NEW YORK, Today: The One Club’s Young Guns 19 – a global, cross-disciplinary, portfolio-based awards competition that celebrates young creatives – has named one Kiwi for its jury.
Sweet shop
AUCKLAND, Today: A new talent and content agency – an offshoot of Auckland PR agency Undertow Media – has put down its roots in Grey Lynn.
Nielsen counts the numbers
AUCKLAND, Today: Magazine readership is up strongly in Nielsen results released this morning – and a separate retail report shows Kiwis are buying more local magazines.
Is marketing moderation the new consumerism?
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: “So, as we marketers contemplate a second year of a global pandemic and beyond, do we see only trouble ahead or is this perhaps an opportunity to change the conversation?” asks DDB Aotearoa chief strategy officer Rupert Price, writing in an article just posted on the Comms Council website.
Tourist attraction
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Australasian production company Eight has signed award-winning director/DP duo Mitch Green & Louis English, who operate under the moniker Tourist. They are based in Australia, but work on both sides of the Tasman.
Chemistry wins H2O brand
AUCKLAND, Today: Westhaven indie Chemistry has been appointed by OnePure Artesian Water as its brand and outsourced marketing partner – without a pitch. There was no incumbent.
Southern Exposure
CHRISTCHURCH, Today: NZME is expanding its commercial presence in the South Island, appointing Ben Harris to lead NZME Christchurch, and promoting Matt Bowness to head NZME’s South Island agency team.
Question Time
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: ANZA and the World Federation of Advertisers are calling on the NZ marketing & advertising community to add their voices to the world’s first global diversity & inclusion census in marketing.
Blockbuster Season
AUCKLAND, Today: Val Morgan reports record audiences for the opening weekend in NZ of Fast & Furious 9, which delivered the highest numbers since Jumanji: The Next Level in December 2019.
Garlands for DDB/Mango, Colenso/Clemenger, TBWA, Special
CANNES, Tuesday: The medals round is under way in France – and DDB Aotearoa and its PR arm Mango Aotearoa have shared gold, silver and bronze in the PR Lions; while in the Health & Wellness category, DDB, Colenso BBDO, Clemenger BBDO, and TBWA\ have picked up bronze Lions.
