AUCKLAND, Today: The most-read story in M+AD’s daily email last week was Friday’s Not Wanted piece about the painful, voluntary post-Covid redundancies at Colenso BBDO.
Shelf-Defence
LONDON, Today: A student creative team from Auckland’s Media Design School has won a Wood Pencil at the 2020 D&AD New Blood Awards – the only NZ entry to win a Pencil.
Let’s Get Serious
AUCKLAND, Today: A new agency, Serious, has been launched “in close partnership” with PHD Group to help brands navigate crises like Covid-19.
Crash Landing
AUCKLAND, Thursday: Colenso creative chairman Nick Worthington is recovering from a bicycle accident in Auckland late last week. Apparently he escaped the downsizing at the agency that’s seen the departure of the ECD and CD (see accompanying story).
Not Wanted (Updated)
AUCKLAND, Thursday: More than a dozen Colenso BBDO fulltime staffers – including ECD Steve Cochran and CD/head of art Mike Davison – have taken voluntary redundancy deals, the result of the financial fallout of Covid-19.
Hands Across the Ocean
HONG KONG, Today: M+AD Daily is to forge a deal with Haymarket Media to be a media supporter of the AUNZ Campaign Asia Pacific 2020 Agency of the Year.
Diversity Virtuoso
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: OMD has been shortlisted in the Emerging Diversity & Inclusion category of the 2020 NZ Diversity Awards – the only comms or media outfit among the 32 finalists.
MediaWorks ceo exits
AUCKLAND, Today: MediaWorks ceo Michael Anderson has this morning announced he will leave the broadcaster at the end of the year. In his public resignation, Anderson gives no hint of where he’s headed next.
Gender Equality on Menu
NEW YORK, Today: “Dear Ed,” writes The One Club’s Kevin Swanepoel. “The One Club for Creativity and The 3% Movement have opened the global Next Creative Leaders 2020 competition, and I’m writing to ask if you could help spread the word to up-and-coming candidates in your region. This is an important initiative that will help with gender equality.
