AUCKLAND, Wednesday: DDB Aotearoa copywriter Guy Trengrove has won the London International Awards’ random drawing for a placement to Sir John Hegarty’s The Business of Creativity online course.
New Diversity, Equity & Inclusion awards unveiled
AUCKLAND, Today: Entries have now closed for the 2022 Aotearoa Effie Awards with judging beginning later this month. New to the Effie Awards program – and all of the Comms Council awards programmes this year – is the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Awards – sponsored by Stuff.
HeyYou creates gallery-campervan to launch Coastal Arts Trail
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Following a competitive pitch process, CBD-based indie agency HeyYou was appointed by three regional development agencies to launch New Zealand’s newest and largest arts tourism experience, The Coastal Arts Trail.
PHD appoints new chief tech & innovation officer
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: PHD Group has announced the appointment of Rachel Bayfield as chief technology & innovation officer, replacing Christophe Spence (who’s joined GroupM).
New ceo at NBR
AUCKLAND, Today: The National Business Review reports that it has appointed a chief executive with a successful track record in subscription businesses, following an international search to fill the role.
AU social impact organisation seeks ‘exceptional’ GM for NZ launch
AUCKLAND, Today: UnLtd, a social impact organisation for the media, marketing, and creative industries in Australia, is set to launch into New Zealand.
BCG2 rebrands the Centre for Pacific Languages
AUCKLAND, Today: Ponsonby indie BCG2 has recently finished a complete rebrand for what was formerly the Pacific Education Centre. Now known as the Centre for Pacific Languages, the organisation exists to help heritage Pacific languages thrive.
YoungShand appoints senior creative
AUCKLAND, Today: Writer/director Kent Briggs has joined YoungShand in Ponsonvy after recently completing the TVNZ series The Social Media Virgin, an experiment to see if he can get to one million followers in 100 days.
Catmur switches to The Listener
AUCKLAND, Today: “Thanks for the ups, but (for once) I wasn’t actually dumped,” writes Paul Catmur in response to yesterday’s M+AD story about the mystery disappearance of his column from the Herald on Sunday.
Looking for a new home? (updated)
AUCKLAND, Monday: Pead PR is spruiking a prime Viaduct site for NZX-listed client Precinct Properties. A Pead executive (who declined to be named) reckons it’s an ideal site for an upmarket ad agency.
