Amanda Johnston-Pell departs Telstra
Amanda Johnston-Pell – whose career at Telstra soared after she oversaw BWM’s Bigpond “rabbits” ad – will not return to the telco’s marketing team, the company confirmed today.
The announcement follows a shake up of the telco’s marketing team and arrival of creative Mark Collis as director of creativity and innovation.
An internal announcement from chief marketing officer Kate McKenzie said:
Inevitable.
Finally.
Ding Dong!!!!! Maybe Telstra marketing will be able to control its staff turnover now!
the team won’t survive without her, she was tough but she knew what she was doing, and she was good at it.
hmmm resigned? I would suggest (Edited by Mumbrella for legal reasons) What a nice way to end a week…
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Bob, are you serious? She was tough and propped up by a team of agencies. I don’t think she ever had an original marketing idea in her life…
Hey Bob,
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Good on her! Spend time with the family… why are we so quick to judge? And in terms of turnover, it seems it’s much worse since she left.
Hey Jane,
You’re right – AJJP met every morning with the Telstra agencies when she first started to work out what needed to be done.
It took 3 months, but finally she discovered that
– No-one knew what Next G was
– People hated Telstra.
– Other bloody obvious stuff
And I believe Telstra made record profits prior to her becoming marketing E.D.
Kate McKenzie – what fabulous luck that Amanda wants to become a stay at home mom – I’m sure there was no large payout to avoid any nasty issues. Money well spent.
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Bob! get a grip! no one is irreplaceable! That has just cracked me up, oh, the team won’t survive, sook, sook. DRY YOUR EYES!
Apologies, y’all. For legal reasons, I’m closing this thread.
Cheers,
Tim – Mumbrella