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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The Sweet Shop has Special Problems
February 3rd, 2012
Media Release
2 Feb 2012
Groundbreaking directing collective Special Problems has joined The Sweet Shop for commercial and branded content work worldwide. Special Problems, led by Campbell Hooper and Joel Kefali, has quickly made a reputation in the advertising world for the striking animated visuals behind the Cannes Lions winning work for Yellow Chocolate.
Media Awards – you be the judge
January 26th, 2012
For the first time, CAANZ is calling for all top media minds to join in the task of deciding the 2012 Media Awards winners.
TV ad revenue continues to rise
January 25th, 2012
Television advertising revenue rose a healthy 1.9% in 2011 demonstrating advertisers’ increasing confidence in Television as the best medium to meet their needs.
Tourism Fiji up for global pitch
January 24th, 2012
Nadi, Fiji, 24 January 2012 – Aimed at ensuring the best possible return on the Fiji Government’s significant annual investment in marketing Fiji to the world and to effectively position Fiji competitively into the future, Tourism Fiji has announced its plans to seek a lead global advertising agency to develop and implement an exciting new Global Masterbrand strategy.
Three arrivals at Vivaki
January 20th, 2012
The VivaKi Search & Digital Hub has announced three appointments: James Julian from Draft FCB and Samuel Soo from Carat join the Hub as Senior Campaign Managers; working on New Zealand search and performance digital business as well as running the search accounts for Australia’s leading digital agency; Amnesia Razorfish.
Designing a New China
January 20th, 2012
Media Release
20 January 2012
The lead speaker at this design event in Auckland on February 15 will be Marco Tchen, the founder of Nuovo Mondo International, a China market consultancy with offices in Shanghai and Europe.
Adshel’s friends steal Xmas promo
January 20th, 2012
Media Release
January 19
The 2011 Adshel Christmas promotion has come to an end with 880 Adshel advertising panels donated to 23 charities across Australia and New Zealand. This exceptional response is testimony to how much Adshel’s clients and business partners appreciated the opportunity to donate an Adshel advertising panel to a charity of their choice as part of this promotion.
DraftFCB wins Air NZ
January 19th, 2012
Media Release
19 January 2012
DraftFCB New Zealand has been appointed as the lead advertising agency for Air New Zealand after a competitive pitch.
Saatchi included on Air NZ roster
January 19th, 2012
Media Release
19 January 2012
“Air New Zealand is an iconic New Zealand brand that has been on the edge of what’s new, not only in their offering but in their communication as well,” says Saatchi & Saatchi CEO, Nicky Bell.
CAANZ revamps ‘final’ Media Awards
January 17th, 2012
Media Release
17 January 2012
In tandem with the call for entries released today, CAANZ is introducing a significant overhaul of all elements of the CAANZ Media Awards 2012.
Droga5 taps Jason Clapperton
December 15th, 2011
Droga5 today announced the appointment of Jason Clapperton as Planning Director of Droga5 New Zealand. Jason is a New Zealander who went to Elam Art School, has set up his own clothing business, worked at WRC/Mango in New Zealand and DraftFCB in Melbourne.
RSVP & Nexus finalists unveiled
December 14th, 2011
Media Release
14 December 2011
The Marketing Association has announced its finalists for the upcoming RSVP and Nexus Awards.
Y&R wins HRV
November 30th, 2011
Media Release
30 November 2011
Y&R announced today that after a competitive tender process it has won the total HRV business including strategy, creative, media, digital, and direct.
DraftFCB wins Strategy Award – twice
November 29th, 2011
29 November 2011
Media Release
Yahoo! New Zealand today announced Draft FCB and the Electricity Authority as the winner of the third quarter Digital Strategy Award for its Consumer Switching campaign.
AA Tourism taps Droga5
November 29th, 2011
Media Release
29 November 2011
AA Tourism’s CEO, Peter Blackwell has announced the appointment of Droga5 to partner with them and expand their business.
Orcon taps M&C Saatchi
November 22nd, 2011
Media Release
22 November 2011
Orcon has appointed M&C Saatchi as its advertising agency.
MediaWorks taps Richard Fenner
November 1st, 2011
Media Release
Monday 31 October, 2011
MediaWorks TV has appointed Richard Fenner to the newly created role of Business Development Director. Starting today, the role sees him working closely with the Sales team to identify new clients, projects and opportunities for the network.
Lotto Wilson takes a bow-wow
October 27th, 2011
TV viewers last night voted Lotto Wilson as their favourite ad in the Fair Go Ad Awards. Big Save Furniture took out the least favourite ad of the year. Both ‘won’ their categories by very large margins.
Kiwi ECD comes home to DDB gig
October 17th, 2011
Media Release
17 October 2011
Andy Fackrell has been appointed Executive Creative Director of DDB Group New Zealand, holding the reins for Toby Talbot who will spend 2012 seconded to DDB Europe as Regional Creative Director on VW. Fackrell leaves celebrated agency 180 Amsterdam to take up a one year contract with DDB New Zealand.