It has made a number of key hires in Auckland.
After a year of rapid growth Saatchi & Saatchi NZ has further strengthened its senior team with a number of key hires in its Auckland office.
These appointments include; Ryan Price - Senior Creative Lead, Annabel Rees - Group Business Director, Anthony Plant - Senior Content Creator and Jonny Almario - Cultural Strategist.
Ryan Price has recently returned to New Zealand from the UK, and brings five years of extensive experience from his time at the company’s global headquarters - Saatchi & Saatchi London where he worked on both local and international clients.
Annabel Rees brings almost 20 years’ experience in advertising with her to the new role after working at leading advertising agencies in both New Zealand and London, including Colenso BBDO, TBWA London, Special Group & DDB Aotearoa. Most recently, Rees led The Warehouse Group and Goodman Fielder accounts at DDB.
Anthony Plant has also recently returned from the UK, having established his career as a content director and DOP both overseas and in New Zealand. Most recently working as a senior member of the BBC radio content and creative division, Anthony has continued to shoot some of the world's biggest artists, brand and cultural icons including Ed Sheeran, Coca Cola Company, Richard Hammond and Goodyear.
Jonny Almario brings extensive knowledge on how experiences are influenced by shifting cultural expectations on issues such as trust, transparency and new ways of working. Prior to joining the Saatchi & Saatchi team, Johnny was strategist and insights lead at TRA where he partnered with some of New Zealand’s leading brands in financial services, FMCG, Telco and government across cultural insight and qualitative research projects.
Saatchi & Saatchi, CEO, Mark Cochrane said, “After a great year of momentum, we are excited to now have all these wonderful humans join the Saatchi collective. They each bring something original, progressive, and culturally rich. The appointments are directly coming from growth, and growth is coming directly from our focus on cultural creativity."
