AUCKLAND, Monday: oOh!media’s Innovation Awards are returning for a third year – and the company has issued its call for entries to vote for this year’s most innovative out-of-home campaigns.
Stanley St lures creative stars
AUCKLAND, Monday: Stanley St ECD Brad Collett has unveiled three new hires into the creative department – including in a “rockstar” creative director.
Endless Summer
AUCKLAND, Today: Freemans Bay indie Republik has created a summer campaign to promote Regal’s Cold Smoked range of King Salmon products, available in three flavours; Cold Smoked, Manuka and Maple.
Special cleans up at B&T
AUCKLAND, Today: Special NZ was named New Zealand Agency of the Year at the B&T Awards in Sydney on Friday night. The agency also shared several significant awards with Special Australia.
Department of the Prime Minister turns to Daylight Creative
WELLINGTON, Friday: The Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet has partnered with The Spinoff’s Daylight Creative to develop a content series to unpack the dense science of the Covid-19 vaccine.
Animal crackers
AUCKLAND, Sunday: “Why use animals in advertisements?” wonders Herald on Sunday business columnist Paul Catmur – at his dry best – in yesterday’s edition.
Kia Ora, Bastion Shine
AUCKLAND, Today: NZ independent agency Shine has signed a partnership with Australian independent agency group Bastion. The deal means Bastion will take a majority stake in Shine, and all existing Shine owners remain shareholders and will continue to run the agency.
Contagion pops cork on new Villa Maria brand campaign
AUCKLAND, Today: Villa Maria is rolling out a new brand campaign, Perfect Moments, via their indie creative & media agency, Contagion. The campaign brings to life Villa Maria’s all-new global brand platform, Made for the moment. Made from New Zealand.
Special PR signs Sarah Prigg & Duncan Killick
AUCKLAND, Today: Special PR – recently established by Special Group in its downtown office – has appointed Sarah Prigg as an account director and Duncan Killick as a senior PR manager.
Game On!
AUCKLAND, Today: Adtech business Scroll Media has formalised a partnership deal with Paris-based global games platform Gameloft to help advertisers reach gamer audiences. The two companies have been working together for some time with Scroll providing local sales resources and expertise.
