by Oresti Patricios. South Africans love soap operas and WhatsApp. King James has traded on these two insights for a campaign for Sanlam.
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Shelf Life: Mortimer Harvey sends Bobtail on a journey
Egg Films brings the Bobtail journey alive, Sanlam’s new platform surprises, and Hug in a Mug expands coffee category — Cheryl Hunter’s weekly pick!
EXCLUSIVE: Allan Gray leaves Ogilvy Cape Town
by Herman Manson. Allan Gray has ended its relationship with agency Ogilvy & Mather Cape Town.
#AgencyLeaders2016: Most admired ad agency boss in Cape Town
by Herman Manson. Today we reveal which ad agency leaders were most admired by their peers in Cape Town during 2016!
The Real McCoy: Agency culture — how indie beats the multinationals
by Sean McCoy. What is the special potion when it comes to the matter of culture and the internal King James brand?
UPDATED: PnP picks King James
by Herman Manson. Pick n Pay is moving its advertising account to King James Group, the latter announced on Twitter on Thursday.
Ad Feature: Is VW doing enough to weather this brand storm locally?
Two Zeroes, one Hero — DWS, IKEA Italy and Gumtree SA — and the VW scandal and One Rand Man’s Grand Prix from IPRA!
Ad of the Week: What makes South Africa unique
by Oresti Patricios (@orestaki) This week, we have selected the Santam TV commercial, “One of a kind”, created by King James Group that celebrates our specialness, and offers South Africans a mirror of some of those things we find normal every day, but are totally weird and inexplicable to a foreigner.
Agency Leaders: 2014’s most-admired ad agency in Cape Town
by Herman Manson. Every year, MarkLives polls South Africa’s top agency leaders to find out what they think of their competitors, whom they see as effective managers and great creatives, and where they believe their future competition is likely to come from. Today, we publish the results of our regional Cape Town poll.
Ad of the Week: Sanlam’s super-duper boy
by Oresti Patricios (@orestaki) It has been a trend lately for ads to look back at ‘the old days’ with a strong sense of nostalgia. This week we go ‘retro’ again, with an ad from King James Group that harks back to the ’60s: Sanlam’s ode to youth and the patience that’s required to build wealth in the long term.