SA makes final Cannes Lions shortlists

CANNES: TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg's Trillion Dollar Campaign and Lowe Bull Johannesburg's Meet Wally's Heart have made the Titanium & Integrated Lions, while FoxP2 and DDB South Africa have made the Film Lions shortlist for the 56th Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. Both lists were released this morning, Friday, 26 June 2009. [blog] 26 Jun 2009 11:12

Silver Direct Lion for TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris

CANNES: At the first of the 56th annual Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival award ceremonies last night, Monday, 22 June 2009, in Cannes, France, TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg scooped South Africa's only Lion of the evening, a Silver Direct Lion for its Trillion Dollar Campaign for The Zimbabwean. [blog] 23 Jun 2009 09:32

2009 Cannes Lions SA shortlists so far

The 56th Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival kicked off this weekend in Cannes, France, and of the seven Cannes Lions shortlists released so far - Direct, Promo, PR, Press, Media, Outdoor and Radio - South Africa has entrants on all but new category PR. 22 Jun 2009 11:30

Yellow Pencils for Lowe Bull, JWT

[Riaan Wolmarans] LONDON: Lowe Bull Gauteng's “Meet Wally's Heart” won one of South Africa's two Yellow Pencils at the annual D&AD awards at The Roundhouse in Chalk Farm, London, last night, Thursday, 11 June 2009. South Africa's other Yellow Pencil was given to JWT Cape Town's tactical “Researchers Wanted” spot for Velocity Films. [blog post] 12 Jun 2009 09:08

Social media is a people problem

[Roger Hislop] First the good news: using social media for marketing is not a technology issue; it's not a software issue; it's not even that complicated. Anyone, given a bit of sense and a free weekend to cruise some how-to sites, can learn how to use most of the popular social media platforms like YouTwitFace. Now the bad news: it is a people problem. You could even say it's an HR problem. 11 Jun 2009 09:27

Young Lions film winners announced

Reach a profitable audience this winter - Tollreach

Winter has arrived and although many of us are still trying to make sense of all the changes over the last few months, one thing is certain - it is going to be a lot harder surviving over the next couple of months. We all know about the recession and all the gloomy predictions anticipating the worst. 3 Jun 2009 17:18

Entries open for Spikes Asia

Entries are now open for the three-day Spikes Asia festival, which features both the established Asian creative awards show and a new networking and learning platform for the advertising and communications industry. A new category, Design, has also been added this year, the organisers announced earlier this week. 22 May 2009 10:06

Advice for agency MDs in tough times

[Gillian Rightford] The usually tough job of being an agency MD is probably at its peak of toughness right now. While clients might not have cut budgets yet, you can be sure they're thinking of it. And the agency MD has to be thinking about that possibility. 21 May 2009 13:22

Nestlé SA to conduct media agency review

Nestlé South Africa will conduct a review of media agencies to look for a possible new South African partner, it was announced yesterday, Wednesday, 13 May 2009, a result of the need to enable Nestlé to deal with the complexity of a rapidly changing SA media landscape with challenging industry dynamics. 14 May 2009 11:50

AdVantage, Markex partner for ad agency village

AdVantage magazine and Markex have partnered to launch an ‘advertising agency village' to showcase the creative industries at the annual trade and consumer show in Johannesburg next month, 9 - 11 June 2009. 13 May 2009 13:13

New Zealander to chair Loeries Experiential jury

With a mass of experience and a host of awards to his name, Matt Shirtcliffe - probably New Zealand's most decorated creative director - is this year's Loeries Experiential jury chair. 13 May 2009 11:38