AUCKLAND, Today: After years helping brands find their place in sport and culture, Stefani Chinn is returning to Australia to take the reins of Bastion’s Experience team. Chinn joins as General Manager,... Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: Spec ads had their moment. Now the AARON Awards want to see what AI can do when there’s an actual client brief. The world’s first awards dedicated to AI creativity... Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: AdHoc/Insightful agency founders Andrew Ferdinando and Dom Hay have built a 10-week interactive programme that aims to add a level of professionalism to social media marketing by arming marketers with... Read More
AUCKLAND, Monday: Some of Aotearoa’s favourite artists come together in the latest Karawhiua (Book a Jab) campaign Tō Uru Raumati/Have Yours? out of Fish&Clips. The campaign seeks to encourage and increase vaccination... Read More
AUCKLAND, Monday: School Road Publishing has appointed Joe France as managing director. Owner Greg Partington said: “The decision to pivot SRP to include a stronger digital play is the obvious future of... Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: Partners Life has appointed Special Media as its first retained media agency with a remit covering media strategy, planning and buying. Read More
AUCKLAND, Friday: dentsu NZ has announced its engagement of Richard Hollingum as Experience Consulting Practice Lead. dentsu NZ ceo Robert Harvey said: “In a year when dentsu saw 10.2% growth across the APAC... Read More
AUCKLAND, Friday: NZME's Cliff Joiner has departed his wide-ranging role, which included PR with media (like M+AD), to join the BNZ (presumably in a senior comms role). Read More
AUCKLAND, Sunday: “Meetings can be hard work in that they stop you from working at all,” wrote Herald on Sunday business columnist Paul Catmur. Hard work, indeed! Read More
SYDNEY, Sunday: Aussie trade rag Campaign Brief reports that Toby Talbot set to return to a Transtasman role after two years at C14TORCE in Spain. Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: M+AD’s Pressies report yesterday inexplicably omitted to mention the Gold won by OMG’s content agency Fuse, in Best Integrated Campaign, for its work with The Warehouse. Read More
PARIS, Thursday: North Shore-based creative agency Yarn picked up NZ’s three finalist spots at The Epica Awards 2021 – all for Tourism New Zealand’s Please Don't Travel Under The Social Influence. Read More