by MarkLives. South Africa’s Creative Circle has announced its annual award winners and overall rankings for 2018.
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ACA, Creative Circle, Loeries hit back at Gotz
by Herman Manson. In a joint statement, the ACA, Creative Circle and Loeries have taken aim at Chris Gotz and more indirectly at his current agency.
Hermaneutics: Two narratives on MetropolitanRepublic sanctions
by Herman Manson (@marklives) Two very interesting but diverging stories ran on Thursday, 7 November 2013, in, ironically, two media products that also shares a newsroom. Both cover the MetropolitanRepublic/Loeries awards scandal, which saw the agency stripped of its awards for entering work that did not meet entry criteria, and then blaming its juniors, the broader ad industry and the Loerie organisers when caught out (it did eventually take full responsibility for its actions).
Creative Circle sanctions MetropolitanRepublic
On October the 28, 2013 the Creative Circle received a letter of complaint from the Loerie Awards regarding the recent behaviour of one of our members, Metropolitan Republic, hereafter referred to as MR.
Who rates the Creative Circle agency rankings?
by Herman Manson. The Creative Circle, a trade body representing senior creatives in the advertising industry, has released its awards based ranking of South African ad agencies.
The Bookmarks promises to grow up
by Herman Manson (@marklives) The Bookmarks Awards, the digital focussed awards evening, promises to be a much more settled affair this year, according to Bookmarks chairperson Nikki Cockcroft (@nikkicockcroft). In recent years the awards evening itself was better known for the general rebelliousness of its audience than for its role in showcasing stand-out work in the digital industry.
Entry levels have hit a record number, up to 590 this year from 453 in 2011, 400 in 2010, 229 in 2009 and 120 in 2008 – its launch year. The shortlist for the evening’s awards shows a mix of large and small, specialist and mainstream agencies. It sees agencies like The Jupiter Drawing Room, Ogilvy, 140 BBDO, Ireland Davenport, M&C Saatchi Abel, Machine, Joe Public and King James compete with digital experts like Quirk, Hellocomputer (recently acquired by Draftfcb), Prezence, Gloo and Native.
Cockcroft says she was especially pleased to see growth in the integrated campaign and social media categories this year.
The Creative Circle needs to manage relevance, says Chris Gotz
Chris Gotz, Executive Creative Director at Ogilvy Cape Town, recently took up the reins as chair of the Creative Circle, a body promoting creativity in the South African advertising industry.