AUCKLAND, Thursday: Advertising platform Kargo APAC has recently appointed Lizzie Westgate as its Auckland-based New Zealand sales manager.
Internationally awarded creatives “come home”
AUCKLAND, Today: Colenso BBDO has signed senior creative team Emily Joe & Simone Louis – previously with The Monkeys Aotearoa and TBWA\.
United front on merger crash
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Major industry players MediaWorks and the Radio Broadcasters Association are applauding the Government’s decision not to continue with the RNZ/TVNZ merger “in its current form”.
The Shape of Things
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Celebrating an often-unrepresented way of viewing the world, Women’s Work’s latest (the 3rd in a series) exhibition The Shape of Things is coming to Tāmaki Makaurau, opening on Saturday 4 March 2023 at the Ellen Melville Centre.
RBA’s new ceo
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Ad/media veteran Alistair Jamison has been named as ceo of the Radio Broadcasters Association, taking over from Jana Rangooni who has moved into a newly created independent RBA chair role (see accompanying story).
Too good to be forgotten
NEWMARKET, Friday: Phantom asked its own billstickers to compile a list of their personal favourites from 2022 – including easy-on-the-eyc work from Resene (agency: Mediastone Wellington), Auckland Art Gallery’s Frida Kahlo, Bunnings, Dulux, and NZ Rugby.
Stuff & Chemist Warehouse launch new title
AUCKLAND, Today: Stuff has partnered with Chemist Warehouse on a new newspaper-inserted magazine “that speaks to the heart of Kiwis’ health and wellbeing”.
The glitch is not the matrix
AUCKLAND, Today: “Every act of creation is, first of all, an act of destruction,” In his latest blog post, The Monkeys NZ CCO Damon Stapleton quotes Pablo Picasso to make a point.
Colenso BBDO named one of the ‘Best and Bravest’ agencies in the world by Contagious
LONDON, Friday: Global marketing publication Contagious has released its annual selection of Best and Bravest agencies, with Colenso BBDO named as one of only eight creative agencies from around the world.
