AUT Bachelor of Communication and Bachelor of Business Studies graduate Tessa Williams has been named as the 2015 recipient of the Porter Novelli Joseph Peart Scholarship. Williams has also worked at FCB Auckland.

Canterbury billboard operator Etc Media is challenging claims made in M+AD yesterday that iSite’s new Riccarton AURA 4m x 8m digital sign – due to power up in February – will be the largest in the region.

“I was told the production world was dead. They were so wrong.” Film Construction Group executive producer Patrick McAteer has distilled his experiences into “four things the ad sector needs to know about our rapidly evolving industry” …

Kiwis are more interested than ever in choosing the sustainable option when purchasing goods or services, and while mainstream businesses are starting to respond to this trend there is much more to be done according to new research released this month.

Jono V Ben, a collaboration between Mediaworks, Freemans Bay agency Beat, and Frucor, has taken out a silver award for Best Sponsorship or Product Integration at the Branded Entertainment Festival last Thursday in Sydney.

FCB has chosen to salute Prime TV’s Downton Abbey – now in its final season – with a billboard featuring the lead characters in typically British deadpan mode.

NZ picked up five gongs – a gold, two silvers and two bronzes – at the London International Awards in Las Vegas. Four, including the gold, went to Colenso BBDO, while Wellington sibling Clemenger BBDO scored NZ’s only other metal – a silver.

The Adfest 2016 Lotus Awards has issued its call for entries. The 19th edition of this big Asian show will be held 16-19 March 2016 in Pattaya, Thailand (the theme is Creative Intelligence).