AUCKLAND, Saturday: A prime contender for Headline of the Week is this pearler (above) from The Weekend Herald One Roof Commercial real estate liftout section.
PARIS, Today: M+AD ed David Gapes has again been appointed to the 2021 Epica Awards jury. The Epicas are the only global creative advertising awards judged exclusively by journalists.
LONDON, Today: WARC, the Cannes Lions and LinkedIn B2B Institute have published The B2B Effectiveness Code, a white paper that follows in-depth research by Kiwi adman James Hurman on the effectiveness of B2B marketing.
AUCKLAND, Today: The Comms Council has unveiled its five executive judges for Axis 2022 – YoungShand ECD Anne Boothroyd, Colenso BBDO CD Beth O’Brien, DDB ECD Gary Steele, VMLY&R ECD Kim Pick, and FCB ECD Peter Vegas.
CHICAGO, Thursday: Global creative agency TimeZoneOne has appointed Jasmine Shaughnessy to the role of senior graphic designer in it’s NZ office in Christchurch.
AUCKLAND, Thursday: The Make-A-Wish Foundation has formalised its appointment of Mindshare NZ as its agency partner. The foundation is a charity with a mission to create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. The identity of any incumbents was not known at press time.
WELLINGTON, Wednesday: oOh!media has produced its first ever special build for an alcohol brand (Stoneleigh). This time, in a fully enclosed lightbox, it poses as a mini greenhouse in Oriental Parade, Wellington.
SYDNEY, Today: Aussie cartoonist Michael Leunig – a fast-draw legend on both sides of the Tasman – is still in hot water globally, after The Melbourne Age announced it would no longer publish his weekly cartoons.
MT MAUNGANUI, Wednesday: Conventional fresh produce marketing can conjure up thoughts of ultra-HD water droplets and flawlessly photoshopped bites – but Bay of Plentry-based creative communications agency Wave has taken a fresh approach with its latest campaign.