MediaCom has announced the promotion of Melbourne-based chief operating officer Willie Pang to the role of ceo of MediaCom Australia & New Zealand. The move, says London-based worldwide chairman/ceo Stephen Allan.
APN Outdoor’s highest profile sites set for digital transformation
APN Outdoor today unveils plans to expand their national digital footprint, with three of Auckland’s highest profile static billboards undergoing a digital transformation.
Comms Council issues Beacons entry call
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Media Agency of the Year is an entered category in the annual Beacons Awards and is awarded to the Comms Council member agency whose business has made the greatest overall improvements to their business over the past calendar year.
Sugar, Many Minds and Fish & Clips shoot Super Rugby
NZ adspend hits NZ$1 billion
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NZ agency adspend last year reached 1 billion dollars for the first time. In total, NZ$$NZ1.045 billion was spent on major media, according to Standard Media Index data.
Auckland Stadiums offers Mt Smart naming rights
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Following “a record-breaking year” which saw Bruce Springsteen, Adele, Paul McCartney and last weekend the Foo Fighters grace its stage, Mt Smart Stadium is in the market for a new naming rights partner.
Trained animator armed with a bike – and a hi-res eye
M+AD this week continues the Phantom Billstickers’ series of entertaining Q+A profiles of key staffers: Today, it’s the turn of presentation manager Rachel Rowlands.
Colenso shines in global Gunn Report
Pedigree’s humorous Child Replacement Programme campaign in New Zealand, created by Colenso BBDO Auckland, has been named the third most creative campaign in the world., by the global Gunn Report. The campaign encourages parents to adopt a dog once their children have left home.
New Ad-Vantage site opens for business on SH1 on the North Shore
Auckland-based billboard company Ad-Vantage Media, which specialises in placements on Auckland’s motorway system, has added a new one – on the Northern Motorway between the Constellation Drive on-ramp and Albany off-ramp.
Sugar – with Mike O at the helm – shoots Super Rugby
The 2018 Investec Super Rugby season promises super-fast entertainment like no other. That’s the simple proposition bought to life via New Zealand Rugby’s new #DontMissAThing campaign from Sugar&Partners.