DDB New Zealand has announced the promotions of two of its senior creatives, with Dave Brady replacing previous head of art and “crafty bastard” Mike Davison and Paul Hankinson taking on the role of head of copy.
The Don (not the delicious Japanese meal, but the funny-haired American business tycoon), is currently gracing a range of New Zealand media channels to promote the New Zealand Lotteries Commission’s latest Big Wednesday prize. And everyone wants to know how much he got paid.
Mango Communications NZ, DDB’s PR, experiential and events company, is spicing things up with the appointment of three new staff members.
Coming in from ELEVEN\PR (part of TBWA\Whybin), Julia George joins the team as a Senior Account Manager. Julia will work on the Cadbury, Lion Nathan Wines …
After six years as head of art at DDB New Zealand, Mike Davison has announced he will be leaving to spend more time working on his career as an artist.
The Newspaper Advertising Bureau has made up for a mediocre November in the Newspaper Ad of the Month competition by announcing a double whammee, with DDB’s Sky TV Arts Channel ‘Jackson Pollock’ concept taking the December title and DraftFCB’s latest in the artwork series for Robert Harris coffee winning January’s round.
DDB NZ is trumpeting a world first, with a new campaign for Coastguard New Zealand that “will plunge everyday Kiwis into a simulated rescue mission using TVCs and live online components”. And it’s also trumpeting the win of the Pam’s account.
Who it’s for: SKY news
Why we like it: Gritty, dirty and violent, just like the news. Watch it a few times and the shaky camera will make you feel sick.
And the second leg of the double for DDB, with a fairly worrying undercover number for …
Another decade, another round of departures scheduled for the embattled Saatchi & Saatchi.
The creative excellence of Colenso BBDO and DDB New Zealand has been acknowledged once again by BestadsonTV.com, with the advertising website’s 2009 rankings putting the two Kiwi agencies at the top of the international pile.
Feast your festive peepers on the StopPress Christmas goodie bag, which is filled to the brim with an array of newsy delights.
DDB Group New Zealand has appointed Steve Kane to a newly created position of creative director, experiential, an appointment the agency claims is a first for a Kiwi ad agency.
Who it’s for: New Zealand Book Council
Why we like it: Colenso and London’s Andersen M Studios worked for eight-months to bring Maurice Gee’s Going West to life in an attempt to promote more reading. Everything in the moody, beautiful film is hand-made/cut, the …
Ah, new stuff. How we love the way you always bring a little bit of excitement to our dull, repetitive, meaningless lives. Of course, new stuff is a big part of the marcomms industry, so what better way to disseminate some of this newness than by making a gigantic melange.
Colenso BBDO’s young creatives have bagged six of the 11 awards handed out to New Zealand agencies at the Young Guns International YGAwards, including the country’s only gold and silver bullets.
As my mother always said, whether you’re engaging in shemale love, being attacked by a shark, suffering from horrible sunburn or lying under a car close to death, there’s always someone worse off than you.
Who for: SkyTV
Why we like it: ‘Lomu, aww, aww, aww, awww.’ A bravura performance in the dentist’s chair. And the armchair. DDB go to the happy place.
Colenso BBDO/AIM Proximity have a few more trophies to put on the treehouse mantelpiece after it was given some big ups at the Digital Media Awards in Shanghai.
Asia Pacific marcomms newspaper Media has announced its agency of the year shortlist and TBWA’s Andy Blood and DDB’s Toby Talbot are in the running for the creative of the year award.
AIM Proximity and Colenso BBDO were handed a prestigious Golden Pencil at last night’s AWARD awards for the Yellow Treehouse campaign (Direct Marketing – Integrated Solutions).
DDB has snapped up the lucrative ANZ account.
News that M&C was no longer required by ANZ surfaced yesterday. The bank wasn’t talking about who would take over, but the decision to employ the services of DDB came as no surprise to Aussie observers.
The 35th Annual Caxton Awards and Seminar were held in Coolum, Queensland on the weekend, showcasing the best newspaper ads Australasia had to offer this year. Print isn’t dead, it just smells funny when it comes off the press.
Only seven agencies won Caxtons, out of 17 that were …
Smart guys copywriter Ashwin Gopal and art director Tim Yates have done particularly well since graduating from AUT ad school in 1997. First snapped up by Colenso, they won the The Radio Bureau’s Grande ORCA in 2008 for their Outrageous Fortune spots (listen here) and scored a trip to …
A jolly good night had by ad land at Auckland’s Sky City Convention Centre last Thursday – here are some pics from our gallery. Pics by Francis van Beek.
NZ Marketing magazine's Martin Bell (far left) presented Frucor the award for Most Effective Client of the Year (on stage …
In recognition of the high level of quality work submitted for the 2009 CAANZ EFFIE® Awards, judges awarded 9 Gold, 16 Silver and 22 Bronze EFFIEs this year – an indication the industry continues to reach new heights of effectiveness.
Presented annually by the Communication Agencies Association of New Zealand (CAANZ …
Name: Sandy Moore, CEOCompany: DDB Group NZ Ltd (DDB, Rapp, Mango, Interbrand, Tribal DDB)Staff: 180Offices in NZ: Auckland and Wellington Notable clients: NZ Lotteries, McDonald’s, SKY TV, Cadbury, The Warehouse, Lion Nathan, Volkswagen, Telecom, ANZ/National, AMI Insurance, STIHL, Clorox, Tasman Insulation, Heinz Watties, George Weston …
Peter Myles, director of Omnicom Media Group, is to step down this week.
A leading figure in New Zealand media buying, Myles is a “victim of bureaucracy” according to former media boss Martin Gillman.
In 2007 Myles was appointed executive director of OMG (at times styled as Opera) a jointly …
Released last month, these VW 4Motion print ads by DDB NZ get a woop from us. Eye-catching, clever and an homage to the exceptional MC Escher.
The NZ EFFIE Awards finalists have been announced. Coming up trumps this year is DDB with 10 nominees. Colenso BBDO has nine but counting entries by Clemenger BBDO and Colenso & AIM Proximity makes the group total 14. Saatchi fares well with nine offerings in the ring. There are also multiple …
The Australian Government has earmarked AU$20m to relaunch Australia’s brand image. A public tender is open for the next two weeks for creative agencies to wow Rudd and his cronies. The brief is to sell Australia to the world and encourage investment and education opportunities there. The campaign …