Design Agencies in New Zealand
DDB New Zealand
DDB Aotearoa is the Emotional Advantage Agency, unlocking human emotion to move people, culture, and business.
Tourism New Zealand, New World, Google
Better&Better
A boutique creative agency providing strategic communications, brand storytelling, and creative services for tech, finance, innovation, social good, and sustainability clients.
Special Group
Operates as an independent creative network with offices in Auckland and Wellington, working across advertising, PR, design, and brand activation.
DB Breweries, Tourism New Zealand, Kiwibank +6
HOOF Creative
Wellington creative agency providing creative strategy, brand platforms, campaign ideation, video direction, design, and AI-assisted content production with a senior-led team.
Wave Agency
Mount Maunganui-based full-service advertising agency offering strategy, creative campaigns, content production, social media, design, and technology services.
Comvita
Level - Engagement, Strategy and Design
Engagement, strategy, and design consultancy based in Whangārei. Works with government entities, Northland businesses, and community-led environmental projects to develop strategies and create behaviour change communications.
Crave
Purpose-led creative agency 'making things that matter' (Grey Lynn, Auckland). The PoolHouse '#ThisIsPoolLife' TVC; Black Ferns rugby campaign. Team under 30.
Digital Simple
DigitalSimple - Digital marketing, made simple. A new DigitalSimple will be revealed soon.
Marlborough Media
Collective of designers, filmmakers, photographers, writers and sound engineers providing creative media production services in the Marlborough region.
Seven
An independent B Corp-certified brand and design studio in Auckland offering brand strategy, identity design, digital design, motion graphics, and social content creation.
Savage Creative
About the design agencies ranking
Agencies listed
11
Verified profiles
3
Claimed profiles
1
Average score
73/200
Regions covered
6
Which design agencies rank highest?
DDB New Zealand, Better&Better and Special Group currently rank highest in this listing.DDB New Zealand leads with a directory score of 145/200. Rankings recompute automatically as directory data changes — placement is never paid or sponsored.
How the ranking works
Every design agency is scored out of 200 from five public signals: verification status, client portfolio, specialty breadth, project track record, and public presence including years in business. There are no paid placements, and scores exclude self-reported claims that cannot be checked against public sources. See the full methodology.