CAANZ has announced the appointment of BMF Australia creative founder Warren Brown as its Axis Awards 2016 international judge.
Arrivals & Departures: New faces at oOh!, Z-card sets up shop
Gina McKie has joined oOh! NZ as business manager following a role in Microsoft’s digital sales house, Mi9. McKie’s background and experience is predominately in sales with a key focus on delivery and client service.
Hip as hell
“Life doesn’t get much better than seeing a bunch of top shelf local and international artists playing outdoors in the sunshine,” said Phantom Billstickers sales manager Dan Collins, who sent us the collection of poster images promoting NZ’s summer music festivals season.
RIP mass marketing
Sophisticated digital marketers are connecting every part of the business with their customers to build highly personal journeys to not only engage, but stay one step ahead of competitors and create total customer satisfaction.
Colenso, DDB, Special, Barnes Catmur, Opti, OMD make Singapore finals
NZ agencies Colenso, DDB, Special Group, Barnes Catmur, ZenithOptimedia and OMD are the Kiwi shops to make the finals for the Campaign Asia-Pacific Australia/New Zealand Agency of the Year.
bcg2 & Mediacom win Realestate.co.nz pitch
bcg2 and MediaCom have won a competitive pitch for creative and media services for Realestate.co.nz – New Zealand’s definitive online property resource for buyers and the real estate industry.
Retarget market returns to ad:tech
Retargeting outfit AdRoll drew a lot of interest at NZME’s ad:tech earlier in the week. “This year’s ad:tech was smaller and more compact than last year,” said Sydney-based managing director Ben Sharp. “For us, this meant more engagement.”
‘Fuck them – we have champagne!’
French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has released its latest magazine following the terrorist attacks in Paris with a cover that depicts a man riddled in bullet holes drinking champagne.
Excitable boy
One of the stars at ad:tech was oOh! Media’s remarkable Excite retail screen – an interactive marvel that’s already a hit with food court visitors at Northwest shopping centre, Downtown, Sylvia Park and Botany Town Centre.
Free range is good, right? Well … maybe
Ponsonby-based producer Content Boutique has created a series of short videos to draw attention to genuine free range produce and humanely farmed meat and eggs.
