After nine years in High St, Auckland creative agency Barnes Catmur & Friends Dentsu has moved to new digs in Cook St, downtown Auckland. 109 Cook St, Level 2, to be precise.
ASB taps True for brand work
Auckland indie agency True has been appointed as ASB’s new brand agency and has begun developing a new brand campaign to relaunch the bank’s brand line, One Step Ahead.
Heinz Australia taps NZ creative shops for launch of new cans + new labels
Kraft Heinz Australia has launched four new can sizes – and created new labels. All the creative is out of New Zealand, via Auckland-based video producer Assembly Ltd, with music composed by Franklin Road Auckland.
MMS Programatic Summit adds Furtado
Acquire Online’s Zane Furtado has been confirmed as a keynote speaker at the inaugural MMS Programmatic Summit in Auckland next month.
oOh! shares Jockey Fashion Week runway show with live video feed on digital retail panels
New Zealand shopping centre visitors were able to watch a live feed of Jockey’s Fashion Week show – starring the All Blacks in their smalls – via digital oOh!Media screens across the country as part of Jockey’s Fashion Week show on Friday.
Son of a gun!
When Mazda sought to update their global brand, they turned to a director who knows how to throw flash cars around – the son of legendary New Zealand filmmaker Geoff Murphy, who made Utu and the original Goodbye Pork Pie.
South Korean beauty brand calls out beauty standards with dark-skinned model
SINGAPORE: Through an influencer-led campaign, the South Korean beauty brand Laneige is questioning pervasive ideas of beauty in Asia, by featuring blogger Trishna Goklani as a love interest of Indian descent.
Arrivals & Departures: PR legend follows the sun (updated)
PR exponent Gavin Ogden has left downtown Auckland agency Pursuit, and moved to Tauranga where he’s set himself up as a writer and a filmmaker specialising in end-to-end video production for small businesses.
Fish TACO won the Battle of the Decades
Six agency bands took to the Kings Arms stage last night in a brilliant display of musical prowess, shady dance moves, and inflated egos.For the first time in Botab’s 10-year history, Flying Fish have taken out the championship title with their band, Fish TACO.
Boyd PR boss forks out for scholarship at his old high school
Boyd Public Relations managing director John Boyd has established a PR and communications scholarship at his old school, Southland Boys’ High, in Invercargill.
