by Herman Manson. Emmet O’ Hanlon, CEO of DDB South Africa and MD for the sub-Saharan Africa region at DDB, is leaving at the end of 2019.
Tag archives: DDB
#AdForumSummit Day 1: Pitches now happen in-house at DDB
by Johanna McDowell. DDB was first up and it’s fascinating to see how a leadership change in the past 18 months has changed the way that this agency presents itself.
AdForum Worldwide Summit NYC: Why clients review agencies
by Johanna McDowell. The 4A’s presented top-line results from a recent survey to establish the reasons that clients review their agencies.
Ad of the Week: Is your business ready for the future?
by Oresti Patricios. Telkom, BCX, DDB SA and Velocity Films score an absolute slam-dunk with one of the strongest B2B campaigns I’ve seen in a while.
Ad of the Week: Cling wrap gets fresh with Instagram
by Oresti Patricios. DDB SA gets Glad’s message about keeping fare fresh across to Instagram foodies.
Ad of the Week: Like a bolt out of the blue
by Oresti Patricios. The current ad from Telkom, by DDB and directed by Figment’s Robin Goode, draws upon both the celebrity and the cute factor.
AdForum Worldwide Summit: Conductivity vs connectivity
by Johanna McDowell. At SapientNitro on Day 4, the talk was of “conductivity” rather than simply “connectivity” — as always, ahead of the game.
AdForum Worldwide Summit NYC: Africa is DDB’s next major growth area
by Johanna McDowell (@jomcdowell) NEW YORK: Day 3 of the 2014 AdForum Worldwide Summit in New York City was a spectacular day where we, as consultants, were exposed to work of a world-leading quality in our industry. It is extraordinary how talented the advertising community is and how adaptable.
Telkom goes to DDB
by Herman Manson (@marklives) Telkom has awarded its advertising account to DDB. The tender went out on 14 March 2014 and closed on 8 April. Bidding agencies had to have the capability to operationally support a business with media spend of R25 million per month, according to the tender document.
Punk’d out of ATL funk
Alistair King, group creative director of the King James Group, doesn’t bother to hide his enthusiasm for the latest, possibly bravest, move within his agency to further define its offering in a competitive market, where budgets are shifting from above-the-line to integrated campaigns and what was traditionally considered below-the-line work.