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“I write ideas that make brands a little more loveable. And ideally more profitable. Not all ideas will do this. That’s why we write a lot of them.”
5 years experience
“As an Associate Strategist in an advertising agency predominantly working on behaviour change and social marketing, I conduct research, analyse data for insights, and assist in the development of strategies and creative briefs”.
4 years experience
“I help media agency clients by recommending the most efficient way to spend their out of home advertising budget based on audiences, reach, and ROI.”
12 years experience
“I work on campaign strategy, and help my clients plan which audience to target, and what media channels a campaign should run on.”
4.5 years experience
“I work in strategy, our job is to help brands make an impact in peoples life. That impact could be anything - sometimes it's helping people in need reach out for medical treatment, other days it's influencing which yoghurt brand you reach for in the store.”
15+ years experience
“I have an awesomely varied job - from making stuff that goes on TV to physical products and even TV shows. To providing strategic direction with our client partners to running and developing an awesome team of business handlers.”
14 years experience
“I am the person that connects the agency with our clients - the bridge. I understand the clients business and help orchestrate the agency experts to rally around a problem or opportunity to make ad campaigns that drive business impact.”
10+ years experience
“I help creative teams bring their ideas to life by finding the best art direction and design to enhance that idea.”
36 years experience (yikes!)
“I'm the go between creative and the client in a small agency, with big clients.”
3.5 years experience
“I help companies and creatives to unlock the potential of animated series, guide them through the development process, and package their content for pitching.”
17 years experience
“I work at Special Wellington in the business management team. I work across a range of exciting clients including Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa, Sport NZ, and Trade Me to name a few. ”
4 years experience
“I turn commercial objectives into customer-centric opportunities, delivering benefits for both customers & businesses. I believe in getting out of the office and using real data and insights to reduce risks and do stuff that matters.”
15+ years experience
“I bring expertise in customer experience and digital strategy into the world of brand to create engaging experiences that deliver value throughout the customer journey for consumers, companies and communities alike.”
9 years experience
“I essentially act as a bridge between the business stakeholders and the Information Technology Development team. I work with the business stakeholders and development team to ensure that requirements have been met.”
16 years experience
“I seek to understand our customers and their needs, advising the business on how best to solve these needs as well as delivering our advertising to the right people at the right time in the right way.”
11 years experience
“I work with organisations to find the best ways to connect them with the right people in relevant ways. And I created and designed a travel adventure game - the Getting Lost Game - selling to consumers in NZ, Australia, USA, UK & Canada.”
22 years experience
“I turn data into insight. By understanding the opportunities and issues businesses face, I help provide clients with the confidence and direction to act on key business decisions.”
4 years experience
“My job is a combo of Graphic and Motion Design. I design everything that has to do with animation & motion graphics as well as branding, typography, and graphic design in various forms.”
9 years experience
“I’m a Senior Art Director in the advertising industry. In a nutshell, I’m responsible for the visual execution of the ideas my creative partner and I come up with. I need to ensure the message is conveyed in the best possible way, visually.”
9 years experience
“I help solve client’s business problems using all of our agency’s creative and strategic smarts. My role is to be the partner for our clients to ensure the best work, works the best for them.”
8 years experience
“My focus is on bringing people with lived experience into the development of new products, services and communications. This helps to ensure that whatever gets made meets the needs of both the organisation & the community they serve.”
5 years experience
“My role is extremely varied growing our small startup to help retail businesses create the best possible consumer experiences for their shoppers, with personalised product selections and data-led insights.”
13 years experience
"I lead the strategy team at a creative advertising agency. We find fresh and unexpected ways to improve peoples lives, anything from finding a better beer to navigating life in a level 4 lockdown.”
11 years experience
“I bring creative ideas to life. I do this through film production, animation, audio and photography. I believe in the power of authenticity, creativity and telling a good story.”
7 years experience
“I am essentially a junior project manager of advertising campaigns. Alongside my account management team, we serve as an intermediary between our clients and our agency to ensure that we create awesome work on time and to budget.”
3 years experience
“My role is to build relationships with and connect our marketing team with our creative and production expertise, guiding our collective efforts to produce work that promotes Xero’s offering and helps small businesses.”
9 years experience
“Most of my work revolves around media engagement, writing media releases, and organising briefings, events, media interviews and press conferences. My main mahi is helping publicly communicate the Bank’s Climate Change, Te Ao Māori, and the South Pacific strategies to Aotearoa New Zealand.”
4 years experience
“My job is to manage and lead the people who are behind government ad campaigns. It’s a strong relationship-based role, working closely with clients to understand their business & lead creative teams to problem solve for them.”
8 years experience
“I’m the CMO of a fin tech company called Tax Traders and I lead the sales and Marketing Teams. I seek to understand our customers and their needs, advising the business on how best to solve these needs as well as delivering our advertising to the right people at the right time in the right way.”
21 years experience
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“General Manager at Eleven, part of TBWA\New Zealand. Leading the Eleven team to succeed through strategic brand storytelling, events, activations and by bringing ideas to life.”
15 years experience