AUCKLAND, Today: MBM New Zealand is celebrating its Media Agency of the Year win at the 2023 Comms Council Beacon Awards, “following a period of significant growth and new business wins”.
WPP invests in diversity-focused creative agency Majority
LONDON, Today: WPP has announced the acquisition of a 30% stake in Majority, a US-based creative agency that combines a multicultural talent model with award-winning general marketing capabilities.
InMobi unveils its global net-zero carbon aspirations
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Global mobile advertising platform InMobi today announced its global sustainability commitment with Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), an organisation that drives ambitious climate action.
iMedia Modern Media Summit New Zealand is back this October
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: After a successful event last year, the iMedia Modern Media Summit New Zealand is coming back to Taupō this 25-27 October (Wednesday-Friday).
Dementia NZ and Quantum Jump celebrate people living with dementia
AUCKLAND, Monday: Quantum Jump has created a new awareness campaign for Dementia NZ. I’m still me shows that people living with dementia can still lead a full life.
Three new hires for growing Waikato digital agency
HAMILTON, Monday: Unbound has bolstered its team with three new hires. Brooke Wilson joins as an account manager while Magdalena Morgan and Samuel Cook step into campaign manager roles.
Variety & Federation launch campaign for Kiwi kids who don’t have beds
AUCKLAND, Today: Federation and Variety NZ have launched a campaign for the one in 10 Kiwi kids in the country’s poorest communities who don’t even have a bed.
Another step up the ladder
AUCKLAND, Today: The Comms Council advises that The First Five Rungs Agency Quiz Night (held in collaboration with NZME) will take place on Thursday, 6 July from 6pm at NZME.
NZ scores 2 x Grand Prix in Cannes
CANNES, Today: Lions juries have awarded two Grand Prix – the first since 2016 – for NZ work this year – Colenso BBDO took out the Radio & Audio Lions GP for Skinny Phone It In campaign, and Special picked up the Health & Wellness Lions GP Partners Life The Last Performance (developed with South Pacific Pictures and Images & Sound).
Special wins at WARC London
LONDON, Monday: Special NZ has won a Grand Prix at the third global WARC Awards for Effectiveness (held in association with the Cannes Lions – see separate report).
