Cummins&Partners promotes Matt Rose as Katie Firth departs
Cummins&Partners has promoted Matt Rose to lead their account management and integration teams, after a six-month stint leading some of the agency's largest accounts. Rose will look to expand the AM and IM function, with a strong focus on the full-service offering after a period of rapid growth and pitch wins over the last eight months including Kraft Heinz, Golden Circle, McCain Foods, Sarah Lea, Repco, Simonds Group and Delos. Prior to the role, Rose had been Melbourne managing director at Zoo Group, after initially joining the agency as part of a relaunch alongside ECD Alex Wadelton, he departed in mid-2017. Rose now replaces Katie Firth Cummins&Partners, who leaves to take up a role with TBWA.
SCA continues smart speaker push by joining Sonos
Southern Cross Austereo has to integrated its stations directly onto Sonos’s smart speaker platform. Sonos listeners can now listen to the Hit and Triple M live radio stations or catch up on shows by adding the Hit Network and Triple M apps directly to their Sonos systems. The Hit Network app gives access to all Hit stations in the network, including 2Day, Fox, and SEA in the Gold Coast and Central Coast plus all the other Hit stations across the country. Listeners can also access SCA’s Hit digital channels; Buddha Hits, Old Skool Hits and Easy Hits. This announcement follows on from SCA’s recent announcements that Hit Network and Triple M news and sports briefings are available on the Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa suite of connected speaker products.
Matt White appointed head of sport at Ten
Network Ten has appointed Matt White to the new role of head of sport, reporting to chief content officer, Beverley McGarvey. White’s new position is in addition to his on-air role at Ten, including hosting Supercars, Rugby and Australian Formula One Grand Prix coverage and the weekly magazine program RPM. White’s extensive media career includes more than a decade at Ten, where he worked as a sport reporter and weekend host of Sports Tonight. Adam Cush has also been promoted to the role of director of sport production. Cush has been a key member of the sport department for almost a decade and will continue to lead its production, commercial and business affairs functions, working closely with White.
Future Women announces its first commercial partnership
Nine subsidiary Future Women announced its first commercial partnership, joining with specialist consulting firm Diversity Partners to create the FW Academy. The partnership is designed to offer expert insights, speakers and tools to corporate clients to help them challenge unconscious bias, promote inclusive leadership and work flexibility. Nine digital content director Helen McCabe said the partnership was important to Future Women as it provided the foundation for the new subscription business, which will launch later this year. McCabe, who is also the founding director of Future Women, said Diversity Partners CEO Katie Spearitt is an acknowledged expert in the field of gender diversity. The FW Academy will sit outside the consumer offering as a specific business targeted at Australian organisations needing expert consultants on all diversity issues.
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