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2019 AME Report released

The New York Festivals AME Awards has released the 2019 AME Report, a ranking of the world's most successful agencies, and advertisers according to their achievements in the AME Awards...

3 days ago

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D&AD Awards announces its full shortlist

The D&AD Awards has announced its full shortlist with 25 shortlisted pieces for SA, putting us at 12th for country ranking based on finalists...

20 May 2019

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D&AD Awards announces its first shortlist

The D&AD Awards has announced its first shortlist with 144 entries being shortlisted after stage one of D&AD judging...

20 May 2019

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The executive jury 2019 unwinding at the River Cafe, New York, after a week long exercise of judging and voting for the best entries. © .

Winners announced for 2019 NYF Advertising Awards!

New York Festivals Advertising Awards has announced its 2019 winners...

15 May 2019

SOUTH AFRICA

#OneShow2019: Double diversity, diversity of skill and diversity of self

Ann Nurock interviews Chris Bergeron, VP of content experience of Cossette Montreal at The One Club Creative Summit in New York to find out more about the dual challenge in reinventing herself, in terms of her personal life as a transgendered woman and career shift from journalism to advertising...

By Ann Nurock 13 May 2019

SOUTH AFRICA

#OneShow2019: Put people at the centre, appreciate creativity and innovate

Ann Nurock interviews Marcel Marcondes, CMO of Anheuser-Busch InBev US after his talk at the One Club Creative Summit in New York to find out more about the pillars making Anheuser-Busch relevant in 2019...

By Ann Nurock 10 May 2019

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Event buyer tips on the benefits of booking an arena venue

To many, arenas are the place to go to see your favourite band or sporting team play. However, increasingly arenas are becoming the 'hidden gem' of the business events world...

25 Apr 2019

SOUTH AFRICA

Five key learnings from SXSW 2019

Founders of Brandtruth//DGTL Integrated Content Practice, Wayne Flemming and Zubeida Goolam discusses five key learnings from the SXSW talks they attended, from A$AP Rocky and Trevor Noah to Brené Brown and Gwyneth Paltrow...

By Wayne Flemming and Zubeida Goolam 18 Apr 2019

SOUTH AFRICA

#AdForumSummit2019: Key learnings

Johanna McDowell shares key learnings from the AdForum Worldwide Summit in Los Angeles, where she and other top players in the advertising industry visited various agencies and experienced how they are shaping the future...

By Johanna McDowell 17 Apr 2019

UNITED STATES

#OneShow2019: Matthias Storath's judging pick of the day

Matthias Storath, CCO of Heimet in Berlin and The One Show 2019 Integrated judge, praises Wieden+Kennedy's "Dream Crazy" campaign, created for the 30th anniversary of Nike's masterful "Just Do It" tagline...

8 Apr 2019

SOUTH AFRICA

One SA finalist for One Club's ADC

The New York Times Magazine and McCann New York lead the way with 20 finalists' entries each in the global ADC 98th Annual Awards with Grid Worldwide/Johannesburg the only finalist from South Africa, as announced by The One Club for Creativity...

5 Apr 2019

UNITED STATES

#OneShow2019: David Rolfe's judging pick of the day

David Rolfe, EVP and director of integrated productions at BBDO New York and ADC 98th Annual Awards Motion and Film Craft judge was very impressed with "Unlock", the Dougal Wilson-directed spot for Apple...

5 Apr 2019

SOUTH AFRICA

#OneShow2019: Jenny Ehlers's judging pick of the day

It didn't take long for King James Cape Town ECD and ADC 98th Annual Awards Interactive judge Jenny Ehlers to fall in love with Puma's "The World's Fastest Annual Report", created by Publicis Pixelpark of Erlangen and Hamburg...

4 Apr 2019

SOUTH AFRICA

#OneShow2019: Fran Luckin's judging pick of the day

"Terse, spare storytelling, very economical but very powerful" is how Fran Luckin, CCO of Grey Johannesburg and ADC 98th Annual Awards Advertising judge describes "The Truth Is Worth it", making it her ADC Awards pick of the day...

22 Mar 2019

SOUTH AFRICA

Festival-goers can now shop and ship to Amazon lockers at Coachella

Visitors to the USA's popular Coachella festival in April will now be able to shop festival essentials from Amazon to be delivered to an Amazon locker located inside the event...

