Rebublik hires Lucy Dewhirst as digital campaign manager + Kimberley Hogan as account director

Freemans Bay indie agency, Republik Communications, has announced the new appointment of Lucy Dewhirst as digital campaign manager and Kimberley Hogan as account director.

Dewhirst joins Republik after an 18-month stint at OMD where she was part of their programmatic team, working on OPSM, Nivea, Watties and Neon to name a few.  Prior to that, Dewhirst was a media analyst at Mediamine in Wellington.

Says Dewhirst: “I was well and truly ready for my next challenge, and Republik have given me the opportunity. They’re a great agency with an awesome client portfolio. There’s plenty

of scope to plan and produce some great work in the digital space and I’m already, well and truly into it.”

Says Paul McNamara, director, Republik: “We’re really pleased to be able to make this appointment, Lucy’s a great addition to the team. We’ve experienced huge growth across the business, so we’re expanding our team to make sure we can keep up with client demand.”

Hogan spent the last two years working at design agency, Hawkins&Co where she worked on New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, Callaghan Innovation, Financial Markets Authority and Auckland Writers Festival. Prior to that, she was at Barnes, Catmur & Friends Dentsu working on Samsung and Independent Liquor.

She has joined Republik to lead and take over account service responsibility on the Unitec and Wairaka Land Company accounts.

Says McNamara: “It’s great to have Kimberley back in the agency. She worked with us for about six months on a special project, a couple of years ago, so we’re really pleased to have her back in a full-time role. With the business growth we’ve been experiencing over the last 12 months we’ve needed to further strengthen our front line, so it’s wonderful to have Kimberley on board.”