AUCKLAND, Today: Thrive PR & Communications has reshaped its leadership team across three cities, elevating Sophie Maguire, Kyra Shakspeare and Lwindi Ellis to lead Melbourne, Brisbane and Auckland respectively. The appointments follow... Read More
LAS VEGAS, Today: Non-traditional advertising has never been particularly interested in behaving itself. At its best, it helps brands cut through, draw people in and create something worth noticing. Helping decide what... Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: New Zealand’s largest indie creative agency Stanley St has made four people redundant in the wake of Covid-19. Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: Last week’s headlines were dominated by the post-Covid redundancies at NZ network agencies, which were lower than many expected. Read More
AUCKLAND, Friday: Bauer NZ – widely pilloried for gutting the NZ magazine sector – has partially redeemed itself by selling a chunk of its portfolio to Sydney-based private equity company Mercury Capital,... Read More
SINGAPORE, Friday: Kiwi creative leader Rob Sherlock, who was FCB NZ ECD from 1992-2000, has been appointed chair of an international advisory board for the Brisbane-based Rumbletown group of agencies. Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: M+AD’s fame is spreading around the world – but it’s clear we need to do a little work on our moniker. Read More
AUCKLAND, Thursday: Stanley St has appointed Renée Smith as group media director. Smith is an award-winning media and marketing professional, with 15 years’ experience in media agencies, media-owner roles and clientside head-of-media... Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: DDB and FCB appear to have contained the pandemic damage with minimum casualties. Both agencies were reluctant to discuss figures, but had no trouble talking in generalised terms about “single-digit”... Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: DDB, FCB, Stanley St, and Clemenger BBDO are the agency finalists in The Radio Bureau’s 2020 Orca Awards, announced this morning. Read More