Boomtown, an advertising and marketing communications agency based in Nelson Mandela Bay, has taken aim at the city’s high youth unemployment rates by more than doubling the intake for its graduate internship programme, Bayeza. After its experience with its first graphic design intern Pola Maneli in 2012, Boomtown has assisted 22 – or 2 or […]
FoxP2, which recently ranked as South Africa’s most creative medium-sized agency on the Loeries Official Rankings 2020 for the second year running, shone at another of the continent’s prestigious celebrations of African talent – the 2020 Creative Circle Ads of the Year. At the annual ceremony, which took place last week (Thursday March 4), FoxP2 […]
RAPT Creative, a young and innovative strategic and executional through-the-line agency, has been charged with creating digital campaigns for the world’s best-selling cider; arguably Namibia’s favourite export; and a mischievous new local brand. They are Strongbow Cider, Windhoek Beer and Fox Dry Cider respectively. All three brands are part of the HEINEKEN South Africa portfolio, […]
Kgavgelo Masenya, Media Planner at The MediaShop looks at Twitter’s latest product offering and its implications on brands. I recently came across a headline that stopped me in my scrolling tracks: “Twitter considering subscription service”. Now this is not completely unexpected, we saw it with Google as they introduced YouTube Premium. But if you’re anything […]
Eskort’s new quality assurance badge (attached) acknowledges the company’s unrivalled commitment to pork product quality in South Africa. The Eskort SAFE quality assurance badge was designed by the company’s communications partner, MetropolitanRepublic. It is playing an important role in Eskort’s brand refresh which launched in November last year. The rationale behind the refresh lies in […]
HaveYouHeard Group Executive Creative Director, Dan Berkowitz, has been appointed as a judge for the 2021 New York Festivals Advertising Awards. Celebrating the exceptional and innovative content being created today, the New York Festivals runs six international awards competitions to honour and recognise the world’s best work across six different creative fields. They are the […]
Eskort has taken on a bold and colourful new look inspired by the country’s unique trading environments from the padstal on a lonely road winding past an isolated farm to the spaza squeezed in-between a cellphone repair shop and a hairdresser on a bustling square alongside a taxi rank. Under-pinning the heritage brand’s new look […]
