AUCKLAND, Today: NZ’s Media Design School has joined forces with 40 higher education institutions – including all eight NZ universities – to organise the nation’s first ever virtual careers expo.

LONDON, Today: D&AD has provided a PDF of the eight NZ agency brands who’ve made it through to its extended 2020 shortlist.

AUCKLAND, Today: NZ wine company Invivo & Co has plundered one of the country’s top PR shops to enlist Rachael Everitt for its newly created role of international marketing manager.

AUCKLAND, Today: The NZ Comms Council, the Australian Communications Council and Linkedin have forged an alliance to launch AUNZ Advertising Effectiveness Rules – Winning or Losing in a Recession, a major new report by Melbourne marketing consultant Rob Brittain and UK adman Peter Field.

LONDON, Today: D&AD ceo Patrick Burgoyne has voluntarily stepped down from his role to protect the awards show’s finances, severely diminished by Covid-19.

AUCKLAND, Today: There’s just two days to go until The Comms Council’s virtual 2020 Beacons Awards (with oOh!media) conducted in full online at 4pm this Wednesday 10 June.

AUCKLAND, Today: FCB has confirmed that chief creative officer Tony Clewett has accepted a redundancy package, and actually left the agency a full two months ago– reportedly to set up his own creative consultancy.

AUCKLAND, Today: Local ad agency/production house Augusto has optioned Ass, a new comedy series from Kiwi comedian Cori Gonzalez-Macuer and US-born Auckland-resident screenwriter Louis Mendiola.

LONDON, Saturday: Eight NZ agency brands are through to the extended D&AD Awards 2020 shortlist for an additional 13 categories, resulting from the third stage judging – Colenso BBDO, Special Group, TBWA, Klim Type Foundry, YoungShand, Impact PR, Clemenger BBDO, and DDB.