MediaWorks has announced Jack Matthews will take over the role of board chairman at the end of September. Matthews succeeds Rod McGeoch who has been chairman of MediaWorks since 2013.

Expansion plans are on the cards as Omnicom scores the lucrative creative account for McDonald’s in the US. In one of the biggest advertising deals of the year, Omnicom has wrestled total control of McDonald’s creative from Leo Burnett’s.

Republik New Zealand has scooped five finalists at this year’s International ECHO Awards. The ECHO’s celebrate campaigns that deliver sound strategy, creativity and outstanding effectiveness. 

Apple fans have a week until the release of the new iPhone. Reports say the iPhone 7 should be available in America mid-September with a Kiwi release sometime later.

As well as collecting a swag of gongs, Wayne Pick (Executive Creative Director at Colenso BBDO/Proximity Auckland) defied the odds to be a key note speaker at AD STARS 2016 in South Korea last weekend.

It came at us in a blaze of publicity. Domino’s using drones to deliver pizzas right to our doors. Their marketers must have been doing backflips as the government stumped up to give their campaign some credibility.

In a moment of creative genius Adshel and Genesis Energy have come up with a heated bus shelter for commuters in downtown Auckland. It’s temporary but could be worth a visit if you’re in the area over the next week.

Rail Safety Week may have come and gone but Clemenger BBDO has left us with a new, experimental way to make Kiwis more aware when dealing with railway level crossings.