News
Meet Louis Hamilton, Skinny’s newest ‘celeb’ backer
Skinny adds more big names to its ‘famous names’ campaign, including Louis Hamilton from Rotorua.
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Movings & Shakings
FEDERATION kicks off 2022 with four account management hires
Following a busy start to 2022 over on Wellesley St. West, FEDERATION has announced multiple account management hires for the agency.
Movings & Shakings
MediaWorks names Wayne Stevenson as new Board Chair
MediaWorks has announced the appointment of Wayne Stevenson as new board chair, a position he has occupied in an acting interim capacity last year.
Movings & Shakings
DDB Group appoints Head of Social
DDB Group Aotearoa has strengthened its social and digital offering with the appointment of Sam Snowden to the newly created role of Head of Social.
Movings & Shakings
Mahdiyeh Mahmoodzadeh joins NSPR
PR firm NSPR Ltd has welcomed Mahdiyeh Mahmoodzadeh as a new full-time contractor to their team, in order to meet a growing client base in 2022.
News
MATES Agency, Supernormal and Hannah Design unite for IAMMI
A campaign to launch IAMMI has debuted via a collaboration between MATES Agency, Supernormal and Hannah Design.
News
Panasonic NZ launch first-ever brand campaign via Lemonade and CALIBRE + CANDOR
Panasonic New Zealand, Lemonade and CALIBRE + CANDOR come together to launch a new brand campaign, ‘Everyday More Brilliant’.
Movings & Shakings
Tim Batt joins Acast as Creator Network Development Director for NZ
Acast, independent podcast company, has announced the appointment of Tim Batt as Content Development Director for New Zealand.
News
DDB commemorates beloved colleague with photography scholarship
High school students across Aotearoa are invited to take part in the inaugural De Ruiter Young Photographer of the Year, a scholarship created by DDB.
Movings & Shakings
NZME appoints Alana O’Neill as Head of CreateMe
Alana O’Neill will oversee NZME’s in-house media solutions division as it delivers a world-class one-stop shop for customers and clients.
Movings & Shakings
RUSH announces Brady Cox as new CEO
Brady Cox brings over 20 years’ experience in tech-based leadership roles to one of New Zealand’s leading design and technology studios.
Campaigns
2degrees and TBWA\NZ ask people to switch off their phones (for a bit)
2degrees and TBWA\NZ have launched an initiative that rewards Kiwis for putting their phones down for a bit and spending more time with each other.
Movings & Shakings
Go Media celebrates new Auckland GO-Getters
With 15 new sites to appear in Auckland over the next few months, Go Media have appointed some fresh faces to their Auckland-based sales team.
News
Lorde to guest edit next edition of Viva
Fashion and lifestyle magazine Viva has announced Grammy Award-winning singer Lorde as special guest editor and cover star of its next edition.
Opinion
Review: The best (and worst) Super Bowl ads of 2022
Shane Bradnick gives his take on the top three Super Bowl ads of 2022, as he says most brands went ‘all in’… well except one which missed the mark.
StopPress exclusives
Year in Review: Nicky Greville of Spark Foundry
Nicky Greville on lessons learned from 2021 in business & marketing strategy, & what brands need to be doing better to engage customers of the future.
News
FCB NZ launches new ‘Road to Zero’ campaign for Waka Kotahi
FCB, in partnership with Waka Kotahi, NZ Transport Agency, has launched the first public awareness campaign as part of the Road to Zero strategy.
Partner articles
Delivering the best of global and local
Kantar, a global full-service, data-driven insights & consulting company has integrated with Colmar Brunton, NZ’s most awarded market research firm.
News
oOh!media expands Auckland Street Furniture network
oOh’s Street Furniture network in Auckland is set to deliver even more audience opportunities and utility to support AT’s service delivery.
Movings & Shakings
ReachMedia welcomes a Head of Medium Market sales
Aabhas Kerrin joins ReachMedia as Head of Medium Market to further grow this key area of the business.
News
Frank*Energy sells it to you straight in new brand campaign via Motion Sickness
After competitive pitch last year, Motion Sickness was tasked with relaunching the then 20-year-old Energy Online brand, giving birth to Frank*Energy.
News
The Spinoff launches debut brand campaign via Daylight Creative
The Spinoff has launched ‘Aotearoa Published Daily’ – the first brand campaign in its seven-year history.
Movings & Shakings
Ash Prier to take the reigns as Creative Director at Wrestler
Wellington-based creative agency Wrestler has appointed Ash Prier as its new Creative Director this month.
Movings & Shakings
Ogilvy NZ appoints new ECD and Head of Strategy
Kristal Knight has joined Ogilvy as Executive Creative Director, and Nick Salter is the new Head of Strategy.
StopPress exclusives
The Great Reopening: Abby Parkin and James Davidson of PHD
The team at PHD talk changing consumer behaviour, mapping media consumption and investment in talent.
Features
The epicentre for creative growth in the South Island
Christchurch-based indie, Plato Creative, is proving you don’t have to be amongst the big players in Auckland to make a splash.
StopPress exclusives
Year in Review: Damon Stapleton of The Monkeys
Damon Stapleton, Chief Creative Officer at The Monkeys shares his impressions of the year that was, and why it was the right time for change.
News
Kami appoints The Ogilvy Network and Wavemaker
The WPP win will cover brand strategy and development, communications strategy, and campaign creative, media strategy and implementation.
News
Dentsu Aotearoa delivers new All Wheel Drive campaign for Subaru
To showcase Subaru’s All Wheel Drive capabilities, dentsu Aotearoa and Clockwork Films have created the story of a quintessentially Kiwi ice run.
Campaigns
Rainger & Rolfe help Dosh out the cash
Dosh have launched a highly visible activation campaign via agency partners Rainger & Rolfe and Tilt Media, designed to raise brand awareness.