Media agency UM had its origin in 1999 with McCann Worldgroup South Africa before it was swooped up with the launch of Mediabrands South Africa two decades later. Now, UM celebrates being crowned the Global Media Agency of the Year by Campaign magazine. UM South Africa’s Managing Director Kevin Ndinguri says that the global accolade […]
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AMPD Studios by Old Mutual shortlisted for WARC Awards
AMPD Studios by Old Mutual, the financial institution’s innovative solution to connecting with young people, has been shortlisted for the WARC Awards for Effectiveness, an achievement HaveYouHeard MD Jason Stewart is billing as ‘a pretty big deal’. The WARC (World Advertising Research Centre) Awards recognise next-generation marketing effectiveness. Winning a WARC Award shows that you are developing and […]
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FoxP2’s ’16 Days of Light’ campaign shortlisted for a Glass Lion – for Change
FoxP2’s ’16 Days of Light’ campaign for 1st for Women has been shortlisted for a Glass Lion for Change, an award bestowed by judges at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity to recognise work that implicitly or explicitly addresses issues of gender inequality or prejudice. “This year, only 20 entries made the finalist shortlist, effectively […]
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FoxP2 continues to live up to Number 1 Scopen ranking
FoxP2 continues to live up to its Number 1 ranking for effective creativity in the 2019/2020 Scopen report with an impressive performance in the 2020/2021 Marketing Achievement Awards, including a first place in the Excellence in Brand Positioning category for FNB. This campaign, which positioned FNB as a ‘one-stop-shop’ integrated financial services provider, covered all […]
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Applications to judge 2021 Effie Awards South Africa announced
The Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) invites representatives of the marketing and communication industry to apply for consideration to be selected to the 2021 Effie Awards South Africa judging panel. Effie highly recommends encouraging members of your team and client partners to apply to be an Effie judge. Judging helps team members better understand […]
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The Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) has opened the call for entries for the 2021 Effie Awards South Africa. This is the first time that the globally recognised Effie Awards for effectiveness in marketing communications are being held in South Africa. The inaugural programme, initially scheduled to take place in 2020 was postponed due […]
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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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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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Virtual entry workshop for the 2021 Effie Awards
The 2021 Effie Awards South Africa season opens with virtual entry workshop on Tuesday, 23rd February. The Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA), is pleased to announce that the very first Effie Awards South Africa will be held in 2021 following the postponement of the inaugural programme due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
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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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