SYDNEY, Today: Australia-headquartered Thrive PR has appointed Aucklander Lucy Fox to lead the agency’s growing New Zealand operations.
Paint it Black
NEW YORK, Today: The One Club has launched ONE School, a free 16-week portfolio programme for young black creatives. The school will be run by Spotify CD Oriel Davis-Lyons, a New Zealander who started his career at Colenso and held creative positions at R/GA and Droga5 in New York.
Under the Influence
AUCKLAND, Today: The Advertising Standards Authority has developed a guide to support “responsible advertising” – and the requirement for influencers to clearly identify advertising content to their audiences.
Covid Nightmare
AUCKLAND, Monday: A picture is emerging of a NZ ad & comms sector in serious trouble – with M+AD’s ongoing coverage of redundancies at our bigger agencies revealing only the tip of an iceberg.
Second that Emotion
AUCKLAND, Sunday: “We all know people don’t make decisions rationally – there is plenty of scientific evidence to support this,” writes DDB CCO Damon Stapleton in a guest piece in today’s Herald on Sunday.
Four layoffs
AUCKLAND, Today: New Zealand’s largest indie creative agency Stanley St has made four people redundant in the wake of Covid-19.
