by Herman Manson (@marklives) Joe Public is working on setting up a new agency in Cape Town. Gareth Leck, MD at Joe Public Advertising, says the new agency will be formally launched in June 2013. It is being set up for Joe Public by Leon Jacobs, until recently the Executive Creative Director at Saatchi & Saatchi in Geneva and before that Regional Creative Director at Saatchi & Saatchi in Hong Kong.
Jacobs has a long history in South African advertising having previously worked at the Saatchi & Saatchi in Cape Town, TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris and at Giant Films.