Dentsu Aegis Network has bolstered its Australasian marketing & communications team with the appointment of Andrew Hewett in a newly created role as head of corporate affairs, based in Melbourne*.
Wildfire mentor wins at Woman of the Year Awards
Victoria Ransom who runs media marketing software company Wildfire Interactive was last night named winner of the Business category at the NEXT Woman of the Year Awards held in Auckland (in association with online jewellery store Pandora).
Fairfax names Women of Influence
Over the road, on the same night in the same city as the Woman of the Year Awards (see previous story), Fairfax Media were unveiling their 2016 Women of Influence Awards. The Supreme Winner was won by Helen Robinson, co-founder/executive director for Organic Initiative (Oi).
Arrivals & Departures: 26 years at O&M – then Debbie Kirkbride joins 3rdeye! Rebecca Carrasco exits Facebook
Debbie Kirkbride has joined 3rdeye after 26 years (yes folks, you read that right!) at Ogilvy & Mather Durban, rising through the ranks of client service.
McWhopper billboards a finalist in London
Y&R NZ’s celebrated Burger King McWhopper campaign – already a Grand Prix winner at Cannes, a Grand Cleo winner in NYC, two Grand Prix at the Spikes Asia, and Best in Show at D&AD – is the only Kiwi entrant through to the shortlist of London International Awards Print, Poster & Billboard category.
Bauer prints 100,000 to launch new Auckland weekly magazine
Bauer Media has launched a new free weekly magazine, Paperboy. It will have a distribution of 100,000 and will be targeted at a broad “optimistic” Auckland readership.
One day left for Pixel361 rego
Registrations close tomorrow (Friday) for APN Outdoor’s Pixel361° creative showdown, which aims to boost fundraising efforts for the Child Cancer Foundation.
Happy Aussie takes a gander at Air NZ’s goose
Aussie columnist (and ad agency veteran) Robert Strohfeldt, writing in the latest issue of B&T, has heaped praise on the latest Air New Zealand TVC, Better Way to Fly, shot in NZ for the Australian market.
Social media strategy in the spotlight
Social media educational site SMK has launched a trade media campaign – including a e-flyer with today’s M+AD – to promote its upcoming two-day course on how to get the best value from social media advertising.
NZME launches Deloitte Top 200 2016
NZME Events in partnership with Deloitte have revealed that the official annual Deloitte Top 200 awards will be held on Thursday 1 December at the Vector Arena.
