SA’s One Show 2017 wins and independent communicator connections - 15 May 2017By Leigh Andrews
Keeping that focus on industry leaders, Juanita Pienaar caught up with a handful of the gold award winners at last weekend's Prisa Prism Awards. Click through to find out about their winning work recipes. Last week also saw the launch of WE Communications' global network of independent, specialist agencies. Called The Plus Network, Jessica Tennant chatted to president Alan VanderMolen and found out that it's rooted in the growing dissatisfaction with holding company agencies and their homogenised offering. James Hunt speaks of further industry innovation with the rise of the in-house creative agency, with publishers and an ever-increasing number of brands setting up their own in-house studios to service their own marketing needs. | Leigh Andrews
Andrews was on the inaugural Marketer of the Year (MOTY) jury for the 2019 Marketing Achievement Awards (MAA) as well as an #Inspiring50 2018 nominee herself, and judged over 500 entries for the most recent Epica Awards - the only creative prize awarded by journalists working for marketing and communications magazines around the world. She's also serving on the IAB (SA)'s #Bookmarks2020 Publisher panel. Responsible for keeping a finger on the pulse of the latest happenings in the marketing and media industry, this is an almost 24/7 role that involves keeping one eye on your inbox with the other on your social media feed, to write breaking news stories and interviewing key people in the B2B space. All made easier by 13 years of working for companies such as Microsoft, Kagiso Media, Fleet Street Publications, the Mail & Guardian Online, Caxton Community Newspapers and Newsclip's media, marketing and PR publications. |
We start off this week by basking in the reflected dazzle of all of SA's One Show pencils and merit awards. Following Friday night's 