BUSAN, Wednesday: Colenso BBDO CCO Levi Slavin and DDB CD Rory McKechnie have been selected as finals jurors for the Ad Stars 2020 Awards.
Making Waves
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: MediaWorks has appointed Chris Lloyd as head of radio promotions, integration & events, a new role designed to improve the capability of each business stream while driving performance, idea innovation and creation of best practices that will align the three teams.
22 lay-offs at oOh! AUNZ
SYDNEY, Tuesday: In response to challenging economic conditions created by Covid-19, oOh!media has announced 22 redundancies across the business in NZ and Australia.
Wisdom & Virtue
LONDON, Today: D&AD has announced plans for a virtual ceremony to celebrate the 2020 D&AD Pencil winners. Taking place on Thursday 10 September (at 6pm BST; 5am NZ time) and designed by Studio Dumbar, the ceremony will spotlight winning work from the past year in place of the physical ceremony.
Lockdown time-warp
AUCKLAND, Today: The IAB has released its latest 2020 Digital Advertising Revenue Report, providing snapshots of H1 2020 and Q2 2020 along with trends, to provide a contextual overview of the New Zealand digital advertising market.
Brain Science
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: CBD-based behavioural agency NeuroSpot has tapped into the wonders of neuroscience to optimise the performance of Trustpower’s We’ve Got The Time campaign.
Single agency recipe
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Goodman Fielder has awarded its full portfolio of brands to a single creative agency, DDB New Zealand. The move follows a competitive pitch and will see DDB working across more than 10 leading brands including Vogel’s and Molenberg, Meadow Fresh, Puhoi Valley, Yoplait, Chelsea and Edmonds.
Chick Flicks
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: In February, Burger King and Pitchblack convinced the beef-loving town of Bulls to try the new plant-based Rebel Whopper. In the first six weeks after launch, sales were +87% above sales forecast and, with the burger selling out momentarily in some restaurants, it would become one of BK’s most successful launches.
Ad rules updated
AUCKLAND, Today: The Guide on Election & Referenda Advertising has been updated to reflect the new date for the New Zealand 2020 General Election.
True defies Covid trend
AUCKLAND, Today: Independent agency True has boosted its crew with four new appointments across strategy, client management, content production and creative technology.
