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COLENSO BBDO AND CLEMENGER UNLTD IN THE RUNNING AT THE AXIS AWARDS

Colenso BBDO and Clemenger UnLtd have been shortlisted in more than 20 categories at the AXIS Awards, which celebrate creativity and innovation in Aotearoa’s advertising industry. Among the nominated projects is Clemenger UnLtd’s work with the Ministry of Social Development (MSD), alongside standout campaigns from Colenso BBDO for clients including PEDIGREE®, Bank of New Zealand, and Spark New Zealand. Winners will be announced on 27 March, with the full list of finalists and campaigns available here.

BRIGID & AMY RECOGNISED BY B&T

Two of Clemenger Group’s creative leaders have been featured in B&T’s latest ranking of industry powerhouses. Brigid Alkema, chair of the Group’s Creative Council and chief creative officer of Clemenger UnLtd, was recognised for her leadership in uniting talent across the Group to deliver ground-breaking campaigns, including the moving work for Te Kahu Pairuri o Aotearoa Hospice in New Zealand. Amy Weston, executive creative director at CHEP Network, was profiled for her decade-long impact at CHEP Network and her advocacy for working mothers in the industry. Her recent work, the Climate Doctor’s Certificate for School Strike 4 Climate Australia, has been shortlisted at the B&T Awards and won a prestigious Yellow Pencil at the D&AD Awards. Read more here.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY WRAP

The global theme for this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) was ‘March Forward,’ acknowledging the 30-year anniversary of a UN resolution to advance gender equality across 12 key areas.

Clemenger Group acknowledged this important day with our agencies and teams by exploring each of these areas in the 12 days leading up to IWD – sharing important insights, stories from its people and examples of work across the Group to spark meaningful conversations about gender equality.

Some of the highlights from the series included sharing pro bono work done with CEOs for Gender Equity, conversations with dads across the Group and their hopes for their daughters, and two of our amazing female leaders at Clemenger Group speaking about their experiences working in the media industry. Clemenger Group also shone a spotlight on female participants in its graduate and internship programs, and explored some of the incredible small businesses run by entrepreneurial Clemenger Group women in New Zealand. The organisation also took the opportunity to integrate the UN theme of “Women in the Economy” within its communications to Australian team members about the gender pay gap.

The 12-day program also offered the chance to raise awareness of global issues that impact women such as human rights, violence against women and the disproportionate impact of armed conflict on women and girls. The Group’s bumper final edition on the eve of IWD saw five brilliant female leaders across the organisation share inspiring stories about their experience of leadership.