14 Feb 2019

SOUTH AFRICA

Fran Luckin announced as one of 2019 NYF Advertising Awards executive jury members

Grey Africa's Fran Luckin has been announced as one of the executive jury members of the 2019 New York Festivals Advertising Awards...

6 Feb 2019

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Wesgro represents Cape Town, Western Cape at NY Times Travel Show

From 25-27 January 2019, Wesgro CEO Tim Harris and Wesgro head of leisure tourism, Inge Dykman will join over 560 exhibitors representing 170 destinations at this years' New York Times Travel Show...

24 Jan 2019

SOUTH AFRICA

Artist’s name: Babak Sarbaz (pseudonym)
Title: Clergies’ Revolution
Dimensions: 100 x 75 cm
Editor’s note: This submission is a graphic manipulation of an image of Ayatollah Khomeini’s return to Iran in 1979

Borders and Boundaries competition announces winner

CALIFORNIA, United States - On 23 January 2019, United for Iran, a Bay-Area NGO working to promote civil liberties and civil society in Iran, announced the completion and winner of Borders and Boundaries, a visual art competition of Iranian artists focused on censorship and freedom of expression in Iran...

24 Jan 2019

SOUTH AFRICA

New York Festivals announces inaugural executive jury president

NEW YORK, United States - New York Festivals International Advertising Awards has announced Matt Eastwood, global chief creative officer of McCann Health as the 2019 executive jury president. This marks the first president in the nine-year history of NYF's executive jury...

23 Jan 2019

SOUTH AFRICA

Net#work BBDO has six entries on shortlist for One Show 2019 Awards

Johannesburg's Net#work BBDO has six entries, all for "Return to Chapman's Peak" on behalf of client Mercedes Benz, on the early deadline shortlist for The One Show 2019 global awards...

16 Jan 2019

UNITED STATES

Alicia Keys, Viacom CEO Bob Bakish, Swati Dlamini-Mandela, among attendees. Image supplied.

MTV Staying Alive Foundation celebrating 20 years

The MTV Staying Alive Foundation celebrated its 20th anniversary with an inspirational gala at Guastavino's in New York City...

30 Nov 2018

UNITED STATES

'The Cube: Part Three' campaign is launched as ADC Awards call for entries continues

The campaign was developed by brand experience design firm Collins and each episode is brought to life by one of six talented animation and illustration studios from around the world...

19 Oct 2018

UNITED STATES

'The Cube: Part Two' campaign continues call for entries for ADC Awards

The campaign was developed by brand experience design firm Collins and each episode is brought to life by one of six talented animation and illustration studios from around the world...

4 Oct 2018

UNITED STATES

All the D&AD Impact Awards winners

NEW YORK: Leading figures from the worlds of business, advertising, design and philanthropy gathered at AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13 in New York City to celebrate the winners of the third annual D&AD Impact Awards...

3 Oct 2018

UNITED STATES

The One Club launches online video campaign to promote One Show call for entries

NEW YORK: The One Club for Creativity today debuted an online video campaign by Toronto agency Zulu Alpha Kilo to promote the call for entries for the 2019 iteration of the One Show awards...

1 Oct 2018

SOUTH AFRICA

#Newsmaker: Clive McMurray recognised for outstanding event management

Earlier this month, FCB Durban MD Clive McMurray was awarded the Outstanding Event Management Award at the GLS Excellence Awards in Chicago, where he was recognised for his exceptional organisation of the annual Global Leadership Summit at Kloof Harvest Church...

By Jessica Tennant 22 Aug 2018

AFRICA

'It's time to invest, trade and partner with Africa'

Global Business Leaders to address 2018 Africa Trade and Investment Global Summit in Washington, D.C...

18 Jun 2018

MALTA

A South African's guide to moving to and making it in Malta: The Daphne impact

You may not have heard of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia who was murdered six months ago, but Meryl Streep certainly has and it would not surprise me if the Oscar winner optioned DCG's story...

By Marcus 'The Maltese Falcon' Brewster 20 Apr 2018

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Effective Use of Brand Purpose shortlist for Warc Awards 2018 announced

The Warc Awards released the shortlist for the Effective Use of Brand Purpose category - a search for marketing initiatives that have successfully embraced a brand purpose and achieved commercial success as well as a benefit for a wider community...

17 Apr 2018

SOUTH AFRICA

#OneShow2018: Print and Outdoor finalists revealed!

Finalists in the 'print and outdoor' category have been revealed for One Show 2018, with two SA agencies making the grade...

13 Apr 2018

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