Colenso BBDO and Proximity have further boosted their planning capabilities with the arrival of David McCallen who started this week as Planning Director (Engagement).
Brandspank scores first for NZ at RWC 2015
After a competitive creative pitch against four UK companies, Arch Hill-based boutique creative shop Brandspank has won the contract to create the opening title sequence for host broadcaster ITV of the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England.
Maui’s Dolphin work a winner
In what is said to be a world first, Ogilvy & Mather placed an advertising message inside a music track – a stroke of genius that has won the agency the July ORCA.
APN weighs NZ assets sale
APN News & Media has told the Australian Securities Exchange it is seriously considering spinning off its New Zealand media assets, with an IPO one potential option.
Special Group signs Bowman & Burton
Whybin\TBWA Sydney ECDs Dave Bowman & Matty Burton have signed with Special Group Australia as Founding Creative Partners in the recently announced Sydney start-up.
NZ dairies enter the POS screen age
The Hypermedia Group is building a network of integrated POS video screens in over 200 dairies throughout NZ.
Contagion launches Pita Pit campaign
Pita Pit has launched its first campaign, with the national TV ad airing for the first time last night. The company which first opened in New Zealand seven years ago now has over 65 stores nationwide and another nine in Australia. Contagion won the business for both markets earlier in the year and this is the first of many campaigns.
Arrivals & Departures
Digital agency Touchcast promotes Will Joyce to GM of its Auckland office: Says Andrew Hawley, managing director of Touchcast New Zealand: “After many months of searching, we’ve identified a fantastic internal candidate in Will Joyce, currently our head of strategy. We believe he is the best long-term culture and capability fit for Touchcast and our Auckland clients going forward, especially […]
Star guitar, star chef and Justin Timberlake come to the party as Botab tickets go on sale
This year’s Botab features a celebrity auction to raise funds for the event’s official charity, The NZ Music Foundation. Up for sale are some outrageously attractive offers, including a VIP package to Justin Timberlake, dinner at Euro (catered personally by owner Simon Gault) with five friends plus Dave Dobbyn & CAANZ chief Paul Head, and Neil Finn’s customised Maton guitar.
San Diego showcase for Auckland indie
Freemans Bay independent agency Republik are cheerfully slapping themselves on the back after receiving an invite from the International Echo Awards to present the agency’s Fuji Xerox Wide War One campaign at this year’s awards show in San Diego on October 27.
