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A blog for advertising creatives in Australia, New Zealand and Asia. To pass on news or advertise on the blog, or to subscribe to Campaign Brief Australia/NZ or CB Asia, or The Work 06 Annual, email: michael@campaignbrief.com

Saturday, November 17, 2007

WE HAVE MOVED: CAMPAIGN BRIEF BLOG NOW AT WWW.CAMPAIGNBRIEF.COM

The new look Campaign Brief Blog, created by Lowe Rivet, Sydney, is now located at www.campaignbrief.com Says Head of Interactive at Lowe Ri...

Friday, November 16, 2007

OMNILAB MEDIA, KMM CREATE NEW DIGITAL FILM COMPANY

OmnilabMedia, Australia/NZ’s largest, privately owned, vertically integrated content development and media service business and Kennedy Mill...

Thursday, November 15, 2007

McLENNAN LURES GRANGER FROM SAATCHI & SAATCHI NEW YORK TO WORLDWIDE CD OF Y&R

Y&R announced today that Tony Granger will join the agency as Worldwide Creative Director. “Tony Granger has earned his reputation as an...

PREMUTICO AND JACOBS FORM JOHANNES LEONARDO, NEW YORK, BACKED BY WPP

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Former Saatchi & Saatchi Executive Creative Directors Jan Jacobs and Leo Premutico, who helped take the agency from cre...

AUSTRALIAN AD INDUSTRY TO BACK LEO'S EARTH HOUR IN 08

Leo Burnett Sydney’s Earth Hour initiative for WWF, which won one of four Titanium awards handed out at Cannes last year, has been opened up...

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

NOV 30 AWARD NIGHT TICKETS ALMOST SOLD OUT: BOOK NOW

The RSVP deadline for the AWARD Awards presentation being held on the 30th November 2007, is this Friday the 16th of November. Booking forms...

MORE GOLD FOR NAPCAN

DDB Sydney has won Gold in the Public Service category at the London International Awards for NAPCAN Children See, Children Do TVC , a multi...

SAMPSON AND TOMKINS DEPART CLEMS, HAPPY TO BE SOLDIERS

Dave Tomkins and Ben Sampson have joined creative collective Happy Soldiers after just over 18 months with Clemenger BBDO Sydney. They finis...

CRA AND AFA TO RUN FREE CREATIVE RADIO WORKSHOP

Commercial Radio Australia and the AFA are conducting a FREE Radio Creative Workshop on November 29 in Sydney. This is an exclusive opportun...

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

TOOGOOD WINS GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE AT ACS AWARDS

Director Damien Toogood’s work as a cinematographer was awarded at the Australian Cinematographers Society recent Awards. ‘The Gold Award pu...

WISEMONKEY BUSINESS

The music soundtrack in the latest Cascade Premium ads, featuring the adventures of characters with animal heads, has been composed, appropr...

Monday, November 12, 2007

STEVE AYSON STILL SWEET

World class TVC director Steve Ayson is still with The Sweet Shop, in case his latest representation deals suggest otherwise. "Even tho...

AGENCIES FUNNEL WORK TO NUNN AND LOVEDER IN KIRRIBILLI

In the year and a half since selling FNL Sydney, Dave Loveder and Graham Nunn have done a lot of surfing and you would think regular trips t...

Friday, November 09, 2007

GUINNESS 'TIPPING POINT' SETS OFF A CHAIN REACTION

A chain reaction from Guinness! The latest in the series of 'Good Things Come to Those Who Wait' ads, 'Tipping Point', via A...

BACK TO JUDGE NY FESTIVALS

Steve Back, the incoming ECD of Saatchi & Saatchi, is just one of the high profile judges New York Festivals has secured for the 2008 In...

Thursday, November 08, 2007

CATMUR RESIGNS FROM GPY&R, MELBOURNE - LIKELY TO GO FISHING BACK IN NZ

CB hears George Patterson Y&R, Melbourne executive creative director Paul Catmur has resigned, after less than a year in the gig. Catmur...

FOSTERS TO CUT FINAL TIES WITH PATTS - VB HEADED TO CLEMS?

CB hears that the VB account is finally set to leave George Patterson Y&R, Melbourne - ending a legendary 40+ year relationship. Source ...

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: SAATCHI'S SNARES BACK TO REPLACE NOBBY, BOWMAN TO RETURN FROM DROGA5 NEW YORK

It's finally official: Saatchi & Saatchi Australia has snared multi awarded DDB Sydney creative director Steve Back to replace David...

COLLIS JUDGES FIRST EVER INTERCONTINENTAL AD CUP

Sixteen of the world’s top creatives - including Leo Burnett Australia ECD Mark Collis - met in Valencia, Spain yesterday to begin judging t...

