Ogilvy Public Relations has announced the appointment of Cheryl Reddy to its board of directors. Reddy – who has been with the agency since 2011 – is currently a Business Director and lead for the agency’s corporate practice. Reddy holds a BTech degree in Journalism and a Marketing Management diploma. She has 10 years of […]
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Internal hires see creatives realise their possibility
Boomtown is pleased to announce the promotion of Nick de Beer to Creative Group Head, and Lara-Anne Derbyshire moves from Creative Group Head to Strategist. To fulfill client demand, Boomtown needed to secure the talent to expand the teams’ skill set and man-hours, Andrew MacKenzie, Boomtown MD explains: “Lara-Anne’s studies in psychology, her decade of […]
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With more than 15 years’ experience as a marketing manager and client service professional, Ulrike du Toit has joined Sprout Performance Media as digital operations director this month. The programmatic media buying agency has been growing significantly since it was founded in 2013, and having Ulrike onboard will assist Sprout in optimising its service levels […]
Continue readingMore TagMosa Mokone joins the Tribeca family
Tribeca Public Relations has appointed Mosa Mokone as an Account Executive. Mosa joins the Tribeca consultancy team that works on a wide range of accounts, including the Peermont Hotel Group, Platinum Seed, Targus and TomTom. Mosa joined the PR industry in 2011, and has considerable experience in sport and gaming PR, in agency and on […]
Continue readingMore TagCreative Spark appoints Tanja Lategan as new MD
Digital Agency Creative Spark today announced the appointment of new Managing Director, Tanja Lategan, who will steer the digital agency through its next phase of growth and ramp up the company’s integrated marketing offering. Creative Spark, acquired by the M&C Saatchi Group in 2015, is a Johannesburg and Cape Town-based specialist digital agency partnering with […]
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The Independent Agency Search & Selection Company (IAS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Hlamazi Mabunda as its project manager and consultant. Hlamazi graduated from the AAA School of Advertising with a Diploma in Integrated marketing communications and a specialization in business management more than six years ago. Her first job as an intern […]
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FCB Africa has appointed Romaine Mackenzie to a new portfolio within the FCB Africa group of agencies. As Group Chief Account Leadership Officer, Mackenzie will be responsible for working closely with all group companies to entrench the goals and ambition for account leadership across FCB Africa’s business. Mackenzie joined FCB 15 years ago and is […]
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The MediaShop’s Johannesburg MD, Kgaugelo Maphai, has announced the appointment of Gareth Grant as Business Unit Manager to head up the Nedbank account. “We’re delighted to have Gareth on board and we’re already seeing the positive impact and attitude he has been displaying in the few short days since he’s been with the team,” says […]
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Stone Soup Public Relations is delighted to announce the appointment of Lisa Johnston and Tsungai Desando with effect from 1 July 2017. Lisa Johnston joins the company as Account Director with over 20-years work experience and a BA in Journalism and Fine Art from Rhodes University. Her practical experience in communications and management covers print […]
Continue readingMore TagTop SA Creative Philip Ireland Joins BNRY as ECD
Philip Ireland, one of South Africa’s top advertising creatives and co-founder of Ireland/Davenport, has joined local creative technology company BNRY as Executive Creative Director. It may seem an unlikely mix – an award-winning, above-the-line creative and a below-the-radar outfit that fiercely resists being called an ‘agency’ or a ‘consultancy’. But therein lies the magic, says […]
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