Media Design School student team Sophie Thomsen & Jacob Newton together with Katie Price & Jinah Song have made it into the final Future Lions shortlist.
Arrivals & Departures: Clemenger taps Hazard, Bauer hires Roadshow marketer
Christina Hazard has joined Clemenger BBDO as head of content production. She has over 15 years’ experience in the business, and is a highly regarded producer, with a network of heavyweight contacts.
DDB toasts The Warehouse 34th
DDB has helped The Warehouse celebrate its 34th birthday by unveiling a new campaign which celebrates the retail giant’s commitment to helping Kiwi families.
A labour of love
Somebody give Jim Wilson a medal! The owner of Phantom Billstickers has been publishing his quarterly Café Reader – 60-odd A5 pages of startlingly original writing (mainly shortish pieces by Kiwis, leavened with a sprinkling of NZ & American poetry) – since 2013. This project is a true labour of love; there ain’t a cent in it!
US video star shoots the AB Sevens
Saatchi & Saatchi have created a series of ASB ‘magic’ videos by American Vine star Zach King, to celebrate the bank’s sponsorship of New Zealand Sevens.
Waikato Times shone at the Canon Media Awards
A regional newspaper was the surprise champion announced Friday at the Canon Media Awards in Wellington. The Waikato Times and its weekend edition were named Canon Newspaper of the Year, heading off larger metropolitan daily and weekend newspapers. Waikato Times also won Weekly Newspaper of the Year.
A Peadie in the beauty spotlight
Pead PR’s Amanda Ingle has taken out the PR Rising Star award at the annual Bauer Media Best in Beauty Awards 2016 announced this week in Auckland.
Colenso, DDB, Saatchi, FCB also fronted at D&AD
Colenso (two), Saatchi, FCB and DDB all won Yellow Pencils at D&AD on Friday – rounding out NZ’s record-making tally of 10 Yellow Pencils – including Y&R’s whopping six Yellows, all for BK McWhopper (see M+AD Friday here).
Arrivals & Departures: MediaWorks in hiring frenzy, NZME taps Charlotte Bell
NZME has appointed Charlotte Bell as GM digital business development, to lead their digital revenue growth strategies across the business.
NZ and Y&R take centre stage in London
Y&R NZ was crowned the Most Awarded Advertising Agency in London overnight at D&AD 2016 (beating out Droga5 and AMVBBDO) with 10 Pencils – including six Yellow Pencils for its work with Burger King on the McWhopper campaign. Burger King was Most Awarded Client. New Zealand finished the show in equal-fifth position with Brazil (30 Pencils).
