AUT Adschool holds its 2014 Portfolio Night tonight (Tuesday 18 November) at the Sir Paul Reeves Building (find it here) between 7pm and 8.30pm.
#smcakl farewells 2014 – tomorrow
Auckland’s Social Media Club (#smcakl) holds its last get-together for the year tomorrow (Wednesday 19 November) from 6 pm to 8pm @ Vodafone, 20 Viaduct Harbour Avenue.
MDS AdSchool Portfolio Night next week
Just one week later – next Tuesday 25 November – Auckland’s other great ad school, MDS AdSchool, holds its own end-of-year Portfolio show. The show runs between 6pm and 8pm at The Roof Terrace Bar at Tyler Street Garage (find it here).
Updated: Clemenger, Colenso, O&M, Republik win in NYC
Let’s get this right! In yesterday’s report from the Caples, we missed several awards from Colenso BBDO’s result. So here is the updated version: NZ left the Caples Awards in New York City on Friday with four Golds, eight Silvers, and four Bronzes. Clemenger BBDO Wellington won two Golds; Colenso BBDO a Gold, four Silvers and three Bronzes; O&M also scored a […]
Talking turkey
Retail specialist .99’s new Christmas TVC for New World, currently on air, is a charming, well-put together spot – the understated performance from the young woman is priceless. The bearded gent, Noel (geddit?), is pretty good, too.
Arrivals & Departures
Colenso BBDO has appointed Ahmad Salim as a Group Business Director: A native of Scotland, Salim cut his teeth at The Leith Agency on international beer brands Grolsch and Sol, and Irn-Bru, a Scottish carbonated soft drink often described as “Scotland’s other national drink” (after Scotch whisky).
Angus Hennah taps Ladi6 for O&M swansong
Rebel Sport’s new brand TVC was written by Ogilvy & Mather ECD Angus Hennah – one of his last pieces of work for the agency before his resignation (“to seek new challenges in 2015) takes effect.
Clemenger, Colenso, O&M, Republik win in NYC
NZ left the Caples Awards in New York City on Friday with four Golds, four Silvers, and a Bronze. Clemenger BBDO Wellington won two Golds, Colenso BBDO a Gold and a Silver, O&M also scored one Gold and one Silver, and Republik won two Silvers and a Bronze.
Trubridge world record dive attempt will screen live on TV ONE
DDB and Steinlager have shot a new 30sec TVC to promote Kiwi deep diver William Trubridge’s upcoming attempt to break the world free-diving record in the Bahamas – the dive, due to happen on Wednesday 3 December, will be broadcast live on TV One Breakfast (actual time tba).
Arrivals & Departures
PHD Group’s digital division PHDIQ has promoted digital director Mike Harland to the new role of head of online content: The Mt Eden-based agency says the appointment is intended to better meet clients’ changing needs amid the ongoing digital revolution.
