AUCKLAND, Wednesday: TBWA New Zealand has promoted operations chief Kate Heatley to general manager. The announcement, which is effective immediately was made in a release from Eleven PR (a division of TBWA).
Arrivals & Departures: Need for Speed
AUCKLAND, Today: Former Freeview ceo Sam Speedy Irvine has joined Auckland B2B specialist agency Badger as managing director. And yes, that really is his middle name.
Arrivals & Departures: Mystery destination draws Victoria Fruean
AUCKLAND, Today: PHD PR/comms specialist Victoria Fruean is leaving the company and moving to Sydney. Exactly where, she won’t say!
Big Mobile forges deal with global data analyst
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: leading APAC digital ad-tech solutions company Big Mobile has joined forces with human mobility platform Near to offer advanced audience curation & marketing capabilities to brands and agencies.
Kiwis embrace Ad Stars
BUSAN, South Korea: Creative-tech competition Ad Stars has received 440 entries from New Zealand this year, up from 305 in 2018 (a rise of 44%, albeit it off a low base).
Arrivals & Departures: Nick Law exits Publicis
NEW YORK, Today: Publicis global chief creative officer Nick Law is set to depart for an as-yet unspecified role at Apple. Law is an Australian who has been chief creative officer at Publicis Groupe and president of Publicis Communications for the past 18 months.
Rainger & Rolfe and AA Smartfuel rev up
AUCKLAND, Today: Parnell agency Rainger and Rolfe have just launched an attention-grabbing new TV-led brand campaign for AA Smartfuel.
Aussie experiential shop opens in Auckland
AUCKLAND, Today: Leading experiential agency George P Johnson (GPJ) has expanded its network with the opening of a dedicated Auckland office servicing the New Zealand market, with Kiwi Tomaz Kljakovic as NZ country manager.
Chemistry counts 1103 steps for cancer
AUCKLAND, Today: Westhaven agency Chemistry is managing the social media for the Step Up Sky Tower Stair Challenge on Friday 9 August – to support people living with blood cancer.
OMD/Fuse & TVNZ launch Burgen campaign
AUCKLAND, Today: George Western Foods, with agency and media partners OMD/Fuse and TVNZ, have launched their new brand campaign Switch to Burgen, leveraging the comedic wit and credibility of Kiwi Breaker Upperers actor Jackie Van Beek.
