by MarkLives. Joe Public United has announced that 60% of the company has been acquired by black shareholders.
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#AgencyFocus: Joe Public United — purpose parallel with profit
by Sabrina Forbes. Joe Public has evolved from traditional ATL to digital at the core — enter Joe Public 2.0.
#OpenAfrica: Pepe Marais — inspiring unity & growth [interview]
an #OpenAfricaMag interview. Open Africa got the advertising man to sit still for a few minutes to answer some pertinent (and impertinent) questions.
Chicken Licken moves to Joe Public
by Herman Manson. Chicken Licken has appointed Joe Public after parting ways with its agency of the last 13 years: Net#work BBDO.
#AgencyLeaders2015: Most admired creative in Jozi
by Herman Manson. Today we reveal which agency creatives were most admired by their peers in Johannesburg in 2015!
Interview: Pepe Marais & Xolisa Dyeshana #designindaba
by Herman Manson. We talk to Pepe Marais and Xolisa Dyeshana of Joe Public on how they started their ad careers, their tools of the trade and what skill sets they think a modern creative director needs to create consistently effective work (even we were surprised).
Agency Leaders: 2014’s most-admired ad agency in Joburg
by Herman Manson (@marklives) 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 Johannesburg poll.
Agency Leaders: 2013’s most-admired ad agency in Johannesburg
by Herman Manson (@marklives) It’s always good to know what the boss thinks. Having polled Johannesburg’s agency leaders, we can now tell what those leading the city’s ad agencies 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.
Agency Leaders: 2012’s most-admired ad agency in Joburg
by Herman Manson (@marklives) Yesterday, we kicked off our poll results in Cape Town and today it is the turn of Johannesburg ad execs to tell us whom they most admired on the Jozi ad scene in 2012. Results for our overall national poll runs on Jan 23. We sent nomination forms to 54 agency CEOs or MDs from ad agencies in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban. We received 34 responses.
What to do about the ‘Why’ – Joe Public’s journey to purpose
A radical rock star wannabe, Pepe Marais, executive creative director of Joe Public, describes how, in retrospect, he sees himself in the early days of his advertising career. Over the past five years he has come to redefine himself, cleaning up his act, in his words, in step with the transformation of the agency he co-founded with business partner Gareth Leck.