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.
Innovative content integration sees Special bring back the dead
AUCKLAND, Today: Health insurance provider Partners Life has partnered with Special NZ – in collaboration with South Pacific Pictures’ murder mystery series The Brokenwood Mysteries – to deliver a disruptive advertising campaign, The Last Performance, challenging Kiwis to rethink preconceptions around life insurance.
Vodafone NZ has a new name
AUCKLAND, Today: Vodafone New Zealand has announced it will be changing its name to One New Zealand in early 2023, following the change of ownership from Vodafone Group to new owners Infratil and Brookfield in 2019.
