LONDON, Thursday: DDB NZ has scored one finalist in the Non-Traditional category at the London International Awards. And Colenso BBDO and DDB have both been shortlisted in The New category.
Meet next year’s Orca judges
The Radio Bureau has named its judges for the 2019 Orca Awards. They are FCB CCO James Mok, Ogilvy ECD Lisa Fedyszyn, BC&F Dentsu managing partner Luke Farmer, and AUT senior lecturer Trevor Plant.
TBWA\ launches Shakespeare with integrated creative campaign
AUCKLAND, Thursday: TBWA\ has launched the season of Shakespeare in the first of a series of creative campaigns for Pop-up Globe following their appointment as creative agency.
The Warehouse (with DDB) launches Sweet As for Kiwi Scrabble
The Warehouse has teamed up with Mattel – with a little help from DDB, OMG, NZME and Spark PR & Activate –to launch NZ’s own exclusive version of Scrabble – “chocka full of 300 Kiwi words”.
Two Kiwis named in 40 Under 40
Campaign Asia-Pacific has unveiled its annual 40 Under 40 recipients with two Kiwis making the list – indie design & ad agency Run Auckland co-founder Raymond McKay, and DAN Auckland ceo Robert Harvey.
DDB through in LIA Poster finals
LONDON, Wednesday: DDB New Zealand has succeeded with two campaigns across the finals line in the Poster category at the London International Awards.
Rufus Chuter & Kris Hadley launch strategy, tech, media-management agency
AUCKLAND, Today: Former FCB Media managing director Rufus Chuter and OMD chief digital officer Kris Hadley have joined forces to launch Together, a new strategy, technology and media-management agency focused on bringing message and moment back together.
Making the most of a digital revolution
Sydney-based Stephanie Famolaro from advertising technology company The Trade Desk, who delivered a keynote at last month’s programmatic summit in Auckland, wrote this thought piece specially for M+AD readers:
By 2020 the number of connected devices in the world is expected to skyrocket to 50 billion – or roughly eight devices for every person on the planet, according to IBM.Arrivals & Departures: Ogilvy welcomes senior creative back to NZ
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Ogilvy is rolling out the red carpet for senior creative Cece Chu, who has returned to New Zealand after three and a half years abroad.
Arrivals & Departures: Colenso Digital – driven by experience (Updated)
The recent release of five digital properties; Kupu (Spark), Convert-it (BNZ), SelfieSTIX Filters (Pedigree), My Moni (BNZ), and Penny the Penguin (BNZ) marks the end of the long rebuild for the digital offering at Colenso BBDO.