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Daylight announces two creative promotions
Daylight has announced two key promotions within its creative ranks, as it continues to expand its craft and storytelling offerings.
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Podcast company Acast updates sales team to meet demand
Podcast company Acast has announced updates to its sales team in Australia and New Zealand to address increased and evolving demands.
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Tracta welcomes strategist Guy Vasey as partner
Guy Vasey has joined Tracta as a partner, strengthening its position as the top agribusiness growth agency in Australasia.
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Remade, Rascal Media and Raise Communications win accolades at 2023 Axis Awards
Remade, Rascal Media, and Raise Communications’ latest project FIND FAIR has earnt them accolades at the 2023 Axis Awards.
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Dentsu Aotearoa introduces joint Chief Creative Officers
Brett Colliver and Mike Felix, two globally renowned creative leaders, have been appointed as joint Chief Creative Officers at Dentsu Aotearoa.
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Entries open for 2023 Aotearoa Effie Awards
The Comms Council has announced that entries for the 2023 Aotearoa Effie Awards, in collaboration with TVNZ, are now open.
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NZME partners with new internet identity solution, Unified ID 2.0
NZME has revealed it will be the first digital partner in New Zealand to utilise Unified ID 2.0, an innovative open internet identification system.
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Kiwibank NZer of the Year launches identity refresh via Special Design
In the lead up to Kiwibank NZ of the Year, Brown Bread tasked Special Design to refresh the award’s brand identity to better represent Aotearoa.
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NZ’s hidden veterans highlighted with RSA poppy appeal
Launched last week, the RSA’s Poppy Appeal aims to provide ongoing support to the 60,000 veterans who have served over the past 30 years.
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Smooth sailing for Motion Sickness as young agency takes industry by storm
Motion Sickness, founded in 2013, is already making waves in the industry and has taken out multiple accolades at the 2023 Axis Awards.
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RSA’s red poppy takes to the streets via Phantom
For this year’s Anzac Day commemoration, the Royal NZ RSA has selected Phantoms’ frames as the medium to showcase posters of the iconic poppy.
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Dish serves up ‘feast for the eyes’ with new DOOH campaign via Go Media
SCG’s Dish magazine has launched a new DOOH campaign with Go Media, which has been gracing big screens throughout major cities across the nation.
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NZ Herald launches social news brand for Gen Z
NZ Herald has launched “What the Actual?!” – a novel social media brand to keep young Kiwis informed about issues concerning them.
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ASB’s card tracker feature brings subscriptions to life via The Monkeys
ASB’s new card tracker feature, accessible through the ASB Mobile Banking app, is being launched in a campaign where subscriptions become tangible.
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A winning formula: FCB NZ’s Grand Prix success factors
Following a big win at the 2023 Axis Awards, we spoke to FCB NZ’s Co-CCO’s Peter Vegas and Leisa Wall to find out how this winning work was created.
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NZ Herald celebrates 10 podcasts in NZ top 100
The NZ Herald is celebrating having 10 of its podcasts ranked in the top 100* for the first time in the history of the NZ Triton Podcast Ranker.
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Rainger and Rolfe win Honda account
Rainger and Rolfe have won Honda NZ’s advertising and content business following a creative agency pitch process.
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MBM wins Agency of the Year at Google Honours Awards
MBM New Zealand has been awarded Agency of the Year and Q4 Agency of the Quarter at the AUNZ 2022 Google Honours Program.
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OOHMAA figures reveal best Q1 results to date
The OOHMAA has announced its Q1 2023 revenue was up 10 percent year-on-year, at $37.5m, delivering its best Q1 results to date.
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DDB hosts high school students as part of diversity programme
DDB hosted four high school students as part of its internship programme in partnership with the ICE Base and its Student360 initiative.
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LUMO named as inaugural sponsor of First Five Rungs
LUMO is the inaugural sponsor of First Five Rungs – an initiative from the Comms Council to support the industry’s emerging talent.
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ZM and iHeartRadio launch Sex.Life podcast
NZME’s ZM Podcast Network is today celebrating the launch of its latest podcast, Sex.Life.
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Stanley St announces creative hires from DDB
Stanley St has made two new hires to its creative team with the appointment of Aiken Hutcheson and Stan Lee, aka Staken.
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New Sky Box officially launches
From today, existing Sky subscribers have the option to upgrade to the new Sky Box that’s said to transform their entertainment experience.
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oOh!media shares insights on How Kiwis Move in a post-Covid world
Findings from oOh!media’s new study “How Kiwis Move” provides insight into how changes to our work and personal lives have impacted how we move.
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Farrimond appoints two new senior media specialists
Auckland-based Farrimond has made two new senior hires within its media department.
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HYPER appointed as media partner for Mobil
HYPER, a NZ provider of DOOH retail media channels, has been appointed Mobil Oil New Zealand Ltd’s exclusive media partner.
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NZ boards advised to learn from overseas mistakes in crisis management
NZ boards are facing similar issues to their overseas counterparts, with many problems originating in communications, a white paper has found.
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Freeview unveils refreshed brand identity
Freeview will introduce its updated brand identity over the next few weeks with a renewed emphasis on live broadcast television and radio content.
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Tapping into truths: DDB Aotearoa on taking home top Axis honours
StopPress chats with DDB’s Group CCO Matty Burton to find out how the agency harnessed the power of the unexpected and impressed Axis judges.