Media release
23 February 2012
CAANZ has appointed strategy experts David Thomason, Planning Director at DraftFCB and Lew Bentley, Principal at Headlight, as the Chair and Convenor of Judges respectively for the 2012 Effie Awards.
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Strategic dream team to lead the 2012 Effie Awards
February 23rd, 2012
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AoY – how to get there
February 23rd, 2012
A new venue on the Britomart fringe has been unveiled for the 2012 AdMedia Fairfax Agency of the Year (in association with CAANZ).
Full house for tonite’s FIHP summer party
February 23rd, 2012
The booked-out sign’s gone up for tonight’s APN Outdoor Friends In High Places summer party at Mantells on the Water. “The party is actually over capacity right now,” said APNO spokesperson Linda Moussa. “The response to this one has been huge – it’s drawn the most RSVPs to date.” Capacity at Mantells is 450.
New $$ for Droga5
February 23rd, 2012
The Droga5 agency network (Sydney, New York, Auckland) has unveiled a strategic investment from a group led by American entrepreneur and private equity investor Henry Silverman, and including Clear Channel ceo (and MTV founder) Bob Pittman and others.
Urbis Designday returns
February 23rd, 2012
Premier Auckland design event Urbis Designday returns for a 7th year on Saturday 24 March. Essentially it’s chauffeured tour of top Auckland design establishments and showrooms, with an endless flow of taxis guaranteeing tourists’ flexibility.
Yukfoo’s work for Perth
February 23rd, 2012
Lovely stop-motion animation combined with a catchy pop guitar melody marks Yukfoo’s new work for Gatecrasher Advertising Perth as something special. Making Shapes features a close-up of kids walking in sturdy school shoes before the camera zooms up and away, and the kids become animated coloured dots on the screen.
Whybin\TBWA Gets A Bird In The Hand
February 23rd, 2012
Media Release
David Walden, CEO of the Whybin\TBWA Group, today announced the key appointment of highly regarded strategist and planner, Simon Bird, to head the planning function within the agency.
InMobi launches in NZ
February 23rd, 2012
InMobi, billed as the world’s largest independent mobile ad network, has launched in NZ. “The NZ mobile advertising market is poised to boom with ad impressions on smartphones increasing 285% in the past year,” says the company’s new head of sales, Mark Copplestone (see Arrivals & Departures).
InMobi taps Mark Copplestone
February 23rd, 2012
InMobi, the global mobile ad network that’s just landed in Auckland, has appointed Mark Copplestone (ex Groupon, TVNZ gm digital sales, Optimedia managing partner) as head of sales. Contact him at mark.copplestone@inmobi.com. (See also InMobi story, above.)
Morton Coutts loosens up
February 23rd, 2012
Colenso has taken its DB Export Dry Morton Coutts campaign to a new level, adding humour to the mix in The Great Wine Depression – the looks on the faces of the male ‘wine-lovers’ alone is worth the price of admission.
Recruiter joins The Pond
February 23rd, 2012
“Advertising, design and digital agencies in Auckland can look forward to even more loving from The Pond,” says Leighton Howl (021 971 769), announcing the addition of Claire Moore as the fourth talent manager. “Readers may already know Claire as a former consultant at 3rdeye Recruitment. She’s also held senior positions at Wellington indie Wonderful, [...]
CAANZ names its Media Awards judges
February 23rd, 2012
The CAANZ Media Awards Committee is pleased to announce the judges for the preliminary round of the 2012 Media Awards; a line-up that they believe contains the best media minds in the industry.
Wanted: New media shop for BNZ
February 23rd, 2012
BNZ has confirmed it is looking for a new media agency after its agency, Spark PHD, won ANZ Australasia. Fastline was unable to contact BNZ external relations manager Erica Lloyd, but NBR’s Alex Walls did – and the rumour was confirmed.
Ogilvy opts out of BNZ
February 23rd, 2012
Media Release
22 February 2012
Ogilvy has opted not to pitch for the BNZ media account despite losing ANZ Bank media as a result of a global realignment.
pr shop Sydney taps Amanda Kuhn
February 23rd, 2012
The pr shop (motto: Providing no-bullshit PR on both sides of the Tasman) has appointed Amanda Kuhn as head of PR in its Sydney office. She’s a former international marketing manager for World Wrestling Entertainment; most recently she worked with a Sydney PR firm as account director.
New director at Nick
February 23rd, 2012
Nickelodeon NZ & Australia has promoted Tina McIntosh as its Sydney-based director of marketing and commercial partnerships. The appointment is an internal transfer within Viacom – McIntosh was previously director of marketing & comms at MTV & Comedy Central. Contact her through debbie@noodlehq.co.nz.
Libra Drag Queen stays put in Oz
February 23rd, 2012
The Libra Tampons Drag Queen ad that the manufacturer pulled from NZ screens after a wave of protest has been cleared by Australia’s Advertising Standards Board and continues to screen in Australia, where it’s met a similar storm of criticism.
Living the dream – in paper
February 23rd, 2012
Lovely stop-motion animation combined with a catchy pop guitar melody marks Yukfoo’s new work for Gatecrasher Advertising Perth as something special. Making Shapes features a close-up of kids walking in sturdy school shoes before the camera zooms up and away, and the kids become animated coloured dots on the screen.
Mass Exodus story a beat-up
February 23rd, 2012
A recent Stop Press news report, headlined Mass Exodus at NBR – Last Out Please Turn Off the Lights, was pure beat-up. It refers to just five departures – one of them a junior reporter who left last year (to become a teacher).
Internal appointment
February 23rd, 2012
Trade Me has appointed Natalia Lee to a newly created position of national sales manager. “Over the past two years she’s delivered outstanding results within the Auckland sales team especially with her work around the new targeting technologies now available on the Trade Me network,” says Trade Me head of advertising Yael Milbank.