by MarkLives. Odette van der Haar will be joining the agency as MD, effective 1 September 2019.
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Q&A: Odette van der Haar on leaving the ACA for JWT
by Herman Manson. We caught up with Odette van der Haar to find out more about her career move.
Shelf Life: JWT, Bomb position Kellogg’s breakfast
Kellogg’s new breakfast potential, BlackLabels creating success for June15 and Sol Mexican Beer’s SA first — Cheryl Hunter’s weekly pick!
One Show: South Africa’s additional 2 Golds, 2 Silvers and 4 Bronzes
by MarkLives. With another two Gold, two Silver and four Bronze Pencils, South Africa is ranked 13 by country overall and first by country in Radio.
Ranking South African ad agencies by revenue
by Herman Manson. In which revenue band does which ad agency lie? It’s an important question — and one that isn’t always entirely clear.
The Ad Exec: The giant moves redefining South African adland
by Tom Fels (@thomasfels) Radical movements in three aspects of our industry are redefining the landscape, setting the scene for the next era in adland in South Africa.
Ranking South African ad agencies by revenue 2014
In which revenue band does which ad agency lie? It’s an important question and one that isn’t entirely clear. Many ad agencies don’t reveal South African revenue figures (although listed groups such as WPP might reveal aggregated figures for the region or the network, often they don’t break down revenue by agency brands). AdReview and …
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South Africa Top 4 revenue growth region for WPP
WPP has released its First Quarter Trading Statement for the three months ended 31 March 2013. Revenues in sterling up almost 6% at £2.532 billion. First quarter profits and operating margin were reported as above budget and well ahead of last year. Average net debt increased by £331m (-12%) to £3.015 billion. Net new business of $1.504 billion was acquired in the first quarter, compared to $1.855 billion in the first quarter last year.
Q1 2013 showed “a similar pattern to the final quarter of 2012 with strong like-for-like growth in Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East and Central and Eastern Europe and advertising and media investment management and sub-sector direct, digital and interactive,” the group reports.
In terms of revenue growth by country Argentina grew by more than 20% followed by Brazil, South Africa and Thailand, all of whom achieved revenue growth of between 15-20%.
EXCLUSIVE: JWT Cape Town appoints new ECD, managing partner
Willem van der Merwe, formerly Managing Director at Trigger Isobar, has been appointed as Managing Partner at JWT Cape Town (@jwtmea). Van der Merwe, 33, will report to Jim Faulds, COO at JWT S.A. Jonathan Lang joins JWT Cape Town as ECD on April 1.
Modise Makhene on how the Great Recession changed ad land
Modise Makhene, CEO of JWT South Africa, says the singing by protesters in front of the JWT Cape Town office at 30 Keerom Street makes a familiar sound-track, what with its offices situated right across from the Western Cape High Court. The chanting and singing of the well-behaved crowd drifting into the offices on the Velocity building’s third floor is a reminder that ad land can’t afford to cocoon itself from the broader society – here ordinary South Africans are literally reminding them of their daily struggles on an agency’s doorstep.