After only 18 months in the role James Hurman set to depart managing director gig at Y&R

After only 18 months in the role, James Hurman is set to depart the managing director gig at Y&R New Zealand.

Hurman, the former Colenso BBDO, Auckland planning director was appointed managing director in August 2012, (replacing former CEO Jon Ramage), partnering with ECD Josh Moore.

At the time he had recently returned from China, where he briefly was planning partner at Ogilvy Shanghai, a role he only took back in February 2012.

Hurman started with Colenso as a senior planner in 2007 and was elevated to planning director in 2008. Over the course of his time at Colenso he has been involved in a range of award-winning campaigns, internationally recognised for their effectiveness and written a book (The Case for  Creativity) about the link between creativity and effectiveness. He has been behind some of New Zealand’s best-known work including MacKenzie’s ‘Bread in the Brown Paper Bag’, Vodafone’s ‘Bestmate’ and ‘Fold’, Yellow’s ‘Treehouse’ and ‘Chocolate’, V’s ‘Rocket Pack’ and DB Export’s recent re-launch.