Napier-based Tracta Advertising (“the heartland agency”) has appointed Mark Lorrigan as creative director, and Kimberley Smyth as senior account manager. Lorrigan joined directly from DDB, and has relocated to Hawkes Bay. At DDB he was retail CD.
Axis 2016 entry call
CAANZ has issued the entry call for Axis 2016. A number of changes are on the slate for next year, including fewer categories – achieved by consolidation of older categories, and a number of new ones. Plus a prediction that the 2016 show will reach a wider audience.
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MDS AdSchool CD Kate Humphries is worried, and she has a question for the agency community: “Did you get your invite to our end-of-year show next Tuesday?”
Resn scoops two global awards
New Zealand interactive design agency Resn has scooped up two international Site of the Month awards, according to a report in Campaign Brief.
Marketo US visitor comes to town
Sanjay Dholakia, the San Francisco-based CMO of marketing software company Marketo, arrived in Auckland today to catch up with the recently established NZ operation, and lend his weight to the local release of a Marketo-Harvard Business Review study. While in town, he took part in a photo session on Tamaki Drive and answered a few questions …
Voters chose DDB’s Pop’s Gift
DDB and Lotto New Zealand are cracking open the good stuff after Fair Go announced last night that Pop’s Gift was voted New Zealand’s Best Ad for 2015.
Arrivals & Departures: Sky man defects to Lightbox
Online anytime TV service Lightbox has appointed Andy McCool as its new head of product. McCool who joins from Sky Network Television.
AUT grad wins big PR scholarship
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.
iSite ‘jumped the gun’
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.
