AUCKLAND, Today: Integrated Kingsland-based creative agency Darkhorse has been appointed to manage the AUNZ public relations & social media for The Hotel Britomart’s launch.
UX sage joins Frank
AUCKLAND, Today: Award-winning UX virtuoso Harry Sturt has been snapped up as senior user experience & design lead at CBD-based creative & ad tech agency We Are Frank.
NZ moves beyond Linear
AUCKLAND, Today: Telaria, Inc. (now part of Rubicon Project), the world’s largest independent sell-side advertising platform, has formed a collaboration with TVNZ and MediaWorks to offer new opportunities to advertisers looking to reach digital viewers beyond linear TV.
Korea wants Kiwi judges
AUCKLAND, Today: South Korea’s premier creative show Ad Stars 2020 is keen to recruit New Zealand jurors for this year’s comp, to be held in Busan.
Adobe taps Overdose
AUCKLAND, Today: Newmarket-based agency start-up Overdose has been named Adobe’s APAC 2020 Digital Experience Solution Partner of the Year for Commercial.
Spring Box
AUCKLAND, Monday: BC&F Dentsu and Subaru have produced a new campaign to introduce the new e-Boxer Hybrid to the market.
Reviving Tourism
AUCKLAND, Today: Stuff says its recently launched Back Your Backyard editorial campaign has grown into a movement that’s saving jobs and reviving demand in the tourism industry.
Open Season
AUCKLAND, Today: The Comms Council is due to issue – today – its call for entries to the 2020 New Zealand Effie Awards.
The Missing Link
AUCKLAND, Today: The Public Relations Institute has now supplied the full winners list from Friday’s PRINZ Awards – missing from the M+AD report because of an email mixup.
Fuseworks + Truescope
WELLINGTON, Today: News tracking firm Fuseworks Media (bases in Wellington, Hawkes Bay & Auckland) has forged a partnership with Sydney-based Truescope founder John Croll to tackle what they’re calling “communicators’ biggest problem” – identifying what matters, and how much it matters.
