New creative director joins Y&R Advertising in Johannesburg

Y&R Advertising's newest senior recruit, Charles Pantland joined the Johannesburg agency as creative director this month to creatively head up the Investec and Land Rover accounts.

With an innate talent for writing from a young age, Pantland passed Vega with a distinction in creative communications, specialising in copywriting. He has since built up a thriving career over the years working at Lowe Bull, TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris and Ogilvy. Pantland has an impressive portfolio of brands he's worked on, including Dulux, Axe, SAB, Nandos, Jameson, BMW, Standard Bank, KFC, Cadbury's, DSTV, Coco-Cola, Tiger Brands and the City Lodge Hotel Group, to name a few.