After nearly a decade, Toby Talbot is returning to Saatchi & Saatchi NZ to partner Paul Wilson across the Auckland and Wellington offices in the newly created role of chief creative officer.

The NZ Parliament website, built by Auckland digital agency Terabyte to provide information and updates to the public on behalf of Parliament, has been nominated for an award in the internet’s premium global awards show, the Webbys.

Blogger Rebecca Caroe interviewed Big CD Joe Holden about the creative process involved in the Barfoot & Thompson’s World Masters Games sponsorship. “I was stunned by ingenuity of the imagery,” she wrote. “Here’s the poster [above] near my office, which prompted me to find out more about the context.”

DDB, TBWA, Clemenger BBDO, and Colenso BBDO are the successful NZ agencies through in the final wave of finalists for Australia’s AWARD Awards released overnight – and they did it in style.

Point-of-sale material is reaching new heights, helped by outstanding paper engineering, based on the quality of entries to the 2017 New Zealand Pride In Print Awards, says awards manager Sue Archibald.

UK ad researcher Warc has unveiled its Warc 100 2017 ranking of the world’s best marketing campaigns and companies, judged according to their business impact – including eight from NZ.

Curator social media marketing agency, which launched in Auckland this week, aims to help businesses grow their social media profile and reach by connecting them with the right influencers on different networks.

The finalists for this year’s Canon Media Awards have been announced, with The New Zealand Herald, Taranaki Daily News, Waikato Times Weekend and Public Address looking to repeat last year’s wins.