AUCKLAND, Today: Phantom Billstickers and retail property giant Kiwi Property have joined forces to develop street poster frames in their retail locations across New Zealand.
NZ’s most insight-directed creative agency?
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Rainger & Rolfe managing partner Ant Rainger writes: “Earlier this month, at the annual Market Research Conference, I challenged the industry to take greater ownership of their insights and play a greater role around the commercialisation of their work.
PR shop expands with Asian comms division
SYDNEY, Today: Independent Transtasman agency Thrive PR + Communications has announced the launch of a specialist Asian communications division.
Coming up – a salute to Elton
AUCKLAND, Today: Flying Fish and the Comms Council have released details of the 2019 12th annual Battle of the Ad Bands.
Media consortium to close
AUCKLAND, Today: KPEX, the Kiwi Premium Ad Exchange consortium created in 2015 by Stuff, NZME, Mediaworks and TVNZ, is to close.
Man in black’s new mystery role
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: OMD NZ managing partner Andrew Reinholds is leaving – to take up a new role outside Omnicom. The agency has yet to name a replacement.
Dirty pictures
AUCKLAND, Today: Phantom Billstickers has found yet another way to create unique environments for their posters – the latest being a full bathroom vanity for personal-care products provider Thankyou.
Rush taps Bruce Cotterill
AUCKLAND, Monday: Parnell-based design tech studio Rush has appointed former ACP Media & Yellow Pages chief Bruce Cotterill as its new chairman.
One Adhesive hero splits – another arrives
AUCKLAND, Monday: Independent PR agency Adhesive has announced the appointment of Eleisha Balmer as its new head of PR in New Zealand, replacing Lwindi Ellis who – after three years in the job – has departed to spend more time at home with her family.
DDB reinvents Chippy (Updated)
AUCKLAND, Today: DDB is giving Bluebird chips a nudge, reinventing the Bluebird penguin ‘Chippy’, according to a statement supplied by the client.
