Playboy magazine is not exactly known for its portrayal of diversity and age-inclusiveness – but its latest cover stunt goes quite a long way in repairing that woeful record.
Arrivals & Departures: O’Leary & Nash hand in their cards
Sugar & Partners has lost its two leading creatives – ECD Damon O’Leary and CD Dave Nash are about to end their five-year stint at the agency. “Damon & I have resigned and will depart this Friday,” Nash told M+AD.”
42Below vodka introduces a planet-cleaning eco soap made from that lemon you sucked on
People downunder used to think of 42Below as the funny vodka (reads the blurb from Colenso) … The naughty, irreverent vodka that does and says what no one else would. But what few people realised is that this home-grown vodka also happens to be the purest on the planet, because it’s made in clean, green, super pure New Zealand.
Engaging content the social media key in NZ
Reese Witherspoon’s engaging posts resoundingly beat Justin Bieber’s large following when it comes to impact on social media according to new research from Kantar TNS New Zealand.
Cannes picks party partner
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has selected Paris event agency Creative Spirit as its production partner for the official 2017 opening and closing galas.
Transtasman PR shops tie the knot
Leading Australian consumer lifestyle PR agency Forward, has appointed Wright Communications as its exclusive New Zealand affiliate, and first regional partner.
Arrivals & Departures: APN Outdoor puts on weight
APN Outdoor has appointed three industry players to key roles in its agency sales team. Media director Dale Cummins comes to APN Outdoor from heading up the Trading team at Ikon NZ, account director Krystina Ivicevich has experience across both creative and media agencies, and most recently as integration manager at Fairfax.
The Future of Work in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
By Sam Williams, director of marketing, Certus Solutions*, speaker at coming attraction Accelerate 2017 in Wellington & Auckland: We are in a time of dizzying change and whatever you hear or read about the future, nobody, apart from it seems The Simpsons can reliably predict it, as they foresaw in 2000 that Donald Trump was the US President.
Fish & chip wrappers introduce Herald site redesign (updated with DDB role)
The NZ Herald website has relaunched today, with a new design to meet the evolving needs of its audience. The updated site is mobile first, reflecting the way the majority of Herald readers are accessing their news.
Arrivals & Departures: New marketing chief at Mitre 10
Mitre 10 has appointed Jules Lloyd-Jones to the position of general manager marketing starting late July. She joins the Mitre 10 team from Foodstuffs NZ where she has held the group brand director role for the past five years.
