AUCKLAND, Monday: Indie NZ news site Business Desk has published a thoughtful interview with Clemenger Group NZ ceo Strahan Wallis.
Disruption on their minds
AUCKLAND, Monday: Newly appointed Special Group media director Briar Rowsell has been working with the Special team since November to establish a media planning group.
Grand Prix x 3! (Updated)
AUCKLAND, Monday: “Dear M+AD,” writes MSL NZ’s Isobel Kerr-Newell. “Thanks for the warm Saatchi and Toyota mentions. I just wanted to flag that in addition to the Golds and the Client of the Year title referenced for the Toyota Hilux work there were also the following major awards …
Kia Ora Proximity NZ
AUCKLAND, Today: Clemenger Group has launched Proximity NZ, a new agency model “with a core purpose of finding the growth that’s hard to find for its clients”.
NYC taps 5 Kiwis
NEW YORK, Friday: D&AD has selected five NZ jurors that will help preside over the judging of the organisation’s 2021 awards programme.
Dentsu simplifies its NZ business
AUCKLAND, Today: Dentsu has today announced “a simplification” of its business in New Zealand by bringing together several of the network’s capabilities under a single go-to-market brand proposition – dentsu.
Axis 2021 – the winners
By Natasha Galloway
AUCKLAND, Last night: To celebrate the incredible creative advertising work from over the last 12 months, 760 advertising and production company professionals came together at Shed 10 in Auckland.
Jury Service
USA, Today: New York Festivals has unveiled a quartet of Kiwi jurors – and six Australians – for the 2021 AME Awards.
TBWA\ & ANZ get smart for NZ athletes
AUCKLAND, Thursday: TBWA\ has created a clever wearable connecting Kiwi fans who can’t travel. It was developed for the NZ athletes at this year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Rolling with the punches
AUCKLAND, Thursday: NZ production house Reel Factory has signed award-winning international director Lance Kelleher to its roster, exclusively representing Kelleher in New Zealand.
