As well as collecting a swag of gongs, Wayne Pick (Executive Creative Director at Colenso BBDO/Proximity Auckland) defied the odds to be a key note speaker at AD STARS 2016 in South Korea last weekend.
Arrivals & Departures: Colenso BBDO lure Brazilian art director back to Auckland
Brazilian Andre Sallowicz has returned to New Zealand to take up a permanent art director role in the Auckland office of Colenso BBDO. It’s familiar ground for Andre who spent three months here on an exchange programme in 2014.
Orcon/Mango find their modem art winner
Aucklander Anna Phillips has emerged as the winner of an Orcon-sponsored challenge for New Zealanders to design their own modem. Anna will see her winning design printed on a one-off modem and a year’s free broadband.
Win designer fashion at New Zealand’s premier creative event!
You could walk away from this year’s Semi-Permanent a lot smarter. The Pond, in collaboration with Crane Brothers and Kate Sylvester, are giving away two $1500 fashion vouchers at the event. That’s one for the guys and one for the girls. So make sure you enter while you’re there.
Arrivals & Departures: Brett McMeekin’s Fairfax role made permanent
Fairfax Media New Zealand has announced the appointment of Brett McMeekin as National Events Manager. McMeekin has been permanently appointed to the role after nine months covering maternity leave for Denise Armstrong.
CAANZ members get the discount
Semi Permanent Auckland – now just two weeks away – has added workshops, “conversations”, Q&A and poetry to its packed schedule for Friday & Saturday August 12-13.
Arrivals & Departures: O&M gets a leg rope on Glenn Wood
Veteran copywriter, published author and awarded creative Glenn Wood has joined Ogilvy & Mather full time in the role of Creative Director, following a recent freelance role with the agency.
Semi Permanent’s new faces
Semi Permanent Auckland, scheduled for Friday & Saturday 12-13 August, has released more details about its speaker lineup.
Get the CAANZ discount
CAANZ is offering members a handsome 15% discount on tickets to Semi-Permanent at the Aotea Centre on Friday/Saturday 12-13 August. Semi is a globalcreative & design platform of some repute – NZ tickets range from $230 to $517 – so the CAANZ discount is a good deal.
Semi Permanent back in town
The annual Semi Permanent creative & design thinking platform returns to Auckland on Friday & Saturday 12-13 August with speakers including Assignment Group ceo Peter Biggs, Designworks chairman Sven Baker, plus a big cast from NZ, the UK, US, Germany, and Australia.
