M&C Saatchi Wins New Zealand Trade & Enterprise Account
After an industry-wide RFP process, M&C Saatchi is delighted to be appointed by New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (NZTE) as its Advertising Services Partner.
M&C Saatchi chief executive Darryn Melrose says the company feels passionate about the opportunity to help New Zealand companies succeed.
“M&C Saatchi is something of a rarity in our industry, all of our leadership team are born and bred New Zealanders. We were inspired right from the start of this process by NZTE’s vision: that we need our businesses to be operating and succeeding internationally if we are to maintain the living standards that we aspire to.”
“Helping our New Zealand businesses grow and become more successful issomething that we should all care about, and I’m excited we can nowplay a more active role”.
NZTE Director Marketing, Des Brennan, is delighted to now have the strategic and creative energies of M&C Saatchi employed.
“M&C Saatchi has an experienced team in New Zealand, who are backedup by a strong international network. The team has delivered successfulcampaigns across both international and domestic markets. They haveleading experience across a range of services from brand and retailadvertising to new and digital media”.
“What particularly impressed us is the value they put on solvingstrategic issues and being proactive around opportunities. Thispartnership type model makes sense for us.”
17 Comments
Who had it?
All our leadership team are born and bred New Zealanders?
That sounds like two things:
1. A ‘dig’ at their former employers at Colenso/Aim. Get over it guys.
2. Xenophobia
Whichever it is, it’s not good.
Hi Jim
Perhaps you’re being a tad sensitive there 8.08. Lots of agencies in NZ are run by ex-pats, not just yours. Anyway, how’s the merger gone?
8.08 You must work at this ‘former employer’ to think that this release is directed at you. Your superiority complex is out of control.
I don’t work at either but seems to me that it could apply to just about every agency. And it makes a good point, if the client is about building long term futures for the country can we believe that imports in a revolving door really have the passion needed?
Reading Stoppress shows that they won this account off their former employers, so if they really wanted to have a dig they would have amped that up, or at least talked about it.
Well done guys. Everyone else, back to planning Friday’s lunch arrangements.
9.33am to the best of my knowledge Dave, Darryn and Tony were never employed by Clemenger BBDO. So your point is kind of irrelevant.
Well done M&C. Good way to finish the year.
506. 7.47. 7.51.
Let’s guess. The management team at M&C?
I have nothing to do with Clem, Colenso or your last place Aim.
It was a candid comment from a humble industry peer.
But your reactions to that comment say it all.
Axes to grind. Thanks for sharing.
If you are a pommy and you are reading this blog, then you are the exact pommy we need to fuck off and leave our adverting industry alone! You sad loser.
1.48 adding four guesses together does not make a fact. It makes a guess. And a pretty stupid one at that.
2.19 You are a racist twat!
Man. Overreactions everywhere.
2.19. Only one sad loser on here after that comment. YOU.
11:36 Work it out, Clemenger, Colenso, AIM – all the same place. Get with the programme. One’s the Nazi, one’s his rent boy, one hasn’t worked out he’s got no power.
Who you talking about 9.35?
Dave, Darryn and Tony?
Crikey!
10:48 I think you’ll find the post at 9:35 has been edited to the point it makes no sense.
Thanks so much.