Reading Time: 3 minutes Some words from our newest member! Hi, I’m Finn, dubbed the ‘Fintern’, amongst other nicknames by in-house funny guy, Nick. I’m responsible for a lot of the things that go unmentioned in the agency – website updates, headshots, small tweaks and the like. But being the youngest (and coolest) here,…
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Reading Time: 3 minutes What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the word AGENCY? Chances are you didn’t land at the standard dictionary definition; ‘Agency is a business or organisation providing a particular service on behalf of another business, person, or group.’ And if you did, my condolences that you missed…
Reading Time: 11 minutes The 14 days of quarantine Senior copywriter Robert Cartlidge is excitedly moving from Sydney to Brisbane to be part of the nextThursday team. But before he makes it into the office, there’s this little thing called hotel quarantine he has to get through! Here’s his journey. DAY ZERO One of…
Reading Time: 4 minutes Who takes gold for Best Tokyo Olympic Ad? This one. It’s for UK’s Channel 4. Who takes gold for Best Tokyo Olympic Ad? This one. It’s for UK’s Channel 4. Since 2012, Channel 4 has raised the bar with its Olympic marketing. Sorry, that’s Paralympics marketing. Such a great job…
Reading Time: 4 minutes Ballad of the road, land, and sea It’s said, “you have to walk a thousand miles in a man’s shoes to know him”. How about 1,000 miles in a 16-wheeler truck with your client. That’s how we tried to look at the business problem our client, NTI – the no.1…
Reading Time: 4 minutes We’re Nine. They say advertising years are like dog years. The logic goes that due to the pace of change, one year in advertising feels like seven years in regular business. That makes us 63 years old this December. You see, we opened our doors in 2011. Today, it’s safe…
Reading Time: 4 minutes FROM AMART TO THE A-TEAM CREATIVE BEGINNINGS I’ve always been creative. I attended a Steiner School from prep to year five. My days were filled with breadmaking, painting, drawing, and pretty much any other creative endeavor you could think of. I am so grateful for these days, in hindsight, as…
Reading Time: 4 minutes JACK AND THE BEANSTALK How did I get here? I went out to get some beans to count (part-time finance and accounting role). But like Jack and the Beanstalk I came back with something more gigantic than that. The best job in the world (no reference to that famous campaign…
Reading Time: 5 minutes DIM SIMS & OTHER MISUNDERSTANDINGS Priorities. The first order of things when I moved to our new premises @ 123 Eagle Street, Brisbane, was to recce the food situation. Important job… scratch that, VITAL job. I made my way to the nearest foodcourt. I noticed a suit eyeing up the…
Reading Time: 7 minutes NextThursday is moving out of Newstead into the big smoke after 7 years. There goes the neighbourhood. Moving. Everybody hates it. Personally, I’ve moved so many times in my life, I kinda like it. Change is good. So, nextThursday is moving from Newstead to the city. Why? Simply, the lease…
