Global kudos keep coming to Colenso BBDO – the latest being named among the top five socially aware agencies in 2016 by The Good Report.
MediaWorks taps WeThinkMedia for Australian ad sales
MediaWorks has appointed newly established WeThinkMedia as its advertising representation agency in Australia, effective immediately.
APAC New Stars comp issues under-30 entry call
South Korea’s New Stars – the APAC region’s main challenge for young creatives – has issued its annual invitation for creatives with fewer than three years’ experience (or aged under 30) to register for the 2017 this year’s competition.
Lost – and found
With Easter just days away, Colenso BBDO and client Spark have collaborated on a new social campaign, #NoEggLeftBehind. This campaign aims to help families track and find their Easter eggs in the free time they have over the holiday weekend.
Colenso welcomes back star creatives – just as two other big names exit
Colenso BBDO has signed the formidable creative pairing of Levi Slavin and Dan Wright direct from BBDO New York. They start in Auckland on Monday 1 May. But just as the home-bound pair board the plane at JFK, two more Colenso creatives – equally as formidable – have handed in their cards (read on).
Hitchcock, Yeoman exit Assignment to set up new shop
Assignment Group head of strategy Martin Yeoman and CD Jamie Hitchcock are leaving to form their own agency, The Enthusiasts.
Haere rā, John Clarke
Among the honours being heaped on the late John Clarke/Fred Dagg is one he’d probably rather not have – star of the cheapest TVC visuals ever.
Cannes Lions offers free trip to young NZ* journo
Auckland Zoo films the locals for Easter cinema screens
Tuatara, kiwi, ruru (morepork), korora (little blue penguin), weta, kea, and tuna (eels) are the stars of a new campaign out of Auckland Zoo’s in-house creative team that promotes conservation with a multilingual message to families – via the NZ cinema circuit over the Easter holiday.
Techweek focus on Programmatic & KPEX
Programmatic agency Acquire Online has confirmed media industry experts Adrian Pickstock (IAB ceo), KPEX ceo Richard Thompson, and Acquire Online programmatic director Zane Furtado will be the keynote speakers at their Techweek NZ events next month.