Auckland & Wellington-based TRA – which bills itself as NZ’s largest independent insights agency – has appointed Auckland ad legend Roger MacDonnell to its board of directors.
Kiwi creatives aim to fire up US voters
Kiwi creatives Ben Polkinghorne and Scott Kelly, now at Wieden + Kennedy London, have joined an ambitious campaign to convince Americans of the need to vote at their upcoming election.
AWARD School NZ taps Gigi Lee, Ryan Hobbs & Lucy Galbraith
AWARD School Australasia has named Gigi Lee its top student at New Zealand’s 2016 AWARD School graduation ceremony, in Auckland last week. Ryan Hobbs was #2, and Lucy Galbraith finished the course at #3.
Media welcome for Dylan’s Nobel win
Bob Dylan has won his ultimate accolade – the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature. The announcement came from the Swedish Academy at mid-morning NZ time today.
Ad2one signs ANZ edition of science bible
Auckland-based digital advertising sales company Ad2one has unveiled a partnership with National Geographic to manage ad sales for nationalgeographic.com and nationalgeographic.com.au’s New Zealand audience.
Rush Digital wins in Sydney
Auckland & New York-based creative & technology company Rush Digital has taken out the top prize for their category at Visa’s Everywhere Initiative in Sydney, which challenges New Zealand and Australian start-ups to bring new ideas to payments.
Arrivals & Departures: DAN taps two Aussies for ANZ roles
Dentsu Aegis Network has bolstered its Australasian marketing & communications team with the appointment of Andrew Hewett in a newly created role as head of corporate affairs, based in Melbourne*.
Wildfire mentor wins at Woman of the Year Awards
Victoria Ransom who runs media marketing software company Wildfire Interactive was last night named winner of the Business category at the NEXT Woman of the Year Awards held in Auckland (in association with online jewellery store Pandora).
Fairfax names Women of Influence
Over the road, on the same night in the same city as the Woman of the Year Awards (see previous story), Fairfax Media were unveiling their 2016 Women of Influence Awards. The Supreme Winner was won by Helen Robinson, co-founder/executive director for Organic Initiative (Oi).
Arrivals & Departures: 26 years at O&M – then Debbie Kirkbride joins 3rdeye! Rebecca Carrasco exits Facebook
Debbie Kirkbride has joined 3rdeye after 26 years (yes folks, you read that right!) at Ogilvy & Mather Durban, rising through the ranks of client service.
