corp Australia has appointed Dean La Rosa to the newly created role of general manager, commercial data, working to deepen the impact of content for advertisers through precision-targeted, real-time and real-world consumer insights. He will spearhead the next phase of growth for News’ in-house data science capabilities to elevate the company’s industry-leading audience intelligence platform, Intent Connect.
CHEP's Hamish Stewart appointed chief creative and experience officer at Apparent
Full service agency Apparent has appointed Hamish Stewart to the newly created role of chief creative and experience officer. Stewart, a multi-award-winning creative of more than 25 years, joins from CHEP Network where he was national executive creative director of experience.
Quiip has announced three senior hires and an expanded service offering, driven by strong FY24 growth. The marketing agency has added Kelly McParlane and Luke de Zilva as team leads, and Alison Milfull has returned to the company as marketing and business development director.
Intrepid Travel hunts for new CMO
Melbourne-based Intrepid Travel is hunting for a CMO after chief customer officer Leigh Barnes was promoted to president of the Americas. He was responsible for leading Intrepid’s global marketing, CX and digital functions with a focus on embedding a customer-focused culture across the business.
Endeavour CMO Jo Rose departing
Jo Rose is leaving Endeavour Group after three years as CMO to be closer to her family in the UK. She has led the marketing and customer teams since joining the business shortly after demerger, coming to Australia nearly nine years ago originally to join Woolworths.
Blobfish International grows UK team
Australian activation and sampling network Blobfish International has promoted senior sales executive Robbie Brooks to sales director, leading sales for Blobfish International’s UK operations, while Bill Cooper joins the business as campaign manager.
Two appointments for Vudoo
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