Self-confessed ‘rock god' and Capoeira instructor by night, Grant Codron, also a VWV creative by the way, thinks winning awards increases his chances of getting laid.
25 Jul 2007 10:19
Alcoholism and lots of free stuff are among the perks of being in the ad industry, according to Ogilvy Johannesburg creative director Jonathan Beggs, as well as those great campaigns that stay with you.
24 Jul 2007 09:48
Set to the beat of the REM song,
It's the end of the world as we know it!, TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris creative directors Hennie Stander and Adam Weber remind all on the Loerie bus this weekend how to survive Loeries – feel free to singalong with your colleagues… one, two, three…
23 Jul 2007 11:20
The finalists have been announced, the awards are being Brillo'd and Margaters are bracing themselves for another weekend full of advertising antics. Woza Loeries! In the lead up to the big weekend, Bizcommunity.com and Zoopy.com have come together to pre-socialise the industry's most significant annual awards event, in advance. All online, all in its own dedicated photo and video channel at SA's very own social media spot.
23 Jul 2007 11:19
Sheer energy, willpower and getting up each morning and trying harder is how to win awards, says Saatchi & Saatchi regional creative director for Europe, Middle East and Africa, John Pallant, who will be attending Loeries this year.
23 Jul 2007 11:07[The Unhappy Slapper] It's T minus 6 days to Loeries and I cannot find a thing to wear. In fact at this rate I'll either be wearing my boyfriend or two well-placed stars and last year's
Beeld mock Loerie on a piercing through my cllit (the closest I've ever come to a Loerie, I hear you ask).
23 Jul 2007 11:03 
She's intimidating, but she has a spiritual side. That's Nici Stathacopoulos, proximity#ttp CEO and regular Loerie judge, who answers today's Q&A for Bizcommunity.com to profile some of the people who make this industry click, all part of our run-up to the annual Loerie Awards next week.
19 Jul 2007 17:52Do you remember when you were a student? Those starry eyed aspirations of being in advertising, a creative God, winning awards, wow, the dreams… The fantasy! One brave student, who has entered work in Loeries this year in the student category, reminds us. Yasmiena Davids is a second year visual communication student at the AAA.
19 Jul 2007 16:37
“The power to make clients do things that will benefit them” is a power probably every creative wishes she or he had. It's certainly one favoured by Black River FC creative director, Ahmed Tilly.
18 Jul 2007 22:52
Jupiter Cape Town creative director Livio Tronchin thinks his abs are his best feature and refuses to answer ‘silly' questions. He's also a Loeries judge this year – maybe that's why he chose the pic he did, or maybe he's just shy.
17 Jul 2007 17:22
Is creativity the part of you that is free? That's what Saatchi & Saatchi group ECD Mike Blore believes. And if he were a superhero - he'd want X-ray vision. One wonders what for...
17 Jul 2007 09:02[George Rautenbach] Winning a Loerie: the dream of any agency. Or is it? What do the Loeries really mean for an agency? I believe that they are still as relevant and respected in the industry as they have ever been.
16 Jul 2007 09:50 
FCB Johannesburg executive creative director Rob McLennan, a rock musician at heart, is the first of our peek into the murky world of advertising creatives and their secret desires – well not really, we just wanted to find out more about them. The fact that they disclosed some of their secret desires is nothing to do with us; some people just need to talk.
16 Jul 2007 09:48The finalists have been announced and the awards are just around the corner – so it's time to make your final plans for The Loerie Awards festival weekend on 28 and 29 July 2007.
13 Jul 2007 10:56
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