The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has selected Paris event agency Creative Spirit as its production partner for the official 2017 opening and closing galas.
Transtasman PR shops tie the knot
Leading Australian consumer lifestyle PR agency Forward, has appointed Wright Communications as its exclusive New Zealand affiliate, and first regional partner.
Arrivals & Departures: APN Outdoor puts on weight
APN Outdoor has appointed three industry players to key roles in its agency sales team. Media director Dale Cummins comes to APN Outdoor from heading up the Trading team at Ikon NZ, account director Krystina Ivicevich has experience across both creative and media agencies, and most recently as integration manager at Fairfax.
The Future of Work in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
By Sam Williams, director of marketing, Certus Solutions*, speaker at coming attraction Accelerate 2017 in Wellington & Auckland: We are in a time of dizzying change and whatever you hear or read about the future, nobody, apart from it seems The Simpsons can reliably predict it, as they foresaw in 2000 that Donald Trump was the US President.
Fish & chip wrappers introduce Herald site redesign (updated with DDB role)
The NZ Herald website has relaunched today, with a new design to meet the evolving needs of its audience. The updated site is mobile first, reflecting the way the majority of Herald readers are accessing their news.
Arrivals & Departures: New marketing chief at Mitre 10
Mitre 10 has appointed Jules Lloyd-Jones to the position of general manager marketing starting late July. She joins the Mitre 10 team from Foodstuffs NZ where she has held the group brand director role for the past five years.
Choice Hotels wants YOU
Choice Hotels Asia-Pac, one of New Zealand’s largest hotel franchise groups (250 locations across Australia & NZ), has launched its new marketing campaign, Need A Break, aimed at inspiring everyday Kiwis to head out and explore their own backyard.
Peripatetic Kelly Bennett takes the plunge
Two Auckland Blues coaches, two Kiwi Ferns and over 20 business leaders – including One Plus One’s Kelly Bennett – have signed up to jump 192 metres from the top of the Sky Tower at 85km/hour tomorrow as part of the Drop Your Boss campaign to support the Graeme Dingle Foundation.
Semi Permanent #14 hits town in August
Billed as “the Mecca for creatives, entrepreneurs and future thinkers”, Semi Permanent is back in Auckland this year with industry heavyweights headlining the two-day symposium, on Friday & Saturday11-12 August.
Cobb & Co puts King St on the menu
Cobb & Co, for decades one of New Zealand’s favourite brands, is planning a comeback and has appointed King St as its full service agency partner after a three-way pitch in May.
