Insight scores in New York

EditorNews Make a Comment

Following recent wins at the IPA Best of Health and TVNZ Marketing awards, downtown Auckland healthcare agency Insight NZ has picked up Bronze at the Clio Healthcare Awards in New York (Audio category).

FCB backs up in Best Workplace Awards

EditorNews Make a Comment

FCB has been named as a finalist in the annual Best Workplaces Survey & Awards, announced this morning. No other comms agencies made the list, although many of their clients are there. This is the second time around for FCB – last year, the agency also made the shortlist, coming 5th.

Arrivals & Departures

EditorA+D, News Make a Comment

In its quest for better data for its clients, Auckland-based analysts Data Insight has hired Ian Mills as its new general manager. He joins direct from Ipsos where he led the New Zealand team for the past nine years, and oversaw an expansion of services and products. His team won every Supreme Award at the biannual Research Effectiveness Awards since 2008. 

Need a star intern? Read this

EditorNews Make a Comment

Conquering New Zealand’s tertiary institutions one city at a time, CAANZ industry development manager Marlen Smith has been on a quest to find the country’s top graduates to intern at your agency. Applications for the 2015 CAANZ Intern Programme are now open.

How to meet creatives

EditorNews Make a Comment

Harper Photographics has announced that its studio is now for hire to film and video production companies. The studio is New Zealand’s largest – a 9x8x5 metre full infinity cyclorama studio, complete with drive-in access.

Arrivals & Departures

EditorA+D, News Make a Comment

The Interactive Advertising Bureau has appointed Adrian Pickstock to the new role of Chief Executive Officer. He replaced general manager Alisa Higgins, who left in May to form her own company, Higgings Consulting. As CEO, Pickstock will be responsible for the overall management of the IAB and its objectives, and will report to Chairman Spencer Bailey.

Power in the TV/Cinema combo

EditorNews Make a Comment

Val Morgan has today released the first results in the Power of Cinema series which demonstrate the value of including cinema as part of a media strategy. “The findings prove that cinema significantly improves advertising effectiveness, delivering a 40% increase in the key metric of brand consideration,” says VM managing director Daniel Hill.