NZ has picked up a total of 24 shortlist places overnight at the Cannes Lions – three in PR, eight in Promo & Activation, 11 in Direct, one in Pharma, and one in the Young Director Award.
Two new senior appointments have been announced in Auckland by Saatchi & Saatchi and Carat.
Saatchi & Saatchi has promoted business director Paul Wilson to the new role of general manager. He will continue in his former role and will retain all his client responsibilities for Toyota/Lexus and DB, but he will now have more involvement with the senior leadership.
The 2014 Football World Cup, which kicked off in Brazil Friday morning, has already generated more social buzz than any comparable event ever.
While most of adland was packing their matching set of Louis Vuitton luggage bound for the south of France to take things all too seriously, Sugar&Partners CDs Dave Nash & Damon O’Leary stormed London’s satirical Chip Shop Awards.
Parnell-based brand communications agency The Business has won Davanti Consulting after a pitch.
The other agencies have not been identified – and there was no incumbent of note.
New Zealand cancer charity Look Good Feel Better has undergone a makeover of its own with the help of Brother Design. The first in a series of above-the-line print ads will launch during an awareness campaign for Feel Better Month in July and beyond.
