AUCKLAND, Today: DDB Group’s digital experience arm Tribal Aotearoa has created the iTest –a move to get diehard Apple fans to experience the Samsung interface.
Pencils & Planes (UPDATED)
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: AUT Ad School is celebrating a big couple of weeks for the graduating class of 2020. First, after securing three of the 10 shortlisted spots, Hayley Tubb & Phaedra Starling took took out the Best Digital Campaign at the Paper Planes for NIB.
Sweat with Pride
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: FCB and the NZ AIDS Foundation have teamed up for a health initiative labelled Sweat With Pride. Foundation head Dr Jason Myers said: “It’s a sad fact that in 2021, Aotearoa’s LGBTQIA+ communities have worse health outcomes than their peers in several different areas including mental health and HIV transmission.
Craving to Play
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Grey Lynn customer insights agency Perceptive has appointed Priya Patel to its customer experience team. Perceptive CX team leader Sammie Parkinson said: “This comes after several account wins and a period of growth.
Jolly Roger
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: TBWA\ NZ has taken a full-page ad in the Business section of Tuesday’s NZ Herald to score quick points from the rash of unexpected NZ agency management changes at the top level (think DDB and FCB).
Spinoff reshuffle
AUCKLAND, Today: A changing of the guard at indie digital daily news provider Spinoff, with editor Toby Manhire stepping down, to be replaced by regular writers Alex Casey and Madeleine Chapman.
One Show finalists – Saatchi, Special, Starcom, MSL, Sweetshop, DDB, Colenso, Motion Sickness, BigPop
NEW YORK, Today: New Zealand has secured 14 finalists for The One Show 2021 – all chosen from a shortlist released earlier this year. Australia has 40 finalists.
Orcon reimagined
AUCKLAND, Monday: Orcon has reimagined itself with the future of home connectivity in mind, and has partnered with Gladeye and VMLY&R to bring the ISP designed for a post-Covid world to life.
Dancing Shoes?
AUCKLAND, Monday: It was a simple footprint by Pitchblack for Hyper Ride that proved the perfect fit for 2021’s The Paper Planes creative advertising competition.
Code of honour
AUCKLAND, Today: The Advertising Standards Authority is calling for submissions from ad agencies on the review of its Code for Financial Advertising.
