SYDNEY, Monday: Australia’s grandest creative advertising awards show, the AWARD Awards*, has appointed six Kiwis for its 43rd annual edition.
Arch makes bridge over water troubled
AUCKLAND, Monday: We’re fans of news headings that neatly summarise the stories they precede, and (when appropriate) add a creative touch that helps sell the item.
FCB’s Mitre 10 tvc No 1 in 2021
AUCKLAND, Friday: Kantar (now integrated with Colmar Brunton) has crowned FCB’s Mitre 10 With You All the Way as its winner of the 2021 Kantar Supreme Ad Impact Award.
Voice Over
AUCKLAND, Friday: The Advertising Standards Authority Complaints Board has upheld 101 complaints about Voices for Freedom advertisements for “misleading and socially irresponsible” information about the covid-19 pandemic.
Te Pūkenga partners with Clemenger-led collective for national launch campaign (updated)
AUCKLAND, Friday: Te Pūkenga – the NZ Institute of Skills & Technology – has appointed a Clemenger BBDO-led collective to develop its national launch campaign later this year.
Smart & classy
AUCKLAND, Sunday: “A woman I really admire is Michelle Obama,” declares DDB Aotearoa New Zealand ceo Priya Patel in an interview published in the latest edition of online news site BusinessDesk.
Spellcheck!
AUCKLAND, Sunday: “You sure the Skinny team got the right name?” wonders NZME’s Chris Rudd (about Friday’s Famous Names story, which featured motoracing ace ‘Louis Hamilton’).
Skinny adds more heavies
AUCKLAND, Today: Colenso BBDO has brought back its Skinny Famous Names campaign, starring Louis Hamilton …
Costar returns to Clockwork NZ
AUCKLAND, Thursday: Clockwork Films as announced the appointment of Tim Costar to the role of EP/MD for its New Zealand shop.
Federation kicks off 2022 with four supersuit hires
AUCKLAND, Today: After a “fast and furious few months over on Wellesley St West”, creative agency Federation has announced multiple account management hires.
