DDB NZ announces four senior appointments
DDB New Zealand today announced four senior appointments, namely Angela Watson (pictured left), Rachel Turner, Karla Fisher and Ian Hulme.
DDB Group New Zealand CEO Sandy Moore says these impressive additions will further bolster the DDB Group brand.
Says Moore: “At DDB we have a strict employment policy of only hiring people who are both talented and nice. Having met these four individuals and seen the quality of their work for other brands I’m pleased to see this long-standing principle being followed to the letter, and look forward to utilising their talents for our clients.”
Angela Watson comes on board as group business director on NZ Lotteries to replace Aimee McCammon, who is leaving to start a family.
Watson spent six years at Saatchi & Saatchi Wellington and 10 years at Saatchi & Saatchi Auckland before moving to Colenso BBDO as Group Account Director on Frucor Beverages and DB Breweries. She brings to DDB a breadth of experience across a wide range of categories and strategic disciplines spanning telecoms, insurance, beverages and entertainment industries.
Rachel Turner(far left), joins as a senior account director on the Cadbury team. Turner cut her teeth at Saatchi & Saatchi Auckland before making the move to Ogilvy and has spent the past four and a half years at Colenso. She has worked on a raft of top tier clients including Telecom, L&P, Diet Coke and Coke, Yellow and State Insurance.
New senior account director on McDonald’s, Karla Fisher(above centre), started out at Mojo Sydney, followed by Massive Interactive, Saatchi & Saatchi Auckland and most recently as an account director at Colenso. Past clients include Country Road, TVNZ, Griffins, Sealord, Frucor, TV3 and Visa.
Ian Hulme (above right), has joined RAPP Tribal as a senior digital planner. Formerly with AIM Proximity since August 2006, Hulme initially joining the Clemenger Group as a technology planner with Proximity iD. He has worked with prestigious brands Nike, Vodafone, Air New Zealand, Fonterra and New Zealand Post; helping them to bring their offline and online worlds together.
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I don’t know Hulme but I can seriously vouch for the other three being nice. And talented. Tuna, you owe me 5 bucks.
Hulme is nice too
In fact, Ian is the nicest of all. And considering how nice Karla and Ange are, that’s really nice.
Looks like all of Colenso is leaving for DDB. Don’t blame them, senior management at Colenso would drive anyone away.
Hulme has talent to burn and on top of that one of the nicest guy’s in ad land
Congrats Ang-definitely one of the nicest I’ve worked with
They should probably concentrate on hiring some new creatives.
5:14 – sadly you’re so right
Ang is one of the most brilliant in this silly game. Good spotting DDB.
3:50 and 5:14 can you be more specific because that is a pretty broad brush you are using.
The college hill finance director’s list of facebook friends must be rapidly diminishing
Hulmie -top bloke.
Shibuya. Congrats Humie, tear that place up!
Fisher’s the coolest tho.
Ian – you’re the bomb brother! DDB are lucky to have a guy who’s both talented and super fricken nice. Actually, you’re too nice for them.
“these impressive “additions” will further bolster the DDB Group brand.
“Having met these four individuals…”
Er…calling people additions and ‘individuals’ sounds kinda says DDB sees people as objects – shiny new cars. Let’s hope the agency doesn’t ‘crash them’ like some of the other people who were crashed at DDB.
Who cares
I think the correct info is that Rachel Turner cut her teeth at Generator, not Saatchi’s.