The only global creative prize awarded by advertising & comms journos, the Epica Awards, has issued its 2017 call for entries – with two new categories.
Digital media under the microscope
KPEX (aka the Kiwi Premium Advertising Exchange) is inviting agencies, media, and research outfits to a one-hour session aimed at promoting better understanding of digital media, run by KPEX ceo Richard Thompson.
EY shot itself – and the wider business awards sector – squarely in the foot
We can say goodbye to any credible future awards coming from EY after some of NZ’s best journos pulled out of the company’s Business Journalism Awards amid startling conflict-of-interest claims.
Kiwibank backs off Assignment exclusivity, casts agency net wider
Kiwibank has ended its agency-of-record partnership with Assignment Group, and will now keep its agency options open.
Programmatic takes centre stage
This year’s MMS Programmatic Summit – to be held in the Maritime Room in Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour from 8.30am to 6pm on Wednesday 20 September – aims to unlock the secrets of programmatic marketing, putting it into simple language and provide simple strategies to help for the marketing mix.
NZ entry call for Asia Pacific AoY
Campaign Asia Pacific will hold the Australia/New Zealand regional division of its 2017 Agency of the Year Awards in Singapore on Thursday 14 December.
ad:tech extends early-bird offer
The big annual Auckland talkfest that is ad:tech has extended its early-bird tickets offer to Friday 11 August, holding the price at $629 (it will eventually rise to $699).
Public Service announcement
By Joanna Hunkin: Do not. I repeat do NOT watch Designated Survivor. Netflix has been recommending I give it a go. It stars Kiefer Sutherland … how bad could it be? The answer is very, very bad. It starts off implausible and gets more ridiculous from there, veering between painfully earnest and comically obvious.
Taupō designers & marketers create a Legend
Recognising the “epic advantage of collaboration” across their specialist skills and services, four Taupō businesses – The Business Studio, Good Graphic Design, Resonate Marketing and MediaSolve – came together as a single agency at a brand relaunch at the Millennium Hotel Taupō last week.
Big London awards show heading to Vegas
The deadline is closing in for the 2017 London International Awards, to be held this year in Las Vegas from Wednesday 4 October to Saturday 7th. The entry deadline is Monday.
