AUCKLAND, Friday: Vernacular, a small but slightly bigger-thinking non-global provider of moderately successful mind-influencing communication signalling (corporate writing services), today hasn’t announced a slew of innovative services, new learnings, and insights in a pivot to digitally disrupt the new normal.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Today: Coca-Cola’s global & local ad agency rosters – media & creative – are about to undergo a worldwide review that could lead to changes and consolidation in New Zealand.

AUCKLAND, Today: The Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is staging the largest exhibition in its history – an opportunity Phantom Billstickers could not resist. “We liked the sound of that. So we got involved,” said Phantom’s Rupert Fenton.

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Thunderhead, a global leader in enterprise technology for customer engagement and real-time journey orchestration, has appointed Kiwi Aarron Spinley as VP ANZ (based in Australia).

LONDON, Today: Wellington & Auckland-based former indie media agency MBM (McCready Bale Media), now part of the Publicis empire, won Bronze at the Warc Media Awards overnight for their client Trade Me.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Auckland creative indie Pitchblack has won a pitch to be appointed as the lead brand & retail agency for Vehicle Testing NZ, with the scope of work including strategy, brand design, communications, retail and innovation.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: MediaWorks has appointed Liz Fraser as its incoming commercial director. Currently, she’s customer-GM at Air New Zealand.

AUCKLAND, Today: oOh! NZ is “bringing innovative, cross-channel solutions to the fore” with the promotion of Rick Goodwin as its new product solutions & innovation director, the hiring of industry veteran Chris Phillips as street furniture product manager, and the promotion of Rebecca Heer.

AUCKLAND, Today: Publicis Groupe NZ has this morning announced the appointment of Mark Cochrane to the newly created dual role of ceo of Saatchi & Saatchi NZ, and chief growth officer of Publicis Groupe NZ.