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Special set to open Wellington office
Special has announced its next office will be a little closer to home.
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New World and DDB encourage Kiwis to make it or fake it this Christmas
New World is focused on giving Kiwis the Christmas they deserve by taking the pressure out of the festive season.
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Custom-built iHeartRadio channel launches in-retail partnership with Chemist Warehouse
NZME in partnership with Chemist Warehouse will launch a custom-built iHeartRadio retail radio and content service.
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TVNZ announces 2022 line-up in first ever Virtual Showcase
The battle for Kiwi audiences heats up as local content looms large once again with TVNZ announcing its 2022 line-up via virtual Showcase event.
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JCDecaux NZ and VIOOH launch first programmatic campaign with Air New Zealand
The campaign is the first to run programmatically across JCDecaux New Zealand’s airport portfolio.
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Liquorice fields new additions to strong starting lineup
New talent and content agency Liquorice is supplementing its offering with some of NZ’s best-known sports and fitness personalities.
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Kate Heatley joins DDB Aotearoa as Lead Business Partner
Kate Heatley will be joining the Auckland-based DDB Aotearoa team to lead the Westpac New Zealand business.
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Award-winning Client Partnerships Director joins Proximity NZ
Following four recent new business wins, Proximity NZ has appointed Adam Brami as Client Partnerships Director.
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Scott Laird to join GroupM as Chief People Officer
GroupM has announced award-winning people and culture specialist Scott Laird has been named as Chief People Officer.
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Ogilvy NZ appointed by Make-A-Wish
Ogilvy NZ has announced its new partnership with the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
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Flight continues to expand senior team with new appointments
Indie digital agency Flight has announced a series of recent key hires across its senior team.
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WAVE grows comms team
Creative communications agency, WAVE, has announced the expansion of its public relations & communications team.
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‘Tis the season to say ‘yes’
Optus is bringing a new optimistic story to Australians this festive season showing the great things that can happen from saying yes.
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oOh!’s Innovation Awards shine light on incredible innovation in Out of Home industry
Today, oOh!media is calling on the Kiwi marketing and media industry to vote for this year’s most innovative Out of Home campaigns.
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Stanley St appoints new Creative Directors
ECD at Stanley St, Brad Collett, has wasted no time in attracting new talent into his creative department by appointing new Creative Directors.
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Latest TVC for Tower Insurance shot remotely in Queenstown by Flying Fish
New work from Flying Fish for Tower Insurance sees the creative production studio tap into remote shooting utilising the freedoms from the rest of NZ.
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A Virtual Show for the 2021 TVNZ-NZ Marketing Awards
The organisers of the 2021 TVNZ-NZ Marketing Awards, NZ Marketing mag and MA, have made the decision not to go ahead with an in-person Awards Night.
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Rova 2021 NZ Podcast Awards announces their inaugural winners
An esteemed pool of local and international judges have trawled through submissions from 170+ Kiwi podcasts, which came from 400+ nominations.
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NZME appoints Jared De Wet to lead Digital Agency Sales
NZME has announced experienced digital marketing leader Jared De Wet as its new General Manager Digital Sales, Agency.
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Scroll Media and Gameloft unite to gamify brands
Adtech business Scroll Media is representing global games platform Gameloft to help advertisers reach in game audiences.
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Look forward to easier and healthier meal options with Republik
Freemans Bay indie agency Republik has created a campaign to promote Regal’s Cold Smoked range of King salmon products.
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Aussie agency Bastion takes majority stake in Shine
Local independent agency Shine has signed a partnership with Australian independent agency group Bastion.
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Special lead the way at shortlist stage of Campaign Asia ‘Agency of the Year’ awards.
Special leads the NZ agency pack by some way with 9 finalists across Agency of the Year categories including ‘New Zealand Agency of the Year’.
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Sky Tower lights up as New Zealand celebrates vaccination milestone
New Zealand’s iconic Sky Tower is to light up in support of the national COVID-19 vaccination campaign.
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Lucinda Sherborne departs DDB to set up strategy consultancy
Strategist Lucinda Sherborne has departed DDB Aotearoa after nearly 15 years to establish her own strategic consultancy business.
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Villa Maria and Contagion celebrate those perfect moments
Villa Maria has rolled-out a new brand campaign ‘Perfect Moments’ via their creative and media agency, Contagion.
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Special PR team grows
Special PR has appointed Sarah Prigg as an Account Director & Duncan Killick as a Senior PR Manager to its Auckland office.
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oOh!media launches Art In The Hood installation
This is oOh!’s second year supporting the community initiative, the goal of which is to engage local schools in creating unique art for Auckland.
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Kiwi Wealth encourages savers to look beyond #1 rankings via The Goat Farm
Kiwi Wealth’s ‘Smarter Reasons’, in collaboration with The Goat Farm & Sneakers Media, aims to reframe the conversation around retirement saving.
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RUN’s Raymond McKay set to be a juror for the Clio Awards
RUN Co-founder and CCO, Raymond Otene McKay will be a juror for the prestigious Clio Awards for 2022.