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Meet ADC 2015 jury's SA CD

Leigh Andrews

Nkanyezi Masango, creative director at Y&R SA's Cape Town office, is the only South African to crack the ADC jury nod this year. He shares his views on gender equality and more in advertising... Read

[Behind the Selfie] with... Ken Varejes

Leigh Andrews

This week, we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with Ken Varejes, CEO of Nfinity... Read

Logos on sale now!

Gareth McKinnell

I am a graphic designer. I am proud of my education, my career and my profession. I carved out a life for myself from this profession and built a proudly designer-owned and -run business... Read

Advertising
[Orchids & Onions] You are at Liberty to rewind, reflect, refocus

Brendan Seery

It's hard not to be a cynic at this time of year, when the season of goodwill is hijacked by marketers... read
#FeesMustFall - Red & Yellow releases more bursaries for 2016

Issued by Red & Yellow

The Red & Yellow School has listened to South Africa's call for education and will this year offer a greater number of bursaries for all its full- and part-time programmes in Marketing and Advertising... read
CRM
Customer Experience World - Johannesburg 2016

Issued by The Focus Group

At Customer Experience World taking place in Johannesburg from 9 to 10 March you will hear from international and local experts and be able to participate in round-table discussions designed to give you completely new insights... read
CSI
Thirsti Natural Spring Water and Operation Hydrate aid a country on its knees

Issued by Sugar The Agency

Thirsti Natural Spring Water has teamed up with Operation Hydrate, Shoprite Checkers and Mango Airlines to ensure communities across South Africa are getting sufficient drinking water... read
Education
SAARF offers 'Secondary Data Skills, from Analysis to Insights'
SAARF and Eighty20 present a half-day workshop, 'Secondary Data Skills, from Analysis to Insights' on Thursday, 14 January 2016 from 12pm to 5pm at SAARF's offices, 54 Queens Road, Bryanston... read
Entrepreneurship
Making a fresh start for your small business in 2016

Daryl Blundell

The start of a new year is always a great time to re-evaluate your business plans and operations, and ask yourself if there's anything you could do better... read
Events & Conferencing
Do we get full value for conference attendance?

Auguste Coetzer

Getting back to serious work in the New Year means getting the diary for the next 12 months into some sort of order. A key issue here is what conferences to attend, where and why... read
Media
The Star newspaper falls for a fictional brutal death story told on Twitter

Myolisi Sikupela

On 8 January 2016, a Twitter user by the name of January 21st (@JustKhuthi) began tweeting a 70-tweet long story about a gruesome killing of a girl named Kamogelo Peterson (Kamo)... read
Promotions
Herbex runs successful competition with PackMedia and Fix-a-Form

Issued by Pyrotec

Herbex, a prominent health products manufacturer, recently ran a promotion offering customers a chance to win R75,000 cash as well as other instant prizes... read
Publishing
Report: South Africa 2016 unpacks SA's 21-year journey
The Oxford Business Group (OBG) has produced a new report on South Africa's two-decade evolution from apartheid to Rainbow Nation, while asking what is next for the country, as it reaches another critical juncture in its development... read
Social Media
Saatchi & Saatchi Synergize wins global social business for Acer

Issued by Saatchi & Saatchi Synergize

South African-based digital marketing specialist, Saatchi & Saatchi Synergize, has been appointed the global social media agency for Acer, following an internationally contended pitch for the account... read
International
DSE adds another seminar
The Digital Signage Expo (DSE), on at Las Vegas from 15-18 March 2016, will offer an hour-long seminar, 'Fundamentals of Digital Signage Content', as part of its four-part Digital Signage Fundamentals Seminar Programme... read
Kantar majority acquires stake in Millward Brown Denmark
Kantar, a data investment management division of WPP, has acquired a majority stake in its partner in Denmark and Sweden, Millward Brown Denmark... read
More International
Business
Branding lessons learned from religion (Part 2)

Jimmy Tembo

We went through part 1 of this article without defining branding... read
Jobs offered
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Mid/Senior Digital Designer - Johannesburg
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Graphic Designer/Web Designer - Johannesburg
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Regional Sales Manager - Johannesburg
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New events to diarise
Communication, negotiation and presentation skills
Front Foot Strategic Consulting - 25 Jan 2016 to 26 Jan 2016, Johannesburg, Randburg | 25 Feb 2016 to 26 Feb 2016, Randburg


Five-day digital marketing course
Digital Business Academy - 1 Feb 2016 to 5 Feb 2016, Johannesburg


Practical print production in advertising
Read Between The Lines - 9 Feb 2016 to 11 Feb 2016, Johannesburg | 8 Mar 2016 to 10 Mar 2016, Johannesburg | 5 Apr 2016 to 7 Apr 2016, Johannesburg | 10 May 2016 to 12 May 2016, Johannesburg


Social media for business
Niche Training and Development - 11 Feb 2016 to 12 Feb 2016, Johannesburg | 18 Feb 2016 to 19 Feb 2016, Cape Town | 7 Apr 2016 to 8 Apr 2016, Cape Town | 14 Apr 2016 to 15 Apr 2016, Johannesburg | 11 Aug 2016 to 12 Aug 2016, Johannesburg | 18 Aug 2016 to 19 Aug 2016, Cape Town


Government media short course
Sol Media for Media Leadership - 14 Feb 2016 to 19 Feb 2016, Grahamstown


Essentials of newspaper management
Sol Plaatje Institute - 14 Mar 2016 to 18 Mar 2016, Grahamstown


Loyalty and Rewards Conference 2016
Trade Conferences International - 16 Mar 2016 to 17 Mar 2016, Johannesburg


Social media and networking for PR
Provox Centre for Public Relations & Communication - 21 Apr 2016 to 22 Apr 2016, Ferndale, Randburg | 4 Jul 2016 to 5 Jul 2016, Ferndale, Randburg | 7 Jul 2016 to 8 Jul 2016, Cape Town


Essentials of digital media management
Sol Plaatje Institute, Rhodes University - 2 May 2016 to 6 May 2016, Grahamstown


Editing and proofreading
Provox Centre for Public Relations & Communication - 11 Jul 2016 to 12 Jul 2016, Ferndale, Randburg


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