Colenso BBDO has signed the formidable creative pairing of Levi Slavin and Dan Wright direct from BBDO New York. They start in Auckland on Monday 1 May. But just as the home-bound pair board the plane at JFK, two more Colenso creatives – equally as formidable – have handed in their cards (read on).
Hitchcock, Yeoman exit Assignment to set up new shop
Assignment Group head of strategy Martin Yeoman and CD Jamie Hitchcock are leaving to form their own agency, The Enthusiasts.
Haere rā, John Clarke
Among the honours being heaped on the late John Clarke/Fred Dagg is one he’d probably rather not have – star of the cheapest TVC visuals ever.
Cannes Lions offers free trip to young NZ* journo
The Cannes Lions organisation has enlisted M+AD to help in its global search for a young journalist to travel to France to report on the 2017 festival – all expenses paid. While the search is global, the Lions have specifically sought to distribute the invitations to Kiwis.
Auckland Zoo films the locals for Easter cinema screens
Tuatara, kiwi, ruru (morepork), korora (little blue penguin), weta, kea, and tuna (eels) are the stars of a new campaign out of Auckland Zoo’s in-house creative team that promotes conservation with a multilingual message to families – via the NZ cinema circuit over the Easter holiday.
Techweek focus on Programmatic & KPEX
Programmatic agency Acquire Online has confirmed media industry experts Adrian Pickstock (IAB ceo), KPEX ceo Richard Thompson, and Acquire Online programmatic director Zane Furtado will be the keynote speakers at their Techweek NZ events next month.
Ogilvy, Colenso, Resn, FCB make finals in New York
The One Show over the weekend promoted four NZ agencies in its second wave of finalists – Ogilvy, Colenso BBDO, Resn and FCB.
Blacksand created Survivor warnings
TVNZ and its creative/production arm Blacksand today start rolling out a national campaign to “prepare the public of the dangers that lie ahead” when Survivor New Zealand premieres on 2 next month.
Creative Data Lions taps Kiwi for jury duty
Lions Innovation, the specialist two-day event taking place as part of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, has appointed NZ-based strategist Jane Stanley as a member of the Creative Data Lions jury.
New Bauer site targets all Kiwi women
Bauer Media has completed its To Love network with the launch of new website Now To Love, which the publisher hopes will become New Zealand’s biggest site for women on all things lifestyle and entertainment.
