Colenso BBDO is taking the offensive with its new campaign for Samsung NZ, as the telco giant grapples with the global fallout from its Note7 battery explosions.
Done good?
The Asia-Pacific Tambuli Awards, a global competition which honours effective advertising for good, is accepting entries – and is now inviting NZ agencies to enter work.
Arrivals & Departures: US taps Exit director
Sydney-based director Kiku Ohe, who is represented in Australia & New Zealand by Exit Films, has joined Los Angeles commercial production house Superprime for representation across the USA.
FCB swim-dumb ad is saving lives
Five weeks ago, FCB launched its first campaign for Water Safety NZ in partnership with ACC. “The Swim Reaper has been hanging out at swimming spots around New Zealand this summer, and armed with a seriously dark sense of humour, he’s been saving lives by encouraging deaths,” says FCB PR executive Katie Smith.
Former Publicis China exec files gender discrimination lawsuit
Faith Brewitt, former ceo of Greater China for Publicis Group’s global PR arm MSLGroup, is suing Publicis, saying she was denied the time and basic tools to do her job.
The hands that rocked the cradle
London, 31 January – D&AD has created a campaign for its upcoming 2017 D&AD Professional Awards. “Winning a Pencil is often the highlight of a creative career, so D&AD wanted to take a look at the people behind the campaigns and find out what it really means to those who win,” comms manager Elisa Barnard said. “It was all done […]
Love story
Sugar&Partners has created a TV & print campaign to launch its new range of muesli and porridge. “Hubbards breakfast are like a love story in every box,” says the agency blurb.
Nine to go?
The NZDMA reckons there’s only nine tables left for its big awards nite in Auckland in three weeks – according to the latest DMA plug urging us all to buy tickets.
Arrivals & Departures: Publicis Paris taps Lévy successor, MediaWorks Radio tune-up
Paris-based Publicis Groupe has chosen Arthur Sadoun, currently ceo of Publicis Communications, to succeed Maurice Lévy as chairman & ceo of the groupe, effective June 1. Lévy has been retained as supervisory board chairman.
DDB taps Christie Cooper for global gender project
DDB Worldwide has launched The Phyllis Project, an initiative to further the agency’s commitment to gender equity in the workplace. A selection of 12 women from the entire network (more than 200 offices) have been selected “and,” says DDB/Mango NZ’s Eleisha Balmer, “I’m thrilled to say our very own creative director, Christie Cooper, is one of them.”
