The funeral will be held tomorrow of Mary Shirtcliffe, a partner and finance director of Shirtcliffe & Co, the company she and her husband, Matt (a former CD at Saatchi|DGS NZ), set up in downtown Auckland in 2010.
Arrivals & Departures
From Brisbane to Christchurch: Bonnie Raggett has joined the Go Media outdoor sales team in Christchurch as a direct account manager.
South & North
Christchurch-based billboard operator Go Media has won the Mana/Newlands bus advertising contract for the greater Wellington area. The incumbent was iSite.
Yealands says ‘Cheers’ to Special Group
After a strategic pitch process, Yealands Family Wines has appointed Special Group to be its global design and advertising agency partner.
Stranded in Paradise?
A crowd of around 200 media & music industry people turned out in Auckland last week for the 2015 edition of The RadioShow – an annual event organised by the radio industry to showcase NZ artists.
OMD/Colenso’s Pepsi site wins at Yahoo Awards
The Pepsi ON campaign by OMD and Colenso BBDO has won top digital honours in the 2014 Yahoo New Zealand Digital Strategy Awards.
Arrivals & Departures
Analytics shop Datalicious has appointed Kasmira Sewpershad as the manager for its New Zealand business. Previously, Sewpershad was interactive account manager at MediaWorks.
Why Toronto Star nixed digital paywall & P1 promos
Executives from the Toronto Star have admitted paywalls did not work for them and said promoting stories inside the newspaper is a waste of time, arguing the space can better be used for editorial or advertising.
PHD flies the Gold Coast into AIA
Baggage Carousel One at Auckland Airport was recently transformed into a giant interactive game by PHD Group and Gold Coast Tourism, with one lucky Air New Zealand flight experiencing a “New Zealand first” with the Lucky Luggage campaign.
Adman makes funnyman finals
MDS AdSchool CD Kate Humphries writes: “He’s given us the Vmotion project and Vrobbers, some witty Axis & YoungGun-awarded long copy ads for Westpac; a funny Fresh Up Powerful Refreshment TV campaign, and in 2013, he won the Young Lotus competition at Adfest.
