LONDON, Today: Forget the clever prompts. This year’s D&AD New Blood Awards are putting original thinking back in the spotlight, with some of the world’s biggest brands asking emerging creatives to leave... Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: There are worse ways to spend a November weekend than building your own chocolate advent calendar. Whittaker’s is bringing a festive workshop to Britomart, with a good cause tucked inside.... Read More
The Sweet Shop Australia managing director Wilf Sweetland has been appointed chair of the Australasian Writers & Art Directors Association (AWARD), replacing Sydney adman Mark Harricks who steps down after two years. Read More
“Thanks for the coverage,” writes Colenso head of activation & PR Paul Gunn, “but get ready to ‘believe’ because we can assure that this was no stunt and 100% legitimate. No ropes,... Read More
TubeMogul, an enterprise software platform for brand advertising, has unveiled its integrated Nielsen’s Mobile Digital Ad Ratings measurement tool into its platform and will provide it to advertisers in Australia and New... Read More
Global mobile ad platform InMobi has picked up two gongs at the Mobile Marketing Association’s Smarties Awards in New York. Read More
The Marketing Association has extended the entry deadline for this year’s NZ Direct Marketing Awards to next Friday (30 October) at 5.30pm ... but you need to apply for this extension today... Read More
bcg2 and Mediacom’s big new injury-prevention campaign for Safekids Aotearoa has been launched by Ann Weaver (Safekids Aotearoa director), ACC minister Nikki Kaye and ACC ceo Scott Pickering at an event at... Read More
DDB and its client Lion are, predictably, pushing the All Blacks envelope with a Steinlager “footy” promotion that tiptoes all around the ABS – but never mentions their name (being a domestic... Read More
Up-and-coming Ponsonby-based social media agency Backchat Media has won the account for managing the digital radio integration for this year’s Melbourne Cup Carnival in November. Read More
Clemenger BBDO Wellinton has created a series of fairytales to tell the story of the inhabitants at the opening of a major interactive walk-through precinct at Wellington Zoo. Read More
GroupM ceo Sean Seamer has bailed – to join MediaCom Sydney as ceo. He’d been in the GroupM role since the company set up in NZ a year ago, and will continue... Read More