D&AD has launched the creative campaign for this year's New Blood Awards, Ceremony, Festival and Academy, entitled 'Your Butterfly Effect'...
Qingqile Mdlulwa's appointment as group chief creative officer to Wunderman Thompson South Africa serves as the marker of intent for the agency to firmly position creativity as a key driver of the business moving into a new decade...
Jessica Tennant 15 Dec 2020
Qingqile Mdlulwa's appointment as group chief creative officer of Wunderman Thompson South Africa is a proud milestone for one of the country's largest marketing services agencies...
Issued by Wunderman Thompson 11 Dec 2020
FCB has been selected by Adweek as its Global Agency of the Year. Citing the agency's continued growth, innovation and ability to quickly adapt in the face of the many challenges impacting the world this year, the publication recognised FCB's unwavering focus on its people, clients and the creative work they accomplish together as the factors that made the 147-year-old network stand out...
Issued by Nahana Communications Group 9 Dec 2020
D&AD opens the call for entries for the 2021 D&AD Awards announcing key changes across categories in response to developments in the creative sector...
AAA school of Advertising is proud to announce that not only did it take the top spot at this year's Pendoring Awards, but AAA's students also won three Silver Awards...
Loraine Greenwood, Issued by AAA School of Advertising 20 Nov 2020
The Red & Yellow Creative School of Business in Cape Town has joined forces with Africa and the Middle East's premier award as the official education partner of the Loeries...
Alan Kelly, CCO at Rothco, based in Ireland, shares the three ingredients needed to win an award...
Evan-Lee Courie 16 Nov 2020
D&AD announces the first of its New Blood Shots briefs, a series of quick-fire New Blood briefs designed to give emerging creatives a faster way to develop their portfolio, impress employers and land a paid commission or role while job opportunities are difficult to access...
D&AD has announced the re-launch of New Blood Shift New York 2020, a free opportunity for aspiring creatives without college qualifications to get a foothold in the creative industries...
D&AD has announced the briefs for the 2021 New Blood Awards as well as New Blood Shots, a series of quick-fire New Blood briefs set over six weeks in direct response to the disruptions to creative education and employment as a result of the coronavirus pandemic...
Several renowned names on the global creative stage will enthrall the advertising and brand communications industry when the Loeries Creative Week broadcasts its virtual event from Johannesburg, South Africa between 16 to 20 November 2020...
Naresh Ramchandani, Pentagram partner and one-time founder of both St Luke's and Karmarama, will succeed Kate Stanners, Saatchi and Saatchi Worldwide CCO as President for 20/21...
Red & Yellow enhances Honoris' position as a leading provider of future-oriented learning as the network expands further in South Africa...
Issued by Red & Yellow 6 Oct 2020
D&AD has announced that the 58th edition of the D&AD Annual will for the first time be published exclusively as a digital publication free of charge, enabling greater accessibility and significantly reducing D&AD's carbon footprint...
I chatted to the international jury presidents ahead of the upcoming Loeries Creative Week. Next in the series is this year's design jury president Katherina Tudball, creative director at Superunion London.
Jessica Tennant 1 Oct 2020
I chatted to the international jury presidents ahead of the upcoming Loeries Creative Week. Kicking off the series is this year's film jury president Swati Bhattacharya, CCO at FCB Ulka...
Jessica Tennant 30 Sep 2020
If I have learnt anything in this business it is that every couple of years somebody comes along with something that is seen as the new answer...
Damon Stapleton 28 Sep 2020
D&AD has announced its 2020 winners for the Future Impact category, which supports and accelerates ideas with the potential to create positive change...
In a week, some of the most awarded individuals in the brand communication industry join the Loeries to begin judging thousands of entries submitted for 2020 in the hope of scooping Africa and the Middle East's highest creative accolade - a Loerie...
The 58th D&AD Awards Ceremony took place virtually last night where 4 Back Pencils were awarded and South Africa ranked 22nd in the country rankings...
Following the final stage of judging, D&AD has announce the shortlisted entries for the final 4 categories: Graphic Design, Packaging Design, Book Design and Newspaper & Magazine Design...
D&AD has announced plans for a virtual ceremony on 10 September that will celebrate the 2020 D&AD Pencil winners...
D&AD has announced the programme for the 2020 New Blood Academy, a creative bootcamp for New Blood-awarded emerging creatives hosted in partnership with WPP...
