Angela Jayne Collins had left agency life to become a freelancer, but got her timing all wrong, for soon the Great Recession would roll over and work would dry up. Her partner, Patrick Robertson, a creative director, lost his job soon after. All that was left to do was, well, to start their own agency.
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Gloo eyes expansion to Middle East
Digital agency Gloo is seeing budgets dedicated to digital going up by as much as 50%, says Gloo ECD Pete Case, as corporate South Africa keeps shifting budget towards digital platforms. And it’s going towards more than marketing in its traditional sense, says Case, who cites Spur as one client investing in digital as a means to manage brand material going out to franchises.
Creative Director Wears Beret to Disciplinary Hearing
Arthur Groenewald, Creative Director at TBW Smith Jones Wallace Broadbent and Ndimande, arrived at his disciplinary this Tuesday hearing wearing a black beret. Questioned by media journalists about his head gear Groenewald stated the item was ‘in line with his life as a conceptual revolutionary.’
Jason Xenopoulos wants to win the advertising war
Jason Xenopoulos recently re-emerged as an important player in the SA digital arena through his role in facilitating and leading the merger of Brandsh, Stonewall+ and Cambrient,to launch Native.
Brandt Botes plots a new design course
Designer and illustrator Brandt Botes has set up his own design studio called Studio Botes in Cape Town. The agency will specialise in corporate identity work, packaging design and illustration. Brandt is one of South Africa’s best known graphic designers and was until recently design group head at The Jupiter Drawing Room (Cape Town).
Dave Duarte joins Ogilvy promising the “geekification of the ad industry”
Ogilvy Cape Town is making a tangible move towards integrating digital skills companywide and across traditional agency silos as ad spend continues its shift online. The agency has rolled out a comprehensive educational initiative with lecturer and digital strategist Dave Duarte, who joins the company to lead its Ogilvy Digital Marketing Academy (ODMA).
Hello World – a photographic collaboration
Hello World Agency officially launched their new offices in the Design District of Rosebank recently and took the opportunity to showcase their innovative approach to branding.
The launch concept was a collaboration that included South Africa’s top photographic and artist talent, as well as staff, media and clients, who were all asked to participate in developing a multi-medium exhibition of how they interpreted Hello World. This idea was taken one step further by integrating their interpretations into the ever-evolving brand identity to form a multi-dimensional view of Hello World.
King James gets Unconventional
Taking an ad agency into media ownership might sound odd to many executives but Alistair King from King James explains it was born from a personal and professional need not to come stuck in a single medium and from frustration with the general state of the ad industry.
Taking soccer to the greens
As part of the new campaign BBDO Cape Town transformed the beautiful Killarney golf course with a full sized soccer field between the hole and the clubhouse.
Garbage bins become urban art
Five Cape Town agencies worked together on urban design project that saw five black garbage bins turned into works of art.