06-FEB-12
Cinemark, the official South African representative of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and its affiliated global advertising awards programmes, has announced the appointment of three more jury presidents for this year’s event taking place 17 to 23 June in Cannes, France.
01-FEB-12
Cannes Lions, the International Festival of Creativity which runs in France from 17 to 23 June, has announced the addition of a Young Lions Design Competition to the 2012 event.
23-JAN-12
The Dubai International Advertising Festival has announced that Raja Trad, CEO of Leo Burnett Group MENA and member of the Leo Burnett Wordwide Global Leadership Council (GLC), will receive the prestigious Dubai Lynx Advertising Person 2012 Award.
17-JAN-12
The Jupiter Drawing Room (TJDR) in Johannesburg ranked third overall at the prestigious global financial advertising and marketing Midas Awards in December, becoming the only South African advertising agency to have received such recognition.
16-JAN-12
The SABC1 brand has returned from a period of absence with a national billboard campaign, launched in December 2011.
16-JAN-12
For ad agency TBWA, director Malo 8 of Johannesburg-based Frieze Films spent three days on a cross-country shoot for a new television commercial for Cotlands, which tells a tale from the childhood of popular music star, Loyiso Bala.
10-JAN-12
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is pleased to announce that Tham Khai Meng, Worldwide Chief Creative Officer of Ogilvy & Mather, will head up both the Film and Press Juries at the 59th Festival, taking place in Cannes, France, 17-23 June 2012.
10-JAN-12
The 2012 edition of the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity will take place from 17 to 23 June in Cannes, France.
12-DEC-11
JWT Johannesburg’s new campaign for arguably the world’s most beloved breakfast cereal, Kellogg’s® Rice Krispies®, is titled Holiday Chefs and asks moms and their kids to “mix, shape and share” their most interesting recipes to stand a chance of winning a family holiday worth R20 000.
07-DEC-11
TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Durban has been awarded digital and social media business from their existing client, aQuellé. This comes hot on the heels of their integrated new business win of Epic Canola, a Johannesburg based company.
05-DEC-11
The Financial Mail AdFocus Awards ceremony announced Ogilvy Africa as the winner of the AdFocus African Agency Network of the Year award for the third year running. The agency has dominated this category every year since its inception in 2009.
30-NOV-11
Conceptualised by agency Fox P2 and directed by Egg Films’ Bruno Bossie, The Cigarette That Saved Lives is a controversial new commercial for non-profit organisation, The DNA Project.
29-NOV-11
Abey Mokgwatsane will take office as the new CEO of Ogilvy South Africa as from January 2012. Longtine incumbent CEO Nunu Ntshingila will remain with the Group and has been appointed Chairman.
24-NOV-11
Cape Film Commission (CFC) CEO Denis Lillie is inviting the commercials and advertising sector in Cape Town to meet with him and the CFC management team on 6 December to discuss concerns over permits and locations. This follows the circulation of a petition by the Commercial Producers Association (CPA) and the South African Association of Stills Producers (SAASP), signed by more than 1,000 individuals in the industry, calling on the Mayor of Cape Town and the Premier of the Western Cape to address the film industry locations crisis.
22-NOV-11
As part of efforts to establish itself as a next generation production company, Masters & Savant Worldwide is now backing acclaimed photographer Chris Saunders.
18-NOV-11
At the Assegai Integrated Marketing Awards held on 17 November Boomtown Strategic Brand Agency won three gold awards and the overall Inkosi award for best entry overall.
18-NOV-11
DraftFCB Johannesburg celebrated ‘the end of a tough but rewarding year’ with a cocktail function for media and clients including Vodacom, Old Mutual and South African Breweries at their offices in Sandton on 17 November.
18-NOV-11
A television commercial which will promote the work done by the Prison Broadcasting Network (PBN) is now in full swing thanks to advertising agency Ogilvy Cape Town and Platypus Productions.
18-NOV-11
The International Festival of Creativity – Cannes Lions - has announced that Mobile will be added as a new awards section, launching at the 2012 Festival.
16-NOV-11
A new spot for an online dating site directed by Jeana Theron of Johannesburg based commercial production house Bouffant reflects her unique, stylised aesthetic.
