AUCKLAND, Today: Independent agency Motion Sickness has promoted Jordan Stent to creative director. Agency founder Sam Stuchbury will now step up as executive creative director.

NEW YORK, Tuesday: dentsu USA CCO Menno Kluin – writing for Best Ads – has selected DDB Aotearoa’s Sky TV The Watch as the second-best TVC in the world.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Several well-known Kiwi musicians are putting their face to MediaWorks’ vaccination tally campaign, which launched last week on MediaWorks’ digital out-of-home billboards.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: NZ biotechnology company SRW Laboratories has engaged former deputy PM Paula Bennett as brand ambassador to promote the company’s leading-edge range of health supplements.

AUCKLAND, Today: Domestic violence service provider Shine has launched a new billboard campaign with Lumo in response to an escalation of abuse during lockdown.

SYDNEY, Monday: The deployment of in-house agencies by NZ and Australian brands is booming trend, according to IHAC and Kantar Research.

AUCKLAND, Monday: “In the famously cutthroat media world, chief executives aren’t known for having a long shelf life,” writes Daniel Dunkley in the latest edition of NZ indie news site BusinessDesk. “Robert Morgan, the ceo of Clemenger Group for the past 23 years, is an exception to that rule.”