For planners, spending time outside the bubble of Adland is a necessity, argues Deutsch’s Rob Campbell in an essay for WARC’s Future of Strategy report 2018 (published yesterday – scroll down for the link to the full story).
Terabyte joins forces with Social Envy
Parnell-based full service digital and brand agency Terabyte has joined forces with another Aucklandbased agency – social media specialist Social Envy.
Arrivals & Departures: ‘Provocative’ Kiwi director signs with Curious
Sasha Rainbow, a winner at London’s Voice of a Woman 2018*, is joining Curious Films. NZ MD/exec producer Kate Roydhouse says when saw her work at Cannes she knew she had to sign her immediately.
Arrivals & Departures: Sweetshop signs director Jakob Marky
Sweetshop has signed director Jakob Marky for representation globally, excluding Europe. “Jakob has always had a fascination for stories and how to make them come alive,” says ceo/partner Wilf Sweetland.
Regos closed, wildcards announced
Band practice has begun, the wildcards are drawn and the entries are now closed for the 11th Battle of The Ad Bands.
Lastline
“Did it nearly kill me? In the end, I felt the alcohol had given up on me, really. It was as if the alcohol had ingested me whole and was now spitting out the feathers.” – Wellington poet Geoff Cochrane, interviewed in the latest issue of Phantom Billstickers’ quarterly Café Reader magazine.
Effie 2018 earlybirds save $30!
Earlybird tickets are now on sale for the NZ Comms Council’s 2018 Effie Awards, in association with TVNZ. The deal lasts just under a fortnight – until Tuesday 14 August.
Upgrade sets standard for IPTV delivery to smart devices
Read the full story, Helen?
In response to yesterday’s M+AD story about Helen Clark’s “pose” for the cover of express magazine, the former PM posted this comment on Twitter: “Have you heard of graphics? I did not pose for this”.
ad:tech Auckland enlists Google NZ chief
Google NZ country director Caroline Rainsford is the latest signing for IABNZ’s large ad/media/tech eventad:tech Auckland – to be held in November.