SINGAPORE, Thursday: New Zealand has won eight Gold Awards and four Spikes at the Spikes Asia Awards. Tribal Aotearoa won three Golds, DDB Aotearoa scored two Golds, and one apiece went to Saatchi & Saatchi, Special and TBWA\.
Two creative heavyweights join Special
AUCKLAND, Thursday: Special has hired two senior creatives to further bolster their creative team. Matt Swinburne (group creative director) and David Shirley (creative director) will be joining the agency at the end of this month.
Media indie rebrands
AUCKLAND, Today: An independent media buying agency is relaunching under a new name, according to a report by Daniel Dunkley in news site BusinessDesk.
Axis 2022 finalists list
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: DDB, FCB, Saatchi & Saatchi, Special, YoungShand, VMLY&R, Assembly, Yarn, EightyOne, Colenso, Clemenger, Eight, Motion Sickness, TBWA\, Ruskin, Sweetshop, Franklin Rd, Finch, Fish, Flux, Film Construction, Good Oil, Blockhead, and Liquid are among the finalists named for Axis 2022. Scroll down for the full list.
Hearts & Science promotes Jane Stanley
AUCKLAND, Today: Omnicom data-driven media shop Hearts & Science has promoted Jane Stanley to ceo of Hearts & Science Australia & New Zealand. She was previously the ceo of Hearts & Science NZ.
Easy Crypto appoints MBM as media agency of record
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: New Zealand crypto currency retailer Easy Crypto has appointed MBM as its agency of record for media and Google Marketing Platform servicing.
dentsu delivers digital platform for mental health teaching in schools
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: dentsu Aotearoa and the Sir John Kirwan Foundation have launched Mitey – an innovative approach that enables primary and intermediate schools to deliver effective mental health education as part of everyday teaching.
Saatchi & Saatchi launches Hey Toyota
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Saatchi & Saatchi and Toyota have this week launched a new messaging platform they are affectionately calling Hey Toyota.
Harvey Cameron promotes Gareth O’Connor
CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday: Merivale-based comms agency Harvey Cameron has promoted Gareth O’Connor to managing director.
Proximity promotes leaders for new CXM division
AUCKLAND, Today: Proximity NZ has launched a CXM division with Kate De Marco and Nathalie Philippsen named as co-directors.
