PJ Morris joins BlueOcean agency PJ Morris has announced that she has joined BlueOcean as a marketing director. In the role, she will work with B2B businesses to drive strategic, sustainable growth through integrated marketing.  Building trust with B2B buyers, align marketing with sales, and turn strategic clarity into measurable growth.  In her previous experiences, she worked across Fletcher Building, Universal Homes Limited, Sky New Zealand, Triplejump Ltd, CSP Architects, and Sika. Rebecca Sowden joins Publicis Groupe ANZ Publicis Groupe ANZ has appointed former Sky Sport executive Rebecca Sowden as director of sport, partnerships & content in New Zealand.  She will lead Publicis Sport & Entertainment in the market and oversee the strategic and commercial direction of the New Zealand business within Publicis Media Exchange (PMX). Sowden brings experience across sport, media and partnerships, including senior leadership roles at Sky Sport and foundi

Ciara Wylie begins at Herd MSL Ciara Wylie has announced that she has started a new position as an account director at Herd MSL.  She was most recently a senior account manager at Thrive PR.  Wylie was a freelance PR and social media consultant and a senior associate consultant at Teneo in Ireland previously.  Journalist trio launch Nomen Partners Three journalists, Harrison Polites, Melissa Mack and Alexander Liddington-Cox, have launched Nomen Partners, a boutique PR consultancy for technology companies and disruptors.  On LinkedIn, he announced that the agency will operate with a capped client roster, with each client working directly with a partner who manages both the account and media and stakeholder relationships. “We are not just former journalists, we have led disruptive PR agencies, won awards, sat on boards, and led in-house communications,” Polites said.  “We’re committed to practicing in a way that respects and,

Iris Nguyen joins Sling & Stone as senior account manager Iris Nguyen has joined Sling & Stone as senior account manager in Melbourne, marking a move to Australia after relocating from New Zealand.  Nguyen said she was grateful for her time at FleishmanHillard Aotearoa, where she worked across clients including Samsung, Booking.com, Google and The Warehouse. She described the experience as "a truly rewarding few years" and said she was looking forward to getting stuck into her new role and life in Melbourne. Before joining Sling & Stone, Nguyen spent a year as senior account manager at FleishmanHillard Aotearoa, following almost four years at Botica Butler Raudon Partners, where she progressed from account executive to account manager.  Earlier in her career, she held PR roles in Vietnam with Biz-Eyes and Jigsaw Integrated Marketing Communications, working on campaigns for brands including Tiger Beer, Coca-Cola and Lifebuoy. Aviva Waks joins Carri

Hayleigh Thompson joins Shopify Hayleigh Thompson has joined Shopify as senior customer success manager, ending a four-year tenure at Convert Digital where she most recently served as senior account manager.  Reflecting on the transition, Thompson thanked the Convert Digital leadership team and colleagues for their support over the past four years. She said joining Shopify had exceeded her expectations, highlighting her onboarding experience at Shopify Summit in Toronto and subsequent training in Ottawa. "One month into Shopify and I already feel like I'm walking amongst giants," she wrote, adding that she was excited to work with Tricia Fallows and support merchants across the region. Thompson joins Shopify after progressing from account manager to senior account manager at Convert Digital, where she spent four years managing client relationships and digital strategy.  Earlier in her career, she held roles at Thirteen Digital, Itoc, CUA (Credit Union Aust

Brett Elliott joins MCO as managing director MCO has appointed Brett Elliott as managing director, a newly created role that will help lead the multicultural media company through its next phase of national growth.  He will work alongside founder and chief executive Ronnie Navani, overseeing the company's day-to-day operations while driving commercial growth, industry partnerships and national network expansion. Elliott announced his move after spending the past six months consulting to private equity and other businesses. MCO said he brings more than two decades of senior media leadership experience to the newly created position.  Since launching in 2024, the company has grown to more than 250 digital screens across multicultural retail environments, connecting brands, agencies and government with Chinese, Indian, Vietnamese and Arabic communities. Elliott said multicultural audiences are central to Australia's future. "Multicultural Australia is not a ni

Emma Lowde joins Diraq as senior communications manager Emma Lowde has announced that she has started a new position as senior communications manager.  Lowde announced the move on LinkedIn, saying the role offered the opportunity to help tell the story of technology that could "fundamentally change how we tackle some of the world's biggest challenges", including developing new medicines and materials and addressing climate-related problems.  Before joining Diraq, Lowde was senior communications manager at Intuit APAC. She previously assumed communications roles across DDA PR, Haystac, Hill+Knowlton Strategies, DEC PR, eBay and HPX Group before joining Intuit. Carwyn Davies joins Online Projects Carwyn Davies has announced that she has started a new role as social media manager at Online Projects.  In her previous experiences she worked across Dendy Cinemas, Herd MSL, create creme and UTS Society of Communications. Chloe Nielsen steps up at Lumita