by Jessica Evans. While Odette van der Haar has embraced her new position at Publicis, she remains involved in the ACA, and it seems she still has much to do.
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WPP merges Wunderman, J. Walter Thompson
by MarkLives. The two WPP agencies will form Wunderman Thompson, positioned as a creative, data and technology agency.
Ad of the Week: Adulting and the modern male
by Oresti Patricios. Ford SA takes a tongue-in-cheek poke at “car=freedom” with its latest campaign, “Adult Well”, from JWT Joburg and Spitfire Films.
Ad Feature: Big global brands come out swinging for Bond again
One Hero and one Zero (bad enough for two!) this week — Sony and MTN — and a look at the Marmite #GetItRight campaign.
Ad Feature: Clever advertising on Grayhairston Drive
by MarkLives (@marklives) In this week’s Ad Feature, Andy Rice gives a thumbs up for the very clever new Sky News UK election campaign; Sizakele Marutulle loves a piece of work by TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris for Angola GA Insurance; and Jacob Moshokoa gives a pat on the back to JWT’s outdoor campaign for the Gautrain.
Telkom account again up for grabs
by Herman Manson (@marklives) The Telkom advertising account has been put out to tender. The tender went out on 14 March 2014 and closed 8 April 2014. Bidding agencies must have the capability to operationally support a business with media spend of R25 million per month, according to the tender document.
TRENDAFRiCA: 10 MegaTrends for 2014
by JWT Intelligence (@JWTIntelligence) Trends don’t happen in isolation. They tend to intersect and work in tandem with each other. And many are extensions or outgrowths of trends, reveals JWT Intelligence in the TRENDAFRiCA 2014 Trends Annual.
Design Annotator: Self(ie) Obsessed
by Uno de Waal (@Unodewaal) This week’s roundup: best places to work from when out-of-office; J&B’s new Made Different TVC with DJ Sbu; Bonolo Moeng and Keith Ngcongo’s StyleTribe SA; freelance designer and illustrator Annika de Korte; Samsung design initiative #AmazeAfrica; Flux Trends Zeitgeist of 2014; “Self(ie) Obsessed” Jade Paton; and Night of 1000 Drawings exhibition.
Design Annotator: SA’s best photographers, child illustrations and Soweto’s renegade masters
by Uno de Waal (@Unodewaal) This week in Design Annotator: Kope | Figgings, Toy Kingdom ‘It’s Great To Be A Kid’ Print, Ross Garrett, Prudential TVC by Lowe Cape Town, Gerhard van Wyk, latest art gallery openings, Wessa Annual Review/Solar Lamp, WDC 2014 Postage Stamps by Si Maclennan, Friend Within’s ‘The Renegade’ music video, and Kit-Kat ‘Internet’ & ‘Gravity’ TVCs.
EXCLUSIVE: JWT Cape Town appoints new ECD, managing partner
Willem van der Merwe, formerly Managing Director at Trigger Isobar, has been appointed as Managing Partner at JWT Cape Town (@jwtmea). Van der Merwe, 33, will report to Jim Faulds, COO at JWT S.A. Jonathan Lang joins JWT Cape Town as ECD on April 1.