Colenso BBDO/Proximity has enhanced its strategic offering with the appointment of Mylene Ong, direct from the head of strategy role at BBH Shanghai.
Is the West Coast ready for Hauraki?
NZME is gearing up to launch the Radio Hauraki brand in Greymouth in just one week – on Tuesday 7 June on local frequency 105.1FM.
iSite integration ‘a game-changer’
QMS Media has announced it has completed the successful integration of QMS NZ with the recently acquired iSite Media. The newly merged entity will relaunch as QMS NZ and will be led by ceo Wayne Chapman.
Chemistry Interaction & Fish bring you Sovereign’s Health Age Generator
Westhaven-based Chemistry Interaction has helped Sovereign launch its Health Age Generator which gives Kiwis a personalised snapshot of how they are faring on the health front – including potential bonus or penalty ‘health age’ years, based on lifestyle choices made.
OMD wins liquor pitch
Just minutes after we posted Friday’s rant about Independent Liquor pulling its creative & media accounts from Barnes Catmur & Friends Dentsu, we received two emails that answered all our questions – Whybin advised us they’d won the creative side of the business, and OMD notified us of their media win for the same client.
Cibo Parnell, 2014!
Readers have filled in the gaps around last week’s Legends’ Lunch photo – notably the location (Cibo Parnell) and the date (it was shot in 2014).
Y&R goes online for sex/alcohol chat
We talk to our teenagers about sex, so why should alcohol be any different? Cheers! – a group which promotes moderate drinking – has launched a online campaign, designed by Y&R NZ, to encourage parents to have more constructive and effective conversations with their teenagers around alcohol.
Arrivals & Departures: Jury in at Orange
Auckland & Queenstown-based event agency Orange Productions has appointed KJ Jury as event/account manager in Auckland.
News Corp blocks the adblockers
News Corp Australia is to prevent people using adblockers from accessing digital content as it looks to fight back against readers who are circumventing ads and “destroying” the media firm’s business model.
Y&R (Best in Show), Clems, Colenso, DDB score Gold in Sydney
Y&R NZ scooped the big prizes at Australia’s AWARD Awards held in Sydney on Friday, taking out Best in Show (for McWhopper) and Asia Pacific Agency of the Year – plus nine Gold Pencils (the most for any agency on either side of the Tasman).
