Freemans Bay indie creative shop Contagion, with Film Construction’s Georgie Taylor at the helm, has shot a new campaign for financier Harmoney.
Arrivals & Departures: JWT signs digital strategist
J Walter Thompson New Zealand has appointed Grant Henderson to take the reins of the agency’s digital strategic direction.
Lach & Friends, Sweet Shop turn heads with Rodney Wayne’s first TVC
Auckland indie creative agency Lachlan McPherson & Friends has forged a new campaign to launch the summer collection from high-profile hair salon network Rodney Wayne.
Auckland Actors teams up with music shop
Talent & voice agency Auckland Actors has linked with emerging music industry player The Platform to provide a one-stop shop for music and talent. Auckland Actors retains its identity and name, as does The Platform. (Just sleeping together, you might say.)
Mango plays Tip Top trumpet
Tip Top has enlisted the help of Mango Communications to kick off their 80th birthday celebrations before the above-the-line campaign begins. The brief was to create a fun, unique staff engagement activity that could be leveraged through PR and social media. “The answer?,” says Mango GM Sean Brown. “A staff photo with a difference.”
NZ tech giant rebrands
Yahoo! New Zealand is to rebrand as Yahoo Platforms NZ, reflecting its offering in native and programmatic advertising.
NY fest casts net for young creatives
The New York Festivals organisation has issued its entry call for the 2017 Torch Awards, which recognise young creatives 18-27.
Singapore beckons 11 NZ agencies
OMD, Colenso BBDO, Proximity, FCB, DDB, MediaCom, Vizeum, PHD, MBM, iProspect, Eleven, Ogilvy are the NZ agencies selected for the shortlist at the Campaign Asia-Pacific Agency of the Year Awards.
Trinidad ad star hungry for NZ agency role
A Caribbean-born advertising & production exponent has settled in Auckland where she is managing the upcoming premiere of a Bollywood *movie she’s been working on with 100 Unitec students and Kiwi filmmaker Athina Tsoulis. Alison Smith’s real goal, however, is to land a job with a NZ ad agency.
99 shoots ‘charming’ Warehouse Stationery brand ad
99 and Fish last night launched Warehouse Stationery’s new brand TVC, based on the proposition ‘we do doing’. “I think it’s a charming spot for this retail category,” says 99 MD Paul Manning. The platform will begin rolling out across all layers of communications (retail, social, internal) from today forward.
