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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Liezl-Mari van Rensburg new ECD at 60 layers of cake
Liezl-Mari van Rensburg has joined 60 layers of cake as new Executive Creative Director (ECD) and will also become a partner in the business. Van Rensburg is best known for her work at Joe Public, where she served as Creative Director (CD) at Joe Public Cape Town between 2004-2006 and then as CD and a member of its board after the merger of the Cape Town and Joburg offices between 2006 and 2008.
Ad award success no longer sole arbiter of agency and industry respect
The 2011 Loerie Awards are done and dusted (no pun intended), with Cape Town agencies grabbing three of the top five (first, third and fifth) spots on the official overall ranking table. Two of the three Grands Prix were awarded to Cape-based agencies.
Cannes 2011 Results Tables
The Creative Circle has just released the Cannes 2011 Results table.
The art of advertising
Loeries 2009: Apocalypse Now? With Loeries 2009 looming Mandy de Waal speaks to Gareth Leck of Joe Public about how creativity is being sold down the river by marketers obsessed by advertising to sell.
Rock4Aids
The latest direct mailer which is being used to engage international and local music artists and corporate sponsors to Joe Public’s Rock4Aids charity. Rock4Aids is an annual benefit concert raising funds for the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Haas Das & Bennie Boekwurm star in latest Pendoring poster campaign
For the latest campaign that promotes Pendoring, South Africa’s Afrikaans language advertising award, agency Joe Public uses well known Afrikaans characters to illustrate what could happen if the language continues to be neglected. The pay-off line reads: ‘Moenie die taal afskeep nie’ (Don’t neglect the language) and the call to action reads: ‘Skep in Afrikaans en keer dat ons mooiste taal sy glans verloor’ (Create in Afrikaans and prevent our most beautiful language from losing its lustre).”
Joe Public turns wine into art for Spier
oe Public created this great TV spot for Spier. It positions the brand as one that ‘embraces art as a way of life.’
Clover wins with Afrikaans
At the recently held Pendoring Awards Joe Public South Africa walked away with three Golds as well as the overall, highly sought after Prestige Award. Joe Public was awarded Gold for its ‘Jantjie’, ‘Naas’ and ‘Noot vir Noot’ Clover campaign in the newspaper category