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

$30m REYNOLDS TAKES A BREAK

Siimon Reynolds, one of the founders of the Photon Group, has resigned as a director of the holding company which now comprises ad agencies ...

VIC AFA YOUNGBLOODS TO GET INSPIRED BY SEVEN

After the enormous success of the first event in 2007, the VIC AFA Youngbloods are getting together to do it all again. '7 Minutes of In...

CB/BESTADS MELBOURNE CUP LUNCH A WINNER

The Campaign Brief/BestAds Melbourne Cup Lunch, held yesterday at the fabulous Mezzaluna Restaurant in Potts Point attracted a 120 strong fi...

MORE KIWIS AND AUSSIES PICKED FOR D&AD JURY DUTY

D&AD has announced more Australian and New Zealand judges for next year's awards: Richard Maddocks (pictured), ECD of Colenso BBDO A...

Monday, November 05, 2007

SURF N’ TURF - A BENEFIT FOR WAYNE GOODWIN

Sunday 11th November – The Mona Vale Hotel 5 – 9pm Surf n’ Turf is a benefit performance for Wayne Goodwin, violinist/composer and multi-ins...

BACK TIPPED FOR SAATCHI & SAATCHI ECD GIG

DDB Sydney creative director Steve Back is tipped to join Saatchi & Saatchi as ECD, filling the vacuum left after the recent departure o...

BACK RESIGNS FROM DDB SYDNEY, WHERE TO NEXT?

DDB Sydney creative director Steve Back has resigned after 14 months at the agency, confirmed by DDB national ECD Matt Eastwood this morning...

Saturday, November 03, 2007

MORE AUSSIES ON D&AD JURIES

More D&AD juries have been announced, which include a few Aussies: UK import Simon Smith , who has just left BWM Sydney, is on the exclu...

Friday, November 02, 2007

CASCADE UNLEASHES A TIGER

The Tasmanian Tiger will make a come back this Sunday night as the suave hero of a new “film noir” style television commercial entitled THE ...

DDB NABS JONAS PETERSON TO REPLACE BEN O'BRIEN

Matt Eastwood, National Creative Director and Vice Chairman DDB Group, today announced the appointment of Jonas Peterson as senior writer fo...

LION WINNER FELICITY MORGAN-RHIND TO PRODIGY

Prodigy has signed top local Commercial director and 2007 Cannes Lions winner Felicity Morgan-Rhind. She won a Bronze Lion for the Frank cam...

Thursday, November 01, 2007

AUSTRALIA'S VINCE FROST TO CHAIR D&AD TYPOGRAPHY JURY

Members of seven design juries for the D&AD Awards 2008 have been announced. Australia's Vince Frost from Frost Design will chair th...

THE LAB SYDNEY RESTRUCTURES

The Lab Sydney, market leader in post production for film, television & commercial projects, today announced details of their future gro...

WHICH AGENCIES HAVE GOT THEIR SHIT TOGETHER?

Agencies love nothing more than a bandwagon to jump on. Right now, they don't come bigger than "the environment". Peter Maniat...

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

DE GIORGIO TO FILM CONSTRUCTION

Confirming a poorly kept secret, Roy De Giorgio is to join Film Construction in December as Executive Producer, Australia. Says FC executive...

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

MONKEYS RELEASE A BOOK

Sydney shop Three Drunk Monkeys has launched a book at a sold out breakfast in Sydney’s Botanic Gardens. The book titled ‘I can do anything’...

VB AND SYMPHONY

George Patterson Y&R Melbourne and Foster’s Australia have refreshed the long standing VB theme music in a most peculiar way for their m...

JEFF GOODBY CHARMS TOUGH CAXTON AUDIENCE IN BYRON BAY

Here's Jeff Goodby's speech at the Caxtons at Byron Bay on the weekend, filmed for the Caxtons by Charles Clapshaw of The Furnace, ...

AWARDS PILE UP FOR KRIV STENDERS' BOXING DAY FILM

Pod Film’s director, Kriv Stenders (left) continues to break new ground with his Hi-Def feature film, Boxing Day. Boxing Day is a dramatical...

Monday, October 29, 2007

RMIT STUDENTS GRADUATE

Hopeful RMIT Creative-Advertising graduates hang their work this week to be judged by peers and industry. This year's promotional campa...

GOODBY WOOS THE CAXTON CROWD IN BYRON BAY

Campaign Brief's Heather Jacobs reviews a top weekend. Co-creation, trust and collaboration were the catchcries of the Caxtons on the we...

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