After seven years at GRID Worldwide, Marco Santarelli has been appointed Partner: Creative and Strategy at RAPT Creative. The young business – it opened its doors just eight months before the global Covid-19 lockdown – has bucked the trend to grow dramatically and today employs 46 people and lists 17 brands as clients. We asked […]
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Boomtown wins Ocean Basket business
Boomtown has been awarded the Ocean Basket account and tasked with assisting rebirth the brand locally and abroad. The decision to partner with the agency was made by Ocean Basket CEO Grace Harding and her team after a pitch requiring both strategic and creative presentations. Founded by Fats and George Lazarides (they opened their first […]
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Gareth Grant joins Meta Media
Meta Media is pleased to announce that Gareth Grant has joined Meta Media Johannesburg as Media and Operations Director. “I have known Gareth for a few years and have been looking for a way to have him join our team as I’ve always been impressed with his professionalism, his demeanour around his colleagues and everyone […]
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Brand Inc., the creative sponsorship strategy and implementation agency within the HaveYouHeard Group of specialist creative communications businesses, has appointed Izak van der Walt as its Head of Sponsorships. Before joining the HaveYouHeard Group, Izak started his career in sponsorships on world-renowned properties such as Absa Cape Epic, Absa Currie Cup and Klein Karoo Kunstefees. […]
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Time is in the eye of the beholder, in that it can be on one’s side or one’s enemy, depending on where and when ‘one’ is standing. For Joey Khuvutlu and Tseliso Rangaka, respectively Managing Director and Chief Creative Officer of the FCB and Hellocomputer Group, it’s the former and also the lens through which […]
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Lesole Kodisang joins Rapt Creative as the agency’s new Strategy Director
RAPT Creative, the dynamic and nimble creative and executional agency that more than doubled both its staff headcount and revenue in 2021, has appointed Lesole Kodisang as its new Strategy Director with immediate effect. Kodisang boasts an illustrious career, and has worked at – and in some cases headed up strategic planning – at many leading […]
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RAPT Creative appoints Group Executive Creative Director
Anticipating an exceptionally busy year with its strong portfolio of brands, as well as embracing a more aggressive new business strategy this year than last, RAPT Creative has appointed Sanché van Rensburg as Group Executive Creative Director. Van Rensburg, who leaves Avatar where, as Executive Creative Director, she directed all creative and digital operations across […]
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Boomtown gears for growth in 2022
Hot on the heels of bringing creative heavy-weight Thule Ngcese onboard to further buff its creative output, Boomtown has added four other ambitious young South Africans to its team, effectively beefing up its account management, strategic and creative credentials. The newcomers are Account Director Dudu Hlatshwayo, Brand & Communication Strategist Marvyn Msipha, Art Director Mongezi […]
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Thule Ngcese joins Boomtown
Creative heavy-weight Thule Ngcese has joined Boomtown to add punch to the agency’s efforts to buff its creative output. With several local and international awards under his belt, including 2 Loeries Grand Prix, Thule is an art director by trade. He entered the advertising agency ring as an art director at The Jupiter Drawing Room […]
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Dream Team Africa signs multi-talented SAMA Nominee – Langa Mavuso
Dream Team Africa, is thrilled to announce the signing of Son(g) of the Sun, Langa Mavuso. Formerly known as Dream Team Talent Management, Dream Team Africa (DTA) returns as part of the Matrix Communications Group (Matrix Group) founded by entrepreneur and seasoned marketer, Kgaugelo Maphai. The pioneering brand management company, that has managed some of […]
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