SINGAPORE, Friday: New Zealand emerged as the overall winner at the APAC Effies with a total of 20 Effies, followed by Australia with 13, India with 12, Japan with nine, and China with eight.
Shock no-show
AUCKLAND, Today: The coronavirus dealt a savage blow to this year’s Effie Awards – forcing the no-show of two of the prime players on the finals shortlist – Colenso BBDO and FCB.
Down to the wire (Updated)
AUCKLAND, Today: DDB has collected 22 finalist spots for Effie 2020, ahead of TBWA with 11, Dentsu nine, Saatchi & Saatchi eight, Stanley St seven, Special Group six and Pitchblack three.
Warm Reception
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Two big winners at The Radio Bureau’s 2020 Orcas, announced yesterday – the Grand Orca went to Stanley St creatives Tim Thach & Brooke Wiley, and the People’s Choice winners – for the second time running – were David Shirley & Melina Fiolitakis from FCB.
Recipe Designer joins new publisher
AUCKLAND, Today: Prominent NZ cookbook author Nici Wickes has joined School Road Publishing as food director, working on three of the independent publisher’s new magazine brands.
Poetic Justice
AUCKLAND, Today: FCB has been confirmed as winner of the New Zealand Police account after a pitch. The identity of the other pitchers is not known. The incumbent was Stanley St.
Korea Beckons
BUSAN, Wednesday: Colenso BBDO CCO Levi Slavin and DDB CD Rory McKechnie have been selected as finals jurors for the Ad Stars 2020 Awards.
Stanley St wins ITM
AUCKLAND, Today: Stanley St has been appointed as the new creative agency for building materials supplier ITM, following a competitive pitch.
New mags take shape
AUCKLAND, Today: NZ publisher School Road, which announced its arrival last week, has now unveiled its four new local magazines and the distinguished quartet of editors who will run them.
Pixel Perfect
AUCKLAND, Today: NZ-owned full-service indie agency Pitchblack Partners has taken out the latest round of the Lumo Pixel Awards, a quarterly competition designed to inspire and celebrate dynamic and interactive creativity for the digital out-of-home sector.
