PARIS, Today: The Inaugural Gerety Awards has announced its arrival on the international creative awards circuit. “Does the world REALLY need another awards show? reads the blurb.
Arrivals & Departures: Barry Williamson joins Marsden Inch
AUCKLAND, Today: Leading comms sector recruiters Marsden Inch have announced that industry stalwart Barry Williamson is joining their business as an associate, and will continue to specialise in media placements across agency, media owner and client-side roles. Previously, Williamson was a consultant at recruiter 3rdeye.
Arrivals & Departures: Top 10 guru exits Colmar Brunton (updated)
AUCKLAND, Today: Colmar Brunton client executive Andy Strain has resigned from the company – just days after they pulled out of their Top 10 Ads agreement with M+AD Daily.
Motive USA and Flux Animation NZ take Ram to the Super Bowl
AUCKLAND, Today: To make a splash during Super Bowl 53 and capitalise on the fact that the brand shares its name with one of the teams in the game, American truck brand Ram teamed up with their creative agency Motive Colarado and Flux Animation Auckland to celebrate the road to the Big Game.
Tourism NZ wants global pitch (updated)
WELLINGTON, Friday: Tourism New Zealand has put its global media planning & buying business up for pitch, and has issued an RFP notice on the Government Electronic Tenders Service (scroll down for the link).
PHD confirms Nikki Grafton in ceo role
AUCKLAND, Today: PHD Group has appointed Nikki Grafton as chief executive officer for the agency’s operations in New Zealand, which constitutes the full-service media agency as well as Spark PR & Activate.
Arrivals & Departures: Mi9 NZ hires KPEX exec
AUCKLAND, Today: Nine Australia’s digital media subsidiary Mi9 New Zealand has appointed Jonathan Devereux as programmatic manager.
D&AD summons for Kiwi designer
LONDON, Today: D&AD has added a third Kiwi to the judging panel for its 2019 awards in the UK in May – Designworks ECD Jef Wong.
Website blues … fixed!
AUCKLAND, Today: Kingsland-based agency Journey, which yesterday launched its new corporate brand identity, has today upgraded its website from BKA Digital Outfitters. M+AD ran this story yesterday … but got the website address wrong!
Tourism NZ taps Digitas Singapore
SINGAPORE, Thursday: Tourism New Zealand has appointed Digitas Singapore as its digital integrated agency for Singapore and Indonesia – an expansion of a mandate that previously included Digitas being Tourism NZ’s media agency for South East Asia, China and India.
