SINGAPORE, Wednesday: The Spikes Asia Creative Awards has issued its 2019 call for entries – this year with new categories, and other spruce-up changes.
AUCKLAND, Today: 99’s AR-based egg hunt is back in store, and for the first time, players have the opportunity to take home New World’s Easter bunny mascot in the form of a limited-edition soft toy.
PARIS, Today: Advertising eavesdropping site Adforum has named DDB NZ’s latest tvc for Steinlager at No 1 in its weekly roundup of the top five tvcs in the world.
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Motivated to do something to highlight and change New Zealand’s alarming suicide statistics, Auckland creative agency Augusto has tackled the issue head-on in two new film projects.
AUCKLAND, Today: Senior comms professionals Richard Gordon and Tim Marshall have joined PR consultancy Wright Communications (“the first specialist agency in sustainability communications”).
AUCKLAND, Today: DDB NZ has this morning announced the appointment of Gary Steele, formerly head of the creative department at TBWA Singapore, as executive creative director.
KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday: An ambitious plan to combine the operations of WPP agencies J Walter Thompson and Ogilvy in Malaysia under a one-company two-brands structure has failed.
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: M&C Saatchi NZ’s Greenhouse, Countdown’s creative agency, has created an integrated campaign that celebrates the way Kiwis get their Easter on.
AUCKLAND, Today: Sometimes those nice folks at that quaint outfit known as the NZ Marketing Association act strangely. Today, it’s their head-in-the-sand take on Facebook.