From concept to completion the new Allan Gray commercial was just over fourteen months in the making. 6 Nov 2009 Read more >>

When Steers briefed King James Joburg on a new TV campaign for their iconic King Steer burger, the challenge inside the agency was twofold. 29 Jun 2009 Read more >>

Hot off the heels of their Gold Loerie-winning billboard of last year in which they built a billboard out of 6000 puzzle pieces over a four-week period, Allan Gray and its ad agency King James have once again pushed the boundaries of outdoor media with their latest billboard that was erected last week. 9 Jun 2009 Read more >>

Not content to win awards for creative and successful advertising campaigns, the intrepid founders of one of South Africa's leading creative ad agencies have taken their love of books to the people, literally. Coming off a year as one of the most awarded creative agencies in South Africa, James Barty and Alistair King of The King James Group have collaborated with prize-winning editor and author Shaun Johnson to create Johnson and King James (www.jandkj.co.za), a publishing venture that aims to put more books in the hands of South African readers. 20 May 2009 Read more >>

King James has emerged as South Africa's most awarded agency at the Creative Circle Ad of the Year awards, winning in both the television and newspaper categories; making it the only agency to win more than one award. 26 Mar 2009 Read more >>

Freeworld Coatings, the marketers of the Plascon, Earthcote, Midas, Polycell, Crown, Standox and Hamiltons brands, amongst others, have appointed King James to manage its communications. 29 Aug 2008 Read more >>

King James capped a celebratory week on Saturday night by winning a Cannes Silver Film Lion for their most recent Allan Gray TV commercial “Beautiful”. The awards won by King James at Cannes place the agency as the third highest ranked SA agency group, behind heavy hitters at least three times their size. 24 Jun 2008 Read more >>

Corporate and brand reputation consultancy Atmosphere Communications took home five PRISM awards at the 2008 Public Relations Institute of South Africa's annual award ceremony in Johannesburg on March 26. 27 Mar 2008 Read more >>

South Africa's top creative duo, Adam Livesey and Matthew Brink, have joined King James Johannesburg as joint Creative Directors. The two, who have worked together for some 10 years, are currently one of the most awarded creative teams in the country, with a string of accolades to their names. 2 Aug 2007 Read more >>

Eveready SA, the producers of South Africa's largest selling and only locally produced battery, has appointed King James Johannesburg as its official above-the-line agency. Although the multi-million rand business was not put out to pitch, the appointment was based on the medium-sized agency's reputation and leadership positioning within the industry. 17 Jul 2007 Read more >>

kulula.com's most recent advertising campaign, Come fun with us, has further cemented the airline's popular standing with South Africans as an airline with distinctive advertising and a quirky personality. 24 May 2007 Read more >>

Jenny Ehlers, Creative Director of KingJames RSVP, has been selected as one of seven South Africans to judge at the 54th International Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. Ehlers will participate in selecting the best work in the Promotional Marketing category. 26 Feb 2007 Read more >>

Keeping with the tongue-firmly-in-cheek style of advertising favoured by budget airline, kulula.com, Cape Town advertising agency King James created a spoof ad based on the Cell C number-portability campaign during December 2006.  23 Jan 2007 Read more >>

King James, newly appointed above-the-line agency for kulula.com, has delivered on their challenge to produce kulula.com-style innovation to launch the brand's new credit card on television.  6 Sep 2006 Read more >>

At the recent judging of the 2006 Loerie Awards, iconic brand Levi's® topped the finalist scale by receiving 23 finalist nominations, matched only by Harley Davidson.  30 Aug 2006 Read more >>

King James today announced that it had been awarded the total kulula.com advertising account. This announcement follows the work the agency did for the launch of the kulula.com credit card.  17 Aug 2006 Read more >>

Commercial production house Terraplane has collaborated with Cape Town agency King James on a sophisticated, urbane commercial for 'My Life', the new and affordable fragrance for men by Coty. Shot in Cape Town's city bowl as well as Woodstock and on the flyover above Cape Town Station, the commercial begins flighting in August on all major local TV channels. 1 Aug 2005 Read more >>