D&AD has announced its 2020 Pencil winners for the Collaborative category, which celebrates long-lasting relationships between clients and their design, advertising and/and production companies that have led to the creation of amazing work over time...
This year Suné Liebenberg, with tutor Pam Lansdell from AAA School of Advertising, won a Wood Pencil for "Dis Tjala tyd" and creative team, Carla Ehlers, Chante Harding and Tulsha Booysen, with tutors Anka Joubert and Mandy Speechly from IIE Vega School (Cape Town), also won a Wood Pencil for Operation-O...
D&AD has announced plans for this year's New Blood Digital Festival and Awards which will take place from 6-10 July...
The D&AD Awards announced the second round of winners across the Advertising, Culture and Design categories with SA's TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris and Joe Public both winning Wood Pencils!...
129 Pencils have been awarded across the categories, with Jung von Matt AG, Apple, Cossette Toronto, Dentsu, Inc., Mother London and TBWA\Paris amongst the top-ranking companies at this stage...
Following the third stage of judging, D&AD today announce the shortlisted entries for an additional 13 categories. 432 entries have been shortlisted with Dentsu Inc, Apple, Africa, McCann New York and TBWA\Paris amongst the top-ranking companies shortlisted in this stage...
D&AD and Colenso BBDO have collaborated on a new five-part series on New Zealand-based podcast, Love This...
Following the first shortlist announcement last week, D&AD today announce the shortlisted entries for an additional 11 categories including SA's TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris and Joe Public...
SA's The Odd Number has been shortlisted in the Sound Design & Use of Music / Audio Composition category...
Following D&AD's announcement earlier this year confirming the 2020 Awards would go ahead in a digital capacity due to the global coronavirus outbreak, the organisation has announced its programme for the 58th edition of their annual awards...
There's no doubt that creativity is crucial to our job. Which is to get people to do exactly what we want them to do, to persuade them to change their behaviour in a way that benefits our clients. But campaigns cannot live on creativity alone. It's time that effectiveness stops coming second-best to fame...
Maxine Twaddle 24 Apr 2020
The One Club for Creativity has announced the finalists for the global ADC 99th Annual Awards...
This April, we invite you to make possible exclusive content by Bizcommunity editors Jessica Tennant and Juanita Pienaar as they delve into why 2020 is being dubbed 'Year of Sonic' in their Biz Radio & Podcast content feature report.
Issued by Bizcommunity.com 16 Mar 2020
The Media 100, the second of the three Warc Rankings, is now released featuring the most awarded campaigns, agencies and brands in the world for media excellence...
D&AD CEO Patrick Burgoyne on the trend towards creativity for social good, the importance of diversity in the creative industry and changes in the business of design...
Jessica Tennant 2 Mar 2020
FCB Joburg and its client, Coca-Cola South Africa, were among the biggest winners at the 2019 edition of the Creative Circle Annual Awards...
Issued by Nahana Communications Group 25 Feb 2020
New Delhi-based communication designer Ananya Khaitan has been announced as one of the speakers at Design Indaba 2020. He specialises in book design and brand identity design, with his work reflecting his affinity for matters of import and impact...
Jessica Tennant 23 Feb 2020
The Creative Circle has released its Overall Rankings and Peter Khoury's term as the chairperson has come to an end, seeing Neo Mashigo from M&C Saatchi Abel taking the reign...
Creative big-hitter Tseliso Rangaka is returning as chief creative officer to the agency where he started his career, FCB Joburg, also assuming responsibility for the creative output of its specialist agency partner Hellocomputer...
Issued by Nahana Communications Group 11 Feb 2020
AdForum has released the third edition of the Business Creative Report: the most awarded campaigns, agencies and brands by business sector...
Afro-disruption and Afro-centrism will be trending when Bizcommunity, in association with Ster-Kinekor and Kantar, brings you BizTrendsLIVE!2020, on Thursday, 30 January 2020...
Issued by Bizcommunity.com 22 Jan 2020
Bizcommunity has announced the line-up of published and awarded trend analysts from London, Lagos, Senegal and SA, to share their vision of intra-African tech, trade and trends at BizTrendsLIVE!2020 on Thursday, 30 January...
Issued by Bizcommunity.com 13 Jan 2020