Market speculation that Draftfcb is in advanced discussions to buy Cape Town based digital agency Hello Computer has been notched up a level as the parties are believed to have entered a due diligence phase.
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Mike Barnwell says agency language should change
Mike Barnwell, the recently appointed ECD at Draftfcb Cape Town, wants agency language focused on compartmentalising the communications trade to go. Instead of below-, above- or even through-the-line thinking, he wants his agency to talk about strategically sound solutions instead.
Francois de Villiers, Nick Barr joins Haas Collective as agency takes Spur account
A small Cape Town agency has just taken the Spur account and brought on board the former executive creative director of Draftfcb – Francois de Villiers. Haas Collective is a creative collective run by Mike Orrey, one of the founders of Orrey, Rightford & Drysdale Advertising (ORD Advertising) and Glynn Venter, a former ECD of the Draftfcb through-the-line studio.
Prezence promises mobility for the masses
Prezence, the digital agency part-owned by Primedia, has always been proud of its ability in the mobile space, says CTO Tim Bishop, and now, with the appointment of CEO Prakash Patel, it is able to provide a full range of strategic digital solutions to clients.
Clients say “screw the line” – Godfrey Morley
Godfrey Morley has been running Draftfcb Cape Town]] for a little over a year. As someone who has spent most of his career on the client side of the table – he was head of sponsorship for SAB, communications director for McDonalds, marketing director of Samsung and executive director at Thebe Tourism Group – Morley brings a strong focus on business transformation to the agency.
S’HOT: Birds+Bees
A collaboration between DraftFCB, Michael Meyersfeld and Luma resulted in this campaign for Vodacom’s adult content management system.
2010 hit the reset button in Cape adland
In spite of some turbulence, post Great Recession it turns out that 2010 wasn’t such a bad year for Cape Town’s adland after all. While big account moves in Cape Town were rather limited, agencies are taking the initiative to reinvent their internal processes, in some cases shedding staff and departments, while looking for work coming out of Johannesburg or internationally.
Finding Cape Town’s Design Voice
Can Cape Town become to Johannesburg what Austin is to Dallas, Barcelona is to Madrid or San Francisco is to LosbAngeles – not as big, not as industrial but certainly more creative, entrepreneurial and tech-centric? Gavin Levinsohn, CEO of Ogilvy Cape Town asks the question, but already it seems rhetorical.
D&AD 2011 SA winners: Points list
The Creative Circle has released the points list of the South African D&AD Winners.
Schabir Shaik: In or out?
Posters of convicted fraudster and special friend to President Zuma, Schabir Shaik, who has been in and out of jail a number of times, were placed behind and in front of railings around Cape Town. The headline asks: ‘In or Out?’