Every year, StopPress asks players in the local industry for their reflections on the marketing year that was. Here’s what Andrew Lewis, managing director of TRA, has to say.
Browsing: year in review
It’s the last day of StopPress for 2015 before we switch into robo-media summer posting mode and because there just aren’t enough Year in Review articles being published at the moment—and in keeping with our annual tradition—we’re going to blast you with a few to kick things off. First up, Saatchi & Saatchi dual executive creative directors Gus Roberts and Corey Chalmers.
In keeping with an ongoing tradition, a few industry players gave us their take on the year for our annual opinion harvest. Here’s what Laura Maxwell-Hansen, the group director of digital media at NZME, thought about 2014.
2011 wasn’t a particularly memorable year for Saatchi & Saatchi, with the pink fist debacle casting a major pall. But the new executive and creative team has shaken things up and, after winning ASB without a pitch earlier this year and releasing some of the best work of 2012, the confidence—and the quality—appears to have returned. Creative directors Corey Chalmers and Gus Roberts speak up.
It’s been a rough ride, and with the whiff of restructure in the air, there will undoubtedly be a bit more roughness to come. But Telecom has steadied the ship in 2012 and, with Jason Paris at the helm and a resurgent Saatchi & Saatchi helping to create one of the best campaigns of the year, it is starting to get back on the goodfoot from a brand and storytelling point of view. Head of brand and insights Charlotte Findlay takes the stage.