New managing partners named at DRUM
By Jonas Lopez in Marcoms News on Wednesday, 22nd September 2021 at 3:41pm
Auckland, NZ communications agency DRUM has appointed Aimee Nicholls and Cassidy Meredith as its new managing partners.The promotions came in recognition of their service to the agency.
Nicholls joined the DRUM’s predecessor agency, Spark PR & Activate, in 2015 as senior account director, then continued into the DRUM rebrand in May 2018. She was head of agency and development when the appointment came.
Meredith came into Spark PR & Activate in early 2014 as senior account manager. He rose up the ranks well into the drum rebrand, from account director to client services head.
“DRUM prides itself on producing creative solutions that drive business results for clients and any work Cass and Aimee are involved with always delivers against that benchmark. Alongside that th...
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