Next magazine and Bauer Media have unveiled the winner of its 2018 Next Women in Media Scholarship – she’s Penelope Brown (née Burns), client service manager at MBM Auckland.

TBWA\Auckland – with the key involvement of Shortland Street – has taken a revolutionary approach to a charity awareness campaign for Bowel Cancer New Zealand.

The Comms Council has enlisted Droga5 New York creative partner Duncan Marshall to help judge NZ’s finest creative work at Axis 2018.

A new report by Marketo and Sydney-based ADMA (Association for Data-driven Marketing and Advertising) has found that although revenue growth is the top focus for marketers in ANZ, over 50% of marketers admit to guessing the impact of marketing contributions.

Colenso BBDO execs continue to be sought-after by global awards shows – the latest being the agency’s head of strategy, Mylene Ong, who’s been appointed to the Effective Content Strategy jury at the UK’s Warc Awards in 2018.

Two senior NZ Colenso creatives have been named as judges at two of the world’s best awards shows. D&AD 2018 has appointed creative group lead Beth O’Brien to the Experiential jury, and Adfest wants chief creative officer Levi Slavin to lead the Film Lotus + Radio Lotus as jury president.

Just a quick reminder that M+AD closes tomorrow (Friday) for the holidays. Our first edition in 2018 will hit Inboxes on Monday 15 January.

TBWA’s Eleven PR – with backup from the wider TBWA group – has been appointed to manage creative requirements for Krispy Kreme doughnut brand in NZ.

Phantom Billstickers reckon – with considerable justification – that street posters are the original rock’n’roll medium, and still the best.