AUCKLAND, Today: Freeman’s Bay-based full-service indie Contagion and Universal Homes has launched its first brand campaign since winning the account in March.
Coast + Go Media take Top 500 to the streets
AUCKLAND, Today: NZME’s Coast audio network has teamed up with independent outdoor media provider Go Media to supercharge “one of the most successful audio promotions – the best song of all-time countdown”.
Federation wins Massey University pitch
AUCKLAND, Monday: Independent agency Federation has been appointed lead creative agency for Massey University after a four-way competitive pitch for brand, integrated campaigns and media. The incumbent was FCB.
Casino Royale
AUCKLAND, Sunday: “It’s easier to run a business than a country,” reckons Herald on Sunday columnist Paul Catmur in the latest edition of the newspaper.
Staff numbers up at VMLY&R
AUCKLAND, Today: VMLY&R has bolstered its Auckland and Wellington bases with six recent appointments across creative, client service, social and digital.
The Human Touch
MT MAUNGANUI, Thursday: “Don’t get stuck on chatbots and automation, say hello to a real human and personalised service” – that’s the theme of a new brand campaign by Wave Comms (based in Bay of Plenty) and leading insurance broker Aon.
Run showcases the Spirit of Rotorua
AUCKLAND, Today: Māori-owned independent creative agency Run has launched a new campaign for Rotorua Economic Development, running over the next three months across digital, busbacks, billboards, street posters, social and press.
NZ ad market returns to pre-Covid levels
AUCKLAND, Today: New Zealand’s media agency market returned to its levels of pre-Covid adspend in May following a record 67.4% increase in year-on-year adspend, with the new total now 3.7% above the level seen in May 2019.
ANZ, TBWA tech-tap
AUCKLAND, Thursday: A clever piece of tech, a simple tap and the desire to succeed come together in the latest TBWA\NZ ANZ campaign that’s helping Kiwis to show their support for the NZ athletes at the upcoming Olympic & Paralympic Games.
Stanley St names new ceo, ECD, managing partner
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Stanley St has appointed Siobhan (Partington) Burke as ceo to lead the Kiwi-owned integrated creative and media agency. Also new to the agency is ECD Brad Collett, formerly of DDB Aotearoa (replacing former CCO Regan Grafton, who’s joined Culture & Theory), and James McHoull in the new role of managing partner.
