M2 Group has appointed DDB Group agency RAPP as creative agency to manage its stable of brands, Slingshot, Orcon and Flip. DDB’s Mango has also been appointed M2 Group’s PR agency after working on the Orcon account for the past two years.
Rainger & Rolfe struck the treble
AA and Rainger & Rolfe won the Consumer Services Gold Award at the annual TVNZ Marketing Magazine Awards – the 3rd year in a row. “Gotta talk about yer wins, right ?” says Ant Rainger.
Arrivals & Departures: Intelligent Ink raids Mango, Envy taps Images veteran
Downtown Auckland boutique communications agency Intelligent Ink has appointed Sophia Berry-Smith to the role of PR & People Person.
Kiwis gobble up Burger Day
New Zealand’s largest daily deals website GrabOne has broken previously held site records with its inaugural National Burger Day last week.
Coincidence?
Take a quick look at the above ad, created last year by students at Auckland’s MDS AdSchool. Then take a look here at the Prostate Cancer Foundation TVC currently getting good exposure on TV.
Pacific Mags confirms NZ titles – but no NZ staff
Pacific Magazines has confirmed it would continue to publish and distribute that’s life! in its current format of New Zealand & Australian content and advertising, while the Australian editions of New Idea and Girlfriend will be distributed in the New Zealand market from October.
Snakk launches mobile-first creative service
NZAX-listed Snakk Media has responded to the smartphone user’s “hunger for better brand experiences” by launching a new division, Touch Create, a “true mobile-first” creative business providing a range of mobile creative services to brands, media agencies and creative shops across Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia.
Ambient Group rebrands
Melbourne-based QMS Media Limited, the parent company of Ambient Group NZ, has announced the rebranding of its NZ arm to QMS NZ. QMS Media owns 75% of Ambient Group (now QMS NZ).
TVNZ defies ‘tectonic shifts’ to post $28.1m profit
TVNZ has reported a net profit after tax of $28.1 million for the year ending June 2015, up $10 million on the prior year.
Arrivals & Departures: GrownUps taps Sara Bushell, TVC spruiker moves to Bangkok
50+ online lifestyle website and social club GrownUps has appointed Sara Bushell as advertising coordinator. Bushell has 14 years experience in advertising at Fairfax Media (advertising manager) and the NZ Herald (sales management roles at Canvas, Viva, TimeOut, TV Guide & Sunday Magazine).
