Foodstuffs has announced today the move to enlist PHD Media as its media agency partner. FCB will remain Foodstuffs’ creative agency for PAK’nSAVE. The decision was made after PHD and FCB went head to head for the business, ultimately that business went to PHD as Foodstuffs looks to reshape itself for ‘future success.’ PHD Media

It has been announced today that New Zealand based Marty O’Halloran has been appointed to global CEO of DDB Worldwide. Marty O’Halloran, is currently the CEO of DDB Group Au/NZ and has been leading the creative agency to success for many years. In his new role, O’Halloran will oversee operations across the global network, leading

Clemenger BBDO and the New Zealand Human Rights Commission are addressing the everyday racism that occurs in this country with their latest project ‘Voice of Racism.’ The inspiring project challenges Kiwis to put themselves in the position of someone who is on the receiving end of racism and to feel the burden of consistent micro-aggressions

Boyd PR have recently launched a virtual media kit in partnership with the South Australian Tourism Commission to help drive interest towards South Australia as a tourist destination. South Australia TV (SATV) is a virtual travel experience, with animation designed by Mr Mustard Motion Graphics, that takes viewers on a journey through the deep south,

A regional marketing campaign titled ‘We’ve got this/Kei a Tātou’ has been launched as an attempt to bring Kiwis to the beautiful Nelson Tasman area and boost its economy. After being hit hard by Covid-19, Nelson’s City Council and Tasman’s District Council created project Kōkiri, an economic strategy to speed up the region’s recovery. Included

Wiktor Skoog, previously TBWA’s creative products director, has stepped up into the role of creative director for TBWA/MAKE. Skoog up until this point held the shared role of creative products director across Melbourne and New Zealand for TBWA and now steps up to bring forward TBWA/MAKE which has been quietly churning out the wins. Wiktor

Sweetshop & Green appoints new development executive and Dentsu Aegis Network NZ announces newly created role of general manger of strategy. New and improved Dentsu Aegis Network NZ has today announced that Claire Beatson has been promoted from WiTH Collective Head of Strategy, where she has overseen market leading work for ASB Bank, into a

We are Frank have announced a new addition to its sales team, bringing in Ebony Kitching as its new agency sales manager. Kitching brings with her a wealth of knowledge across both agency and sales, and says given the current climate she is happy to be working in a locally owned company who, “has a

Adobe has recently launched evaluation tool Adobe CQ (creativity quotient) that aims to help teams and organisations measure enterprise creative aptitude and capability. In the form of a short online test, the tool determines which type of creative you are in a team, your area of expertise and what you can do to improve your

TVNZ confirmed today that in an effort to conserve financial sustainability, it is now only having one presenter, Simon Dallow, for weekday programmes. The change will align the presentation of TVNZ’s weeknight bulletins with 1 NEWS at Six weekends, Breakfast news bulletins, 1 NEWS at Midday, Te Karere and 1 NEWS Tonight. Simon Dallow and Wendy Petrie have successfully co-anchored New Zealand’s most

The Out of Home Media Association Aotearoa (OOHMAA) has reported today the figures from OOH for Q2, which largely feel during Covid Lockdown. Revenue for Q2 is down by -76 percent on net media revenue year-on-year, posting $8.8 million and for the first half of 2020, Out of Home revenue is down -40 percent, posting a

A new report by Badger Communications and TRA highlights the lacklustre style of the typical ‘same-same’ B2B marketing. The report is a deep dive into how B2B marketing can be made to stand out when so much of it tries to fit to a mould. Download the report: TRA: https://mainframe.tra.co.nz/new-zealand-b2b-marketing-report-2020 Badger: https://badger.co.nz/btob-report-download Badger and TRA