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The News: 10 July 2017

Gnarly new-level promotion

Take a death-defying 2015 Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour Champion (Aussie, Clinton Moore), throw in a range of Kubota excavators, drop in a Toyota Hi-Lux and you have one hell of a promotional campaign from Redhanded. They’re the ingredients that make this integrated campaign for client, Kubota Australia, an industry “event” with strong community engagement.here

Rachael Weaver

Meet Rachael Weaver

How do you cram 30 years experience into 10? Easy. Assign Rachael Weaver and immediately be three times more productive. As BrandWorld’s head of production for the past 10 years, she has nursed, cajoled and pushed hundreds of campaigns through our unique system. Rachael does it with panache – nurturing client relationships and managing a huge range of talents. With Rachael on the job – consider it done.

Colenso BBDO leads Ad Stars shortlist

Colenso leads Ad Stars

Colenso BBDO leads the Kiwi agency pack at shortlist stage of Ad Stars 2017 with 36 finalists. Clemenger BBDO Melbourne listed 8 finalists for Meet Graham. Clemenger BBDO | Touchcast has 4 for The Conscious Crossing and MarketForce has one for The Pitch - a radio spot for St Ives Home Care. Winners will be announced in Busan, South Korea on 22nd and 23rd August. A full list of finalists is available here or read more here.

Clemenger BBDO Sydney's Creative Directors, Ben Coulson (pictured far left) and Brendan Willenberg (pictured second from left)

Creatives make Ad List

Four creatives, two apiece from Clemenger BBDO Sydney and Clemenger BBDO Melbourne have made it into the AdNews Creativity List 2017. Ben Coulson (pictured far left) and Brendan Willenberg (pictured second from left) from Clems Sydney were named alongside ClemsMelbourne's Evan Roberts and Stephen De Wolf. Read more.

Jake Blood from CHE Proximity: a recent D&AD New Blood Award Winner

Blood wins Wood

D&AD paid tribute to its 2017 New Blood Awards for young Australian creatives on Friday night in London. CHE Proximity's Jake Blood (pictured) and Josh Thompson picked up Wooden Pencils for MUBI, The Wasted Time Trial - an awesome effort by Jake and John.entry read more

Clemenger BBDO Melbourne receives recognition at the 2017 AMY Awards

Clems scores at AMY

Clemenger BBDO Melbourne won Best Social Good Campaign, Best Digitally Led Marketing Campaign - Retail & Consumer Goods, and Best Social or Content Led Marketing Campaign - Retail & Consumer Goods at the 2017 AMY Awards on Friday night in Melbourne. The hat trick wins were for its work on Snickers Hungerithm and TAC's Meet Graham. Read more.

Nicola Henshaw joins 99 as Experience Planning Director

99 boosts CX strength

Nicola Henshaw, an accomplished strategist, has joined 99 as Experience Planning Director. She comes to us from TRACK (RAPP) NZ and previously RAPP UK where she shaped customer experiences and comms programmes for Air New Zealand, AA Insurance, Virgin Media and Bayer. She’ll be pivotal in designing experiences that better connect people with clients’ brands. Read more.

Sian Whitnall joins OMD Sydney as their new head of digital

OMD's new Digital Head

Meanwhile, OMD Sydney has appointed Sian Whitnall as head of digital. Sian has experience in the UK and Australia, having started out at MediaVest and Initiative before moving to OMD Sydney in 2013 as Interactive Director, working on Qantas, Johnson & Johnson and Estée Lauder. Sian has re-joined OMD from her most recent role at Ikon Communications where she was Head of Digital Amplification and Trading. Read more.

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