OMD New Zealand

Last week Nigel hosted a discussion on Collaboration with Sinead Boucher from Stuff and Juliet Peterson from Warner Brothers Discovery. There’s been a huge amount of change in our industry this year and it was insightful and inspiring to hear how these organisations are working together to work through it! Thanks @commscouncilnz for the photos, and hosting Media Spotlight 💻💡

What an incredible experience for these OMD boys. They won the Young Lions NZ competition and thanks to @commscouncilnz, were flown out to Cannes, France to experience Cannes International Festival of Creativity and participate in the Global Young Lions competition. When asked about highlights from the week, this is what they had to say: 🔦 Meeting all the talented young lions from around the world and hearing some of their challenges and learnings from other markets. 🤝 Meeting so many influential people in media and learning how creativity is driving the industry. The scale of everything was quite eye opening to be honest! 🗣️ Listening to how Heinz ensurance of creative exellence is likely and not “lucky”. 🥇 Witnessing OMD win global media network of the year and saw some great Kiwi campaigns on the world stage 📝 Spending a few hours in the “basement” in Palais, exploring work that defines innovation and inspiration! What an epic experience 🙌🙌🙌

Celebrating Excellence! A big congratulations to our OMD Auckland Trike winners! Their dedication and hard work embody our core values of Together as One, Make it Happen, Constantly Curious and Pioneering!

A big round of applause for our victorious Wellington Trike winners! This remarkable team, described by their peers as Dependable, Proactive, Enthusiastic, Attentive, Driven, and Effective, truly deserves the recognition. Keep up the fantastic work, team! 🏆

This month, OMD proudly introduced six talented Media Assistants to our team! With their fresh perspectives and collaborative spirit, we can't wait to see them flourish and contribute to our continued success. Join us in welcoming these dynamic individuals to the OMD family! 🎉

Santa visited our Wellington office to congratulate the latest Trike winners!! Mary, Erin, Toni, & Le have got their names on the Nice List of OMD and have done an amazing job at letting their OMD values shine. ✨✨🎅

It’s been a golden year for our wonderful client Kiwibank and OMD New Zealand, winning 11 x local and global awards over the past 12 months including Effie’s (incl. the 2023 Grand Effie), Beacons, FOMA APAC, The Drum APAC and Pressies. A huge thank you to our creative agency partner Special New Zealand, media partners, our wider OMD New Zealand & FUSE team, and of course Kiwibank for all the hard mahi. Here’s to Kiwi Making Kiwi Better Off! Vesna Nixon Simon Hofmann Erica Beagley 

OMD New Zealand is ramping up their focus on the Christchurch market with the appointment of Mike Harrison to General Manager.   Mike, a veteran of the Omnicom Media Group, with nearly 15 years working across group brands OMD, PHD and Dynamo, brings a wealth of experience to the local Christchurch market. He joins Sue McCrea, Managing Partner of the Christchurch office, adding significant horsepower to the leadership and strategic offering for OMD’s South Island client base.   This is a fantastic way to finish the year for the OMD Christchurch team after a successful showing across the 2023 awards season. The team were recognised for the work done on both Christchurch City Council and their ‘Trash Talking’ campaign, which won Silver in Best Use of Multi-channel Integration and Silver in Best use of Programmatic at the IAB Awards, Bargain Chemist, which picked up Silver in Best use of Tech at the Beacon Awards for the team’s SEO smarts, and Westgold which picked up Best Social Influencer Campaign at the Pressies, Best Use of Social at DRUM APAC, and was a finalist at FOMA for the influencer work in Japan. Mike’s addition to the team further strengthens OMD NZ’s commitment to continue to deliver award winning work, expertise and experience in the Christchurch market into 2024.   Nigel Douglas, CEO of OMD NZ says: “I’m excited to see what this partnership between Sue and Mike will bring to the local team and their clients. Sue, with her wealth of local experience and relationships, and Mike who brings his extensive experience working with NZ’s top brands and managing our Auckland office for the last five years, together this is a world-class offering for Christchurch and the South Island. We’re looking forward to seeing what these two market-leading operators will achieve together.”   Mike, who will be managing the day-to-day operations of the agency and team, says: “As a North Canterbury native, I’ve been toying around with the idea of returning home to Christchurch for some time. I’m looking forward to working closely with Sue, one of, if not the most respected media operator in the local market and adding value wherever I can. There’s so much opportunity to grow OMD’s brand and presence locally, and I can’t wait to meet our local clients and partners to see how I can support our team here in Christchurch to live OMD NZ’s ambition to be a world class agency”.

Some fantastic news to kick off October!   The Wellington City Mission's Silent Night campaign has gone on to win not one, but four awards (1x Gold, 2x Silver and 1x Bronze) at the APAC Effie Awards!   Huge congrats to everybody involved – to our fantastic clients at The Wellington City Mission, to our brilliant creative partners at Special New Zealand, to the dozens of generous vendors who contributed media support to this campaign, and to every team member who went above and beyond to make this happen. Sharon Cavill, Kath Bier, Murray Edridge , Jake Firman, Marty Bull, Tom Forde, Bethany Omeri, Mark Forgan, Mereana Beconcini, Matt Barnes, Kat Day

OMD is New Zealand’s most effective media agency. Alongside our creative partners, OMD contributed to a wopping 27 finalists across 8 incredible brands at the 2023 Effie’s Aotearoa Awards. This result truly does underscore our mission to deliver impactful, effective work with our clients. Looking forward to celebrating on the night with our industry peers.