DDB Group customer experience agency Track (formerly Rapp) has unveiled a new Slingshot spot which unveils their bundled power offering, and aims to show Kiwi parents they no longer have to compete with the internet for their kids’ attention.
Fedyszyn & McMahon exit Droga5 NY to join Ogilvy NZ
Ogilvy is set to bolster its creative firepower with the hiring of multi award-winning Aussie/Kiwi expats Lisa Fedyszyn and Jonathan McMahon, who have left Droga5 New York.
Arrivals & Departures: Kim Niblock exits Spark, signs with TVNZ
TVNZ has snared Spark Media/Lightbox ceo Kim Niblock as their own tech hotshot (officially chief product & Information Officer).
Digital guru Peter Hodge dies at 37
News is emerging about the sudden death last week of Crux Auckland strategy director Peter Hodge, aged only 37.
Epica – with NZ on board – issues 2017 entry call
The only global creative prize awarded by advertising & comms journos, the Epica Awards, has issued its 2017 call for entries – with two new categories.
Digital media under the microscope
KPEX (aka the Kiwi Premium Advertising Exchange) is inviting agencies, media, and research outfits to a one-hour session aimed at promoting better understanding of digital media, run by KPEX ceo Richard Thompson.
EY shot itself – and the wider business awards sector – squarely in the foot
We can say goodbye to any credible future awards coming from EY after some of NZ’s best journos pulled out of the company’s Business Journalism Awards amid startling conflict-of-interest claims.
Kiwibank backs off Assignment exclusivity, casts agency net wider
Kiwibank has ended its agency-of-record partnership with Assignment Group, and will now keep its agency options open.
Programmatic takes centre stage
This year’s MMS Programmatic Summit – to be held in the Maritime Room in Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour from 8.30am to 6pm on Wednesday 20 September – aims to unlock the secrets of programmatic marketing, putting it into simple language and provide simple strategies to help for the marketing mix.
NZ entry call for Asia Pacific AoY
Campaign Asia Pacific will hold the Australia/New Zealand regional division of its 2017 Agency of the Year Awards in Singapore on Thursday 14 December.
