Saatchi & Saatchi ECDs Corey Chalmers & Guy Roberts this morning announced the appointment of Terry Williams-Willcock as Digital Creative Director. He will lead a 22-strong digital department of coders, producers, UX designers and developers, alongside director of digital production Lorraine Guerin.
Unusual suspects
Two wildly unconvincing claims – based on actual AMI conversations with claimants – are the hook for the insurer’s new TV campaign out of Colenso BBDO. Simple line-drawn animation tells the stories, but the ads revert to real people for the sales pitch at the end.
On target
“This is an image of a person I photographed, sporting his tools of the trade – I like the intensity of this shot,” says advertising photographer Simon Harper, who occasionally sends M+AD examples of his favourite work.
Awop bop aloo bop alop bam boom
Auckland-based comedy producers The Downlow Concept (7 Days, Hounds, 48 Hours) has sent us their new skite clip.
Fairfax invests in new NZ social site
Fairfax Media NZ has bought a stake in Kiwi-founded neighbourhood website Neighbourly.co.nz, a platform that allows New Zealanders to connect and share with their neighbours and wider community using private websites for their suburb.
Snakk brings US native ad platform Downunder
Mobile advertising company Snakk Media has struck a deal to bring US-based Nativo’s native ad platform to NZ and Australia. “Marketers wanting to take advantage of innovative smart screen ad formats that move beyond the banner can now do so,” said Sydney-based Snakk Group ceo Mark Ryan.
Facebook’s global top 10
Sports events take three of the 10 places on the Facebook roundup of the most talked-about global topics in 2014 – released this morning by Facebook NZ. Wars, cops, ebola, airline crashes and Robin Williams made up most of the rest.
Adspend to grow by 5% in 2015 and 6% in 2016 – but NZ will struggle
Global adspend will grow 4.9% to reach US$545 billion in 2015, according to ZenithOptimedia’s new Advertising Expenditure Forecasts, released yesterday by ZO NZ.
Maher & McKenna exit as MediaWorks revamps
MediaWorks has unveiled a new organisational structure – a plan that will not include Television ceo Paul Maher and Interactive ceo Siobhan McKenna, who are now leaving MediaWorks. “The changes set the foundation for growing a thriving, integrated media business,” said group ceo Mark Weldon.
The Yahoo NZ Top 10
Critically acclaimed online game Minecraft has again topped the list of Yahoo New Zealand’s top 10 most popular searches for 2014. Minecraft started from humble beginnings in 2009 to become one of the most popular games in the world – with appeal for both young and old.
