WELLINGTON, Monday: Media intelligence insights provider Isentia, which bills itself as “APAC-based”, has been recognised as a global leader in comms research, winning five awards at the 2020 AMEC Communication Effectiveness Awards in the UK.
Top Shelf (Updated)
AUCKLAND, Today: MDS AdSchool CD Kate Humphries is glowing at the news that at MDS team won Wood Pencil at D&AD London’s New Blood Awards.
Laconic wit a turn-on
AUCKLAND, Today: AUT ad creativity lecturer Dan Fastnedge has penned a passionate piece on the role of Kiwis’ unique sense of humour – and tighter agency-client relationships – in the nation’s post-Covid recovery.
Simple Solution
AUCKLAND, Today: Indie Parnell shop Farrimond created the nationwide TV campaign launched yesterday for RB Hygiene disinfectant brand Glen 20 – made with an affecting simplicity to plug the post-Covid services of the NZ Red Cross.
Shelf-Defence
LONDON, Today: A student creative team from Auckland’s Media Design School has won a Wood Pencil at the 2020 D&AD New Blood Awards – the only NZ entry to win a Pencil.
Let’s Get Serious
AUCKLAND, Today: A new agency, Serious, has been launched “in close partnership” with PHD Group to help brands navigate crises like Covid-19.
Crash Landing
AUCKLAND, Thursday: Colenso creative chairman Nick Worthington is recovering from a bicycle accident in Auckland late last week. Apparently he escaped the downsizing at the agency that’s seen the departure of the ECD and CD (see accompanying story).
Not Wanted (Updated)
AUCKLAND, Thursday: More than a dozen Colenso BBDO fulltime staffers – including ECD Steve Cochran and CD/head of art Mike Davison – have taken voluntary redundancy deals, the result of the financial fallout of Covid-19.
