MANGO APPOINTS FIRST GM, ADDS TWO CONSULTANTSMango New Zealand, Auckland, Tuesday 21 May 2013 |
After a fast start to 2013 with a number of new business wins, Mango announces the promotion of Bob Glancy to General Manager and the appointment of two new team members.
Joining Mango in 2011 as Group Account Director, Bob is Mango’s first General Manager since it launched in 2000 and will support founder and Managing Director Claudia Macdonald in running the PR and Experiential business.
Bob is a seasoned PR practitioner with more than 15 years’ PR and marketing communications experience gained in both the UK and NZ, including Xerox and Barclays Bank in the UK, and Xbox and Motorola in New Zealand.
Kate Carter joins Mango as Senior Account Director. Originally from the UK, Kate has extensive consumer and corporate PR experience. She joins after six years at the Raynish Group Auckland where she held a leadership role managing a team across a range of blue chip clients.
Eleisha Balmer comes on board as Senior Account Manager. A savvy fashion marketer, Eleisha has four years’ experience in marketing and brand management at Ruby Apparel, where she tailored her skills in public relations and implementation of marketing strategies.
Claudia Macdonald, Managing Director of Mango, says that the appointments of Kate and Eleisha are a real coup.
“They are both fantastically experienced and passionate PR professionals who will work wonderfully with our broad range of clients.
“In addition, Bob’s new role will help us grow the business and capitalise on the great start to 2013. It’s going to be an exciting year and we’re really fortunate to have such a sterling team.”
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SEEKING an Experienced Event ManagerMango New Zealand, Auckland, Monday 20 May 2013 |
Have you got that special magic that makes a great Event Manager? Do you want to be part of an award winning events/experiential team?
This is an exciting opportunity to take a step up in your career and join an award winning events team.
As an Events Manager you will need to be exceptionally well organised, understand how to prioritise work and have that ‘can do’ attitude to get the job done!
Along with being super smart, you pride yourself on attention to detail, and have the creative flair that allows you to think outside the box, bringing a twist and your own unique personality to whatever you do.
Mango is known for creative, strategic experiential ideas delivered to the highest standard. You will need to have at least two years’ experience working in events/activation and be passionate about delivering the best events/experiential campaigns on behalf of our clients.
By joining Mango, you will get to work alongside some of the best people and best brands in the business. Not only that, you will be joining the DDB Group, arguably the best communications agency in New Zealand.
If this sounds like you, please forward your CV with cover letter describing an event you have been involved with, what challenges you faced, the solutions to overcoming those challenges, and why the event was a success.
Submissions to info@thisismango.co.nz
Closure date for submissions is Friday 31 May 2013.
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The five most useful new web apps of the week #WebAppsDayMango Melbourne, Melbourne, Tuesday 31 Jul 2012 |
Welcome to a new weekly feature from the team at Mango which will serve up five of the most useful new web apps generating buzz around the web.
This special series will be posted every Wednesday (aka #WebAppsDay) and will feature a collection of social media tools that will make your online lives easier, more effective, and most importantly, more fun!
The inaugural edition of #WebAppsDay features a tools that removes the pain from content planning calendars, a real-time listening tool called Nod3x which will blow your mind and a couple of incredibly nifty mobile apps.
The Great Pascall Road TripMango New Zealand, Auckland, Tuesday 27 Mar 2012 |
Mango helped Pascall lollies bring their sales promotion from the supermarket to the people with the Great Pascall Road Trip.
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Mango Auckland helps Cadbury collect joyMango New Zealand, Auckland, Tuesday 5 Jul 2011 |
As part of the Cadbury ‘Share the Joy’ campaign Mango Auckland is helping Cadbury discover the sound of joy by travelling the country collecting sounds to reflect the joy of New Zealanders. Mango is on the road again, this time with the Cadbury Dairy Milk Joy Collector – a magical, 3D animated, sound activated interactive experience. The team is taking it around the country and inviting groups to take part in a FREE 3D experience that collects voices, sung from the hearts of Kiwis. Visit sharethejoy.co.nz for more information and Joy Collector travel dates.
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Mango Auckland and ANZ bring top players to the playgroundMango New Zealand, Auckland, Monday 23 May 2011 |
Mango Auckland brought netball fans closer to their on-court heroes as part of the ANZ Championship 2011. Netball supporters were driven to register at anznetball.co.nz where they went in the draw to win the Grand Prize; an amazing afternoon with netball stars from their regional team. The winner gave the fabulous prize to her daughter’s school, so hundreds of excited kids from Tawa Intermediate in Wellington had an unforgettable afternoon playing games, having photos and taking tips from Central Pulse players.
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Mango Auckland Launches Second Annual Grant’s Corner to Corner Bowls TournamentMango New Zealand, Auckland, Monday 2 May 2011 |
Mango was at the helm of the second annual Grant’s Whisky Corner to Corner Bowls Tournament, involving 151 lawn bowl clubs around the country. To get tongues wagging in the lead up to the competition Mango got the media excited about the return of the tournament, and held a quick fire curtain-raiser game with New Zealand celebrities from popular television shows Almighty Johnsons, Go Girls and Shortland Street. The celebrity winner on the day was actor Paul Ellis who won $2,000 for the NZ Aids Foundation.
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Mango Races all Day and Rocks all Night at NZ’s Biggest Sporting EventMango New Zealand, Auckland, Tuesday 26 Apr 2011 |
New Zealand’s largest annual sporting event, the ITM400 Hamilton V8 Supercar Championship, was a wet, wild, rock ‘n roll weekend this year as over 105,000 fans took to the street race circuit in Hamilton.
Mango managed all off-track PR with driver appearances, signing sessions, charitable alignment, VIP guests and the added element of top tier bands ZZ Top and Good Charlotte rocking the stage following racing.
Kiwi driver Shane van Gisbergen battled the extreme conditions to take out the top podium spot – a terrific result!
Mango Auckland helps Pirates drop anchorMango New Zealand, Auckland, Thursday 14 Apr 2011 |
To launch the newest franchise joining the National Basketball League, the Auckland Pirates team, Mango arranged a media launch to get tongues wagging. In keeping with the team’s title, Mango held the launch at Auckland’s Maritime Museum in the nautically themed ‘Voyager’ room, where Pirates Raheim Brown, Dillon Boucher and Brooke Rosco talked about the upcoming season. A myriad of high profile national sports television programmes, radio and newspaper media attended the launch to find out about this new era of Auckland basketball.
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Mango Auckland gives creatively inclined Kiwis the chance to shineMango New Zealand, Auckland, Monday 14 Mar 2011 |
Zombies, sharks, public white-outs and remote gigs all form the nucleus of the incredible Smirnoff Night Project. A completely unique challenge was devised whereby four of New Zealand’s most creative talent won the chance to stage the event of their dreams with a little help from their friends at Smirnoff and Mango.
Each event allows a certain allocation of guests who register on the Smirnoff Night Project Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/smirnoffnz the chance to attend one of these awe-inspiring events. Smirnoff’s especially designed Facebook application for ticket requests has been so overwhelmed with demand that on one occasion the application crashed from all the excitement! Mango Auckland gave budding Kiwi creatives the chance to plan, pitch and activate their dream event – what a night!
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