AUCKLAND, Last night: FCB – with client Foodstuffs Pak’nSave – took out the Grand Effie at the 2019 awards show at Eden Park. The Auckland creative shop was also named Most Effective Agency of the Year.
Botab 2019 – sequins + sass
AUCKLAND, Today: The glitter has finally finished falling on Botab 2019. The 12th instalment, brought to us by Flying Fish and the Comms Council, played to a sold-out house at a sellout with at least 500 there to witness “a brilliant display of sequins, feathers and a lot of sass” (juicy quote courtesy of the Comms Council’s Amal Siddique).
Stanley St honcho exits
AUCKLAND, Friday: Stanley St marketing director Huia Ngapo – a conduit between the agency and the trade media – has resigned, just a day after ECDs Lisa Fedyszyn & Jonathan McMahon also called it a day.
I’m still standing (Updated)
AUCKLAND, Today (Review by Scott Pryor): The behemoth rocket ship that is BOTAB blasted off last night at Galatos in Auckland as agencies put on a spectacle lauded as “the best yet” by Radio Hauraki’s Matt Heath.
Handshakes all round
AUCKLAND, Thursday: Stanley St CCO Regan Grafton has confirmed that the unexpected resignations of ECDs Lisa Fedyszyn & Jonathan McMahon came amidst expressions of mutual goodwill.
Inclusion at the heart of this summer’s campaign
AUCKLAND, Today: Stanley St has brought back the Share a Coke campaign with a new range of names available on pre-printed bottles, reflecting (says PR agency Campbell+Co) “New Zealand as it is today”.
Everybody cool as celebrity ECDs exit Stanley St
AUCKLAND, Monday: Stanley St joint ECDs Lisa Fedyszyn and Jonathan McMahon have shocked the ad world by resigning “to pursue new opportunities”. CCO Regan Grafton has yet to reveal his plans for replacements.
Axis 2020 nigh
AUCKLAND, Today: The Comms Council has published a useful list of in-depth profiles of the jury team leaders who will guide the big decisions at Axis 2020 – plus detailed information about Axis dates.
Stanley St adds Capital muscle
WELLINGTON, Today: New Zealand’s largest indie agency Stanley St has unveiled five new roles in their office in the Capital. The agency’s move toward local ownership and independence was fuelled by its desire to retain profits in New Zealand, creating the ability to invest in both the agency group, and its clients.
DDB, Colenso, FCB, Saatchi, Special, Stanley St, BC&F Dentsu, Clems, OMD, Contagion, Fuse, Together/Big and 99 make Effies shortlist (Updated)
AUCKLAND, Today: DDB – with 28 finalists – leads the 2019 Effie Awards shortlist released overnight by the Comms Council.
