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 […]
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FoxP2 shines at 2020 Creative Circle Ads of the Year ceremony
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 […]
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RAPT Creative charged with digital campaigns for 3 HEINEKEN SA brands
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, […]
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Are you ready to pay for the blue bird?
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 […]
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SAFE assurance badge acknowledges Eskort’s unrivalled commitment to pork product quality
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 […]
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Dan Berkowitz to judge on Grand Jury for the NYF Advertising Awards
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 […]
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MetropolitanRepublic gives Eskort a brand refresh and celebrates a new visual language
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 […]
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HaveYouHeard, the full-service brand and strategic agency which opened doors as influencer specialists before the phrase ‘influencer marketing’ became ‘a thing’, has added a 4th office to its network that already spans Cape Town, Johannesburg and London. The agency has merged with KwaZulu-Natal digital hotshop STIR, started by Kirsty Bisset nine years ago and will […]
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Influence+United aligns with HaveYouHeard to offer access to influencers in Africa
IZEA Worldwide Inc, a charter member of the worldwide influencer marketing alliance offering access to over 3-billion global citizens to modern brand marketers, Influence+United, has partnered with Cape Town head-quartered agency, HaveYouHeard, to expand its footprint on the African continent. According to IZEA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ted Murphy, Africa is a largely untapped […]
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FoxP2 ranks as Number 1 agency two years running
For the second year in a row, FoxP2 has been ranked as South Africa’s most creative agency on the medium-sized agency list, according to the Loeries Official Rankings 2020. In addition, it ranked 4th on the Overall Ranking by Agency – South Africa list and 6th on the Overall Africa & The Middle East list, […]
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