SYDNEY, Today: NZ outdoor exponents Lumo, Shout, VMO, and oOh! will join their Aussie counterparts at the AdTECH: OOH Sydney conference on Wednesday 11 September at Hoyts Broadway.
KingSt turns 20
HAMILTON, Today: KingSt Advertising is celebrating two decades since writer/producer Chris Williams and friends took over the agency (then called Rimmington Advertising) on Thursday 1 July 1999.
Leading consultancies join forces for good
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: A new partnership between Porter Novelli New Zealand’s sustainability practice and Auckland-based environmental business consultant Oxygen aims to provide organisations with a full spectrum of sustainability services, from measurement and reporting to strategy, communications and engagement.
VMLY&R appoints new head of social media strategy
AUCKLAND, Today: The New Zealand arm of global integrated creative agency VMLY&R has appointed Bhavika Rambhai as its new head of social media strategy.
Drugs in focus
WELLINGTON, Tuesday: New Zealand Transport Agency has launched a new project via Clemenger BBDO Wellington, for New Zealanders who have experienced the harm of drug driving.
Reach relaunches as agency changes its name
AUCKLAND, Today: Eighties icon Mr Reach (he of the flip-top head cartoon) has been reimagined, and is fronting the relaunch of Reach Oral Care in New Zealand with a diverse multimedia campaign including two new animated TV commercials.
VMO rolls out more Impact formats
AUCKLAND, Today: VMO continues its growth in the New Zealand outdoor advertising market with addition of hi-res 75-inch digital installations in Chancery Square Auckland, and the Spark Wellington lobby.
Sweetshop NZ restructure
AUCKLAND, Today: Sweetshop has restructured the management of its operations in New Zealand. Fiona King, previously managing director of Sweetshop NZ, has been promoted to the new role of director of productions for Sweetshop’s growing global brand initiatives and entertainment division.
DAN to chop Aegis moniker?
TOKYO, Monday: Dentsu Aegis Network is planning to drop the ‘Aegis’ from its brand name from 2020 and is further ‘slimlining’ its Asia-Pacific operations to fully realise the broader company’s One Dentsu strategy, according to a report in Campaign Asia Pacific.
MediaCom NZ in limbo as HQ wins global giant
LONDON, Monday: eBay has named WPP’s MediaCom as its global media agency of record as it cuts tie with former incumbent Publicis.
