Movers & Shakers: SCA, VML, Dentsu, TBWA/Sydney, Havas, JOLT, Prophet, Kerfuffle, Guardian Australia, Ideally, Amplify, Medium Rare

By AdNews | 13 February 2026
 

It's hard to keep up with all the latest moves across media, marketing and advertising, so we've made a list. Check out the biggest moves in adland from this week.

SCA announces key senior content leadership moves

SCA has appointed Matthew O'Reilly head of broadcast content for audio, Jamie Angel, head of Triple M network,  and Jay Mueller,  head of development. 

VML Wellington appoints leadership team 

VML has appointed Daine Kingma managing partner, Jemma Titheridge head of strategy and Kate Thomson, head of media.  

Dentsu confirms David Halter and Vanessa Nicol in senior leadership roles

David Halter as chief practice officer for Dentsu Creative Australia and Vanessa Nicol chief operating officer for dentsu ANZ.

Josh Taylor-Dadds jumps to Supermassive from TBWA\Sydney

For the newly created role of executive strategy director.

Havas promotes Olly Taylor to chief strategy officer for media and creative

Taylor brings more than 25 years' experience in brand and communications strategy. 

JOLT announces country manager, head of marketing

JOLT appoints senior marketer Sharnee Rawson and promotes Stuart Moffatt to Australian country manager.

Prophet strengthens digital intelligence team

Prophet has appointed Aysa Matueva senior software engineer and Ruxin Ma to frontend developer.

Kerfuffle hires Droga5 executive creative directors

Hugh Gurney and Joe Sibley executive as creative directors. Eliza Malone has also been appointed as head of production.  

Lenore Taylor steps down as Guardian Australia editor

David Munk, senior managing editor of the Guardian in London, will be acting editor while a replacement is found. 

Ideally appoints Kirsty Harding research strategy director

Her role will focus on ensuring research scales on the Ideally platform in a way that expands creative potential, strengthens decision-making and delivers better commercial outcomes.  

Amplify appoints Jordan Dale global creative director

Amplify has also confirmed the appointment of Joel Menegazzo as creative director. Aaron Bilham has been promoted to head of production, and Caitlin Todd to senior business lead. 

Medium Rare appoints Stephanie Gemes group sales manager for Commbank Connect

She will report to Andrew Robertson, head of sales.

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