PARIS, Today: It might take “a while” to adjust to the arrival of King Charles III’s cypher, says Epica’s Mark Tungate. “The cypher was chosen by the King from a selection designed by the College of Arms.
Vodafone’s One branding impressive – but ‘flawed’
AUCKLAND, Thursday: “Marketing experts are impressed by the look and feel of Vodafone NZ’s new One New Zealand brand – but say there are some hard yards ahead to establish its new identity, in part because TVNZ already has dibs on One,” reports the NZ Herald’s Chris Keall.
Plato Creative appoints Hayley O’Connor as people & culture manager
CHRISTCHURCH, Thursday: Christchurch CBD-based Plato Creative has appointed Hayley O’Connor to the newly created role of people and culture manager, effective immediately.
Motion Sickness makes five hires including new position – Kaitaunaki Māori
AUCKLAND, Thursday: In its biggest recruitment drive to date, Newton indie agency Motion Sickness has added five new members to its team.
Nespresso engages George Clooney for climate change campaign
AUCKLAND, Today: Nespresso is highlighting the threat posed by climate change to global coffee production and shining a spotlight on efforts to protect it – with an ad campaign starring George Clooney, produced by JWT Worldwide.
Bright idea?
HELSINKI, Today: The largest consumer electronics retailer in the Nordics, Finnish Gigantti (part of Elkjøp), is decreasing the brightness of all its advertising in order to save energy.
Spark NZ data guru wins global Hero gong
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Spark NZ’s Peter Langham took home the Data Hero of the Year award at the Snowflake AUNZ Data Drivers Awards. Langham, domain chapter lead/data engineering at Spark, was the only award winner from NZ in an otherwise all-Australian line-up.
Babich named wine sponsor for ASB Classic 2023
HAMILTON, Today: The ASB Classic returns to centre court at Stanley Street this summer (from January 2 to 14) – with wine sponsorship from Babich Wines.
Effing great work!
AUCKLAND, Today: Special New Zealand has been named the Most Effective Independent Agency in the world by Effies Global rankings. Special claimed the No.1 spot for the first time, leading with Gold Effies for its Every Kiwi Vote Counts work, Meddle in the NZ Election.
YoungShand takes out Heart of the City pitch
AUCKLAND, Today: Integrated indie agency YoungShand has won the Heart of the City media business in an open competitive pitch. The incumbent was OMD.