King James Johannesburg has started the year off on a winning note, securing three new accounts in the first four months of 2005. The new accounts are Singapore Airlines, Global Trader and SARS Integrated Communications and Projects, together bringing in new business worth over R10 million. 20 Jun 2005 Read more >>

Tile Africa has awarded its entire through-the-line business including advertising, promotions, corporate ID and signage to King James Johannesburg. The business was awarded after a full strategic and creative pitch. 10 Jan 2005 Read more >>

King James RSVP, the Cape-based design and promotional marketing agency, won its third Loerie Grand Prix in as many years at Saturday's Loeries Award ceremony. In addition King James RSVP was crowned the leading design and promotional agency for this past year with the following awards: 5 Oct 2004 Read more >>

Fast growing integrated marketing agency, King James Advertising is duplicating its successful Cape Town model with the launch of King James RSVP in Johannesburg. 30 Sep 2004 Read more >>

King James walked away with the Financial Mail Adfocus Small Agency of the Year Award for 2004 last night. The AdFocus award recognises all round business performance as well as creative excellence during the past year.  10 May 2004 Read more >>

The communications account of the entire Windhoek range of beers - that of Windhoek Lager, Draught, Export and Light - has been awarded to King James Advertising. The business was awarded after a full strategy and creative pitch against three other advertising agencies.  3 Mar 2004 Read more >>

Cape based agency King James Advertising received top honours at the marketing industry's annual Loerie Awards Ceremony held at Sun City over the weekend. King James walked off with eight creative awards, the most awards won by a small agency of its size. 9 Jun 2003 Read more >>

Mnemonic the well-established digital design agency, took top honours at the 6th Design Indaba 2003 for its off-the-wall interpretation of a website for King James Advertising. Mnemonic secured a gold trophy in the online, non-functional category at this year's Construction New Media Awards which took place on Friday February, 28 at Artscape. 5 Mar 2003 Read more >>

Following shortly on the heels of the company's fifth birthday celebration, KingJames announced that it had won the advertising accounts for Mini and the retail visual and experiential marketing account for Levi's®. 4 Mar 2003 Read more >>

Shortly after the announcement that King James Advertising is to open an office in Johannesburg in February of this year, the fast growing agency has announced that respected emerging market expert, Muzi Kuzwayo is to join the Agency as a partner and board member. 19 Jan 2003 Read more >>

An innovative idea by a South African agency to embody the quirkiness of a liquor brand has been favorably received by the Guinness World Book of Records for 'smallest in the world' status. 10 Dec 2002 Read more >>

Ad agency King James, has announced that it has taken a stake in fast growing Cape PR company, Atmosphere Communications, a public relations consultancy focusing on corporate reputation activities and image building. 26 Jun 2002 Read more >>

King James aptly coined and adopted the term 'Culture of Curiosity' with the launch of one of their oldest accounts' latest ad campaign. When Research Surveys introduced the Research Survey Academy, an internal training institute developed to improve and hone research skills, King James adopted a through-the-line approach targeting initially the client's internal staff. Thereafter they expanded the concept externally, within both the marketing and research industries. 1 Oct 2001 Read more >>

Cape-based ad agency King James and web partner Mnemonic have launched one of South Africa's most provocative cross medium campaigns yet. The Zero Gravity campaign breaks new ground by leading the radio listener to a somewhat revealing web site. 1 Oct 2001 Read more >>

Cape-based creative agencies King James, RSVP and Mnemonic have launched their most pioneering collaboration yet. 20twenty (SA's first ever truly on line bank) has gone live! 1 Oct 2001 Read more >>

THE advertising campaign behind 20Twenty, SA's first dedicated online bank, is decidedly low tech. "Online brands are not built online," says James Barty, MD of Cape ad agency King James. "We know from experience and research, especially that undertaken in the US, that conventional media need to be used to build internet brands." 20 Sep 2001 Read more >>