With media agency OMD as a headline sponsor, the ABF is looking forward to hosting media and creative agencies, and media owners at its next fundraiser on the 28th September. Cash prizes are up for grabs for first, second and third place. “We rely heavily on participation from our advertising and media industry contacts in […]
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Ireland Davenport reboots
Communications agency Ireland Davenport has launched into an exciting new phase as a fully representative, truly South African agency. The fresh and ready Ireland Davenport has already secured blue-ribbon clients like Standard Bank (PBBSA division), Primedia and EWN, leveraging strong client relationships and relevant creative skills to produce authentically South African campaigns. The new clients […]
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In accordance with the Business Rescue plan adopted by creditors on 25 April 2017, the ASA announces that it will be interviewing prospective candidates for the position of permanent CEO during September 2017. The Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa (ASA) is a self-regulating independent body, established by the marketing communications industry and mandated by […]
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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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If there’s any shopping destination that takes shopping seriously, it’s Canal Walk. Not only do global brands flock to the centre, but shoppers from all over the world come to appreciate the grandeur and beauty of Canal Walk Shopping Centre. Known as one of Africa’s leading retail, leisure and entertainment destinations, in the heart of Century […]
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Facebook Marketing Partners has identified Bionic, powered in sub-Sahara by Primedia Unlimited, as its 2017 Innovation Spotlight Award winner in the Omnichannel: Online and Offline Sales category. The awards call for the year’s most exciting new technologies built on Facebook’s Application Programming Interface (API) to solve marketing challenges. “Bionic is a platform designed to manage and […]
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By Mathew Weiss: Managing Director of Brand Union Africa As I sat there enjoying Olga Kern’s virtuoso rendition of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.1, I felt immensely proud to have contributed, in a small way, to the relaunch of the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO). Brand Union, the company I lead, had developed the new brand identity. The […]
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San Francisco-based Brightplan has appointed leading South African digital creative consultancy Platinum Seed as its digital partner, preferring the local agency over others. The partnership will kick off with Platinum designing and developing the user-experience and user interface for BrightPlan’s launch website. They will also be responsible for developing a go-to-market strategy for the product, […]
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By: Keshia Patchiappen, Condriac CEO In a highly transformative and evolving industry, the South African advertising landscape is not as representative as one would expect from such a progressive and diverse nation. Digital marketing in South Africa is still demonstrating an imbalanced gender dynamic. In an industry where 45% of the workplace is female, a […]
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‘See the animal behind the commodity’ is the inspiration behind a new print campaign conceptualised by Artifact Advertising for their client, the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT), whose current focus is on the growing illegal trade in wildlife. EWT Communication and Brand Manager Belinda Glenn says the illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife products is thought […]
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