John McKay to head new Melbourne office for promo agency Apollo

Tim Burrowes

August 1, 2011 10:29

Apollo Marketing, one of Australia’s biggest promo agencies, is to launch a Melbourne office, the company has announced.

With offices in Sydney and Auckland, the agency is a regular winner at Australia’s Star Awards, run by the Australasian Promotional Marketing Association.

Apollo is part of Aegis Media which bought the Mitchell Communication Group last year.

The new Melbourne office will be headed by GM John McKay whose previous roles included most recently nearly two years as GM of the Heritage Golf and Country Club and 12 years with Crown Casino in Melbourne as creative services manager.

Be a member to keep reading

Join Mumbrella Pro to access the Mumbrella archive and read our premium analysis of everything under the media and marketing umbrella.

Become a member

Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.