by Kim Penstone. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to hear Jupiter Joburg’s Alison Deeb describe the current state of affairs at the agency, post the soul-destroying loss of the Edcon account in March this year, as “very exciting”.
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EXCLUSIVE: Sneiders rejoins adland to lead HelloFCB+
by MarkLives. Danielle Sneiders has rejoined the ad industry as the new MD of ad agency, HelloFCB+.
EXCLUSIVE: Sanlam “re-scopes” MetropolitanRepublic contract
by Herman Manson (@marklives) Sanlam has “re-scoped” its existing contract with ad agency MetropolitanRepublic. Ainsley Moos, head: group communications at Sanlam, has confirmed the news to MarkLives after queries as to whether the agency/client relationship between Sanlam and MetropolitanRepublic remained in place.
ACA suspends MetropolitanRepublic membership
The Association of Communications and Advertising (ACA), the self-regulatory body of the South African advertising and communications sector, has imposed severe penalties on MetropolitanRepublic following its disqualification from the Loeries 2013. This includes the suspension, with immediate effect, of its membership of the ACA for a period of twelve months.
Industry reacts to MetropolitanRepublic Loeries scam ad scandal
As news broke late Friday that MetropolitanRepublic has been stripped of all its Loeries wins @marklives started retweeting industry reaction on our Twitter feed. We have reprinted some of those retweets here.
EXCLUSIVE: Former Draftfcb MD to head Jupiter Drawing Room Joburg
MarkLives has confirmed that the former Managing Director of Draftfcb Johannesburg, Jerry Mpufane, has joined The Jupiter.
80 Jupiter Joburg staffers receive notices as agency repitches for Edcon
The Jupiter Drawing Room (Johannesburg) has confirmed that the agency sent out 80 notices of possible retrenchments to staff on Friday, 2 December 2011. This follows news that Edcon is pitching its business. Jupiter, which currently employs 210 people, has held parts of the Edcon business for as long as 14 years. Jupiter Joburg CEO …
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Renee Silverstone leaves Jupiter
Renee Silverstone has resigned as CEO of The Jupiter Drawing Room (Johannesburg) after 22 years with the company. Silverstone had co-founded the company with Graham Warsop in 1989.