Street poster maestros 0800PHANTOM are taking their message to magazines and online, in a striking campaign featuring George FM deejay Dan Aux, Otis & Sarah Frizzell of Lucky Taco, The Royal New Zealand Ballet and Barry Saunders of the Warratahs.
Arrivals & Departures: Spotify taps sales chief
Music streaming service Spotify has hired Sydney-based former Southern Cross Austereo national sales chief Andrea Ingham to head up its NZ & Australian sales division.
Out with the new – in with the old
Lotto (#2) and Tower (#8) are still there – but their shine has dimmed since their stunning debut last month at No 1 and No 2. And old/new favourite Piggy Sue is back where it belongs, with Superfan Tim & Ritchie and a bunch of other regulars close behind.
DDB & Colenso among the few in New York
Colenso BBDO and Finch’s Mountain Dew Hidden Graphics campaign has won the Design Invention and Product Development Invention categories at Adweek’s Project Isaac Awards in New York. DDB also picked up an Isaac Award – for Steinlager Tweeting Sonar in the Social Media category.
Gun for hire shoots Beats By Dre for the RWC
TWIN – represented downunder by The Sweet Shop – have directed a new spot for Beats By Dre to coincide with the 2015 Rugby World Cup through their production company in the US, Reset.
Pink your ride
Also leading a charge against breast cancer is Auckland-based agency Blackfoot client Bridgestone, which is once again selling pink caps to raise funds for the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation during October.
Arrivals & Departures: Assignment’s illustrious hires
Assignment Group has hired Clemenger BBDO Wellington former MD/ECD Duster Andrew and his former boss Peter Biggs to run Assignment from its Wellington base.
Pixel361° closes with two winners from 53 teams
APN Outdoor last night held their first annual digital outdoor creative challenge, with Pixel361° coming to fruition in Auckland. The event was won by DDB’s Nick Dellabarca & Liz Richards who took home the prize of a trip to SXSW held in Austin, Texas in March 2016. The Highly Commended/People’s Choice Award went to Aaron Carbines and Mike Felix of Us&Co who picked up a $500 travel voucher and a Canon digital camera.
Vodafone puffs up its chess
FCB client Vodafone changed creative direction with the introduction of ulta-cute porcine character Piggy Sue, whose heartfelt story relayed the point that ‘life’s better together’.
FCB focus on family violence in wealthy homes
FCB NZ recently launched a campaign for It’s Not OK to shine a light on the prevalent issue of family violence in New Zealand. Contrary to popular belief, violence occurs in every sector of society, including high socio-economic households too – a shocking one in four. To tell this story, rather than an ad, FCB created an unexpected article in the pages of the glossy June/July issue of HOME magazine.
