Arrivals & Departures: Recruiter grows, new face at digital shop

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Sydney & Auckland global search firm Hourigan International has appointed Natasja Barclay as managing partner and Gillian Gibson as leadership consultant in the Auckland office. (A release mix-up yesterday caused M+AD to run a very old release in error – Mark Jenner left Hourigan in April to join Interbrand NZ as managing director. And he’s still there! M+AD and Hourigan regret the error.)

String Theory taps Argentina for labour of love

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Argentine art & motion studio Plenty has collaborated with Auckland brand agency String Theory to create a short film, We Need To Talk About Alice, to raise awareness of charity book website Good Books. The short film coincides with the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. 

AWARD NZ picks its winners

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Jemma Titheridge has been named New Zealand’s top AWARD School student at a graduation ceremony at Little Easy in Ponsonby. Second place was awarded to Robert Chapman, with Amy-Rose Lynch taking third place. 

New site mines best of Bauer

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Bauer Media has launched WomensWeekly.co.nz, a new online brand bringing together content from the people behind some of New Zealand’s most popular and influential magazines. The new site draws on content not only from New Zealand Woman’s Weekly, The Australian Women’s Weekly (NZ Edition), NEXT, Good Health Choices, North & South and (where relevant) New Zealand Listener, but also exclusive online video and lifestyle news content updated daily.

Two big shows come together in 2016

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The Australasian Writers and Art Directors Association (AWARD) will increase its presence at Sydney’s annual Semi Permanent festival of creativity and design from May 2016, in a collaboration that will introduce an annual AWARD showcase to the three-day event and host the annual AWARD Awards ceremony as a new focal point of the festival.

Mobile ad shop raises $2.2m, lists on NXT

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The share offer from Snakk Media Limited (SNK) successfully raised $2.2 million, including $0.7 million of oversubscriptions – meaning Snakk will today proceed with its listing on the NZ Stock Exchange’s NXT market (for small and mid-sized businesses).

Powerade fitness campaign up & running

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Sports drink brand Powerade – along with its agency partners Ikon, Ogilvy, Spur, and Activation – has announced the return of its Powerade Challenge – running from now through to December. In its fifth year, the challenge invites Aucklanders and Wellingtonians to register for free, complete the running challenge on a day that suits them and track their training times using Powerade digital wristbands.