AUCKLAND, Today: Former Uber executive AJ Tills has returned to NZ as the first chief marketing officer of Crimson Global Academy – a newly registered online high school.
That’s a wrap. It’s in the can!
AUCKLAND, Monday: Downtown design agency Dow Goodfolk is leading the transition of the Mac’s brand into cans for the first time – for existing favourites and new brews.
The Missing Link
AUCKLAND, Today: AUT advertising creativity lecturer Daniel Fastnedge has sent M+AD a link to the details missing from the extract we published yesterday.
Stuff quits Facebook
AUCKLAND, Today: Stuff has dropped the use of Facebook and Instagram until further notice, according to a late, breaking story in online newssheet The Spinoff, which characterises the move as “experimental”.
Soup of the Day
AUCKLAND, Monday: Auckland indie Màgico, with TVNZ production shop Blacksand, has created a new 30sec tvc, A Little Love Goes a Long Way, for Naked Locals premium chilled soups.
Crisis Control (updated)
WELLINGTON, Monday: Media intelligence insights provider Isentia, which bills itself as “APAC-based”, has been recognised as a global leader in comms research, winning five awards at the 2020 AMEC Communication Effectiveness Awards in the UK.
Top Shelf (Updated)
AUCKLAND, Today: MDS AdSchool CD Kate Humphries is glowing at the news that at MDS team won Wood Pencil at D&AD London’s New Blood Awards.
Laconic wit a turn-on
AUCKLAND, Today: AUT ad creativity lecturer Dan Fastnedge has penned a passionate piece on the role of Kiwis’ unique sense of humour – and tighter agency-client relationships – in the nation’s post-Covid recovery.
Simple Solution
AUCKLAND, Today: Indie Parnell shop Farrimond created the nationwide TV campaign launched yesterday for RB Hygiene disinfectant brand Glen 20 – made with an affecting simplicity to plug the post-Covid services of the NZ Red Cross.
