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Leighton Howl

Recruitment Director

Let's chat on 021 702 573 or at the office 09 373 3791

Leighton leads the Agency Agent Team at the Pond, placing NZ’s best creative, digital and marketing talent into freelance, contract, and full-time positions with 150 of NZ’s best digital, design, advertising, media, production, and specialist agencies – plus a growing list of agencies overseas as well.

Leighton spends the average week growing The Pond business and working closely with agency clients who understand that people are the most important ingredient in the success of their companies. 

Since founding The Pond in 2006, Leighton has grown the business into a leading player in the professional creative recruitment field, providing premium candidates, promoting better industry standards, and producing better results for clients. The Pond now represents more than 300 of NZ’s most sought-after talent across 50 key professions.

Leighton understands talented people because he worked alongside so many of them during his eight years as an ad agency creative. He was always pretty sharp at selling in his ideas, a gift that he has developed even further by successfully pitching NZ’s best creative talent to clients.

“Good people are the key to building strong agencies,” says Leighton. “Our clients want the best and newest talent in the areas of creative, design, digital, and marketing to add their magic and fulfil their ongoing needs.

“The Pond helps clients to do that, easily and robustly. We find the right candidates to nail every brief that comes through the door, plus we help creative, digital and marketing professionals find rewarding work, realise their market value, and achieve their overall career goals.”

Outside work, Leighton is a family man with one wife, two kids, one dog, and six racehorses. He’s also an avid sports watcher, gardener, red wine drinker, gym-goer, fly fisherman, part-time wannabe architect, and ex-rep rugby player.

If you want no-nonsense, practical advice about how to handle your agency’s staffing needs, and how to secure the best people and retain them, Leighton is the man to call.

Contact

Locations: Auckland, Christchurch, Hamilton, Nationwide, Tauranga, Wellington

Email: [email protected]

Contact Phone Number: 021 702 573

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Full Time Roles

Senior
  • Account Manager (Agency)
  • Auckland
  • $80k - $90k
  • Full Time
  • Live
Are you ready for a career change? Is it time to step up and take your career forward leaving the junior ranks behind you. If so, we have the perfect agency SAM role with mentorship, client structure, career growth and most of all the opportunity to work across clients wanting award winning work. Th...
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Intermediate
  • Graphic Designer (Health & Beauty)
  • Auckland
  • $80k - $85k
  • Full Time
  • Live
Are you a lover of all things health and beauty? Over agency but still want to work on a variety of brands? Have an affinity for refined and elegant design?On behalf of one of our clients, The Pond Recruitment is on the hunt for a Graphic Designer who is ready to make an impact and create visual ide...
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Senior
  • Design Director (Packaging / Product)
  • Auckland
  • $170k - $180k
  • Full Time
  • Live
Do you ever wander down the department store aisles, browse the products and think to yourself – they should have used a different font? Or that the spacing is all wrong? Do you understand the effect good craft design has on products on the shelf?Is it time to take your award-winning creative career...
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Posted at 16:26 15.01.2024

Live: Wellington-based Senior Designer - $120k

Looking for a senior design role in Wellington? Our client, a full-service creative agency, is looking for an Integrated Designer to join their studio team. Collaborate on craft design, campaigns, branding, digital marketing mediums, art direction, ideation, and more. Bonus if you have skills in wayfinding design, illustration, and animation.

Apply via The Pond job board today!

Posted at 16:32 21.08.2023

Escape big city life with a partnership opportunity!

Are you a creative director with advertising acumen, an eye for design, and an established agency career? Can you produce big ideas that translate across traditional and digital media? This new regional agency role offers a partnership opportunity and would suit someone who is over big city life, and wants a lifestyle change. Find out more on The Pond job board!

Posted at 22:17 17.04.2023

Live: Looking for a senior brand designer - $120k

New Role. Our client, an Auckland creative consultancy & agency, is looking for a Graphic & Brand Designer to join their studio team. The designer will work closely with two other senior Designers and the Design Director across all clients and encompass all the skills and expertise in craft design, advertising campaigns, branding, digital marketing mediums, art direction, ideation and conception. Skills in typography, illustration, or photography are a bonus.

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