ApolloNation promotes Jason Kennedy

ApolloNation promotes Jason Kennedy to Group Account Director

Specialist brand activations and shopper marketing agency ApolloNation today announced the promotion of Jason Kennedy to the position of Group Account Director of the Auckland agency, where he will oversee the account service teams across all clients.

Kennedy has rich marketing experience with expertise across the activations, experiential, shopper and trade marketing disciplines, honed over 15 years of creating strategic solutions for some of New Zealand’s best-loved brands.

His experience, particularly within the FMCG sector, ranges from relationship management, project execution, business generation and leadership and has made Kennedy an integral member of ApolloNation since he joined the agency in 2012. He has been a key driver for a number of the agency’s most successful campaigns including Tui ‘Catch-A-Million’ – a campaign which is in market for the second consecutive year after having secured an outstanding number of New Zealand and International awards including a Gold Lion from Cannes.

Bríd Drohan-Stewart, General Manager of Activations for Dentsu Aegis Network, New Zealand said, “Over the last three years, Jason has consistently proven his ability to execute memorable and meaningful campaigns from initial ideation, through to strategy, execution and measurement. He has become an invaluable member of our tribe; always demonstrating the values of our organisation in everything he does with enthusiasm, energy and bravery.”

Speaking of his appointment, Kennedy said, “It’s a very exciting time to be stepping up into a senior leadership role at ApolloNation – the agency has been gaining huge momentum over the last few years and has been making a real impact in the New Zealand market. I’m backed by a fantastic team and we’ve already got some ground-breaking projects underway for 2015 which will see our agency experience another incredible year.”

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