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Ogilvy wins record 16 awards at the 2023 One Show for creativity

Ogilvy wins record 16 awards at the 2023 One Show for creativity

Ogilvy was recognized as the most awarded agency in South Africa at The One Show, with an amazing 16 awards.

Ogilvy South Africa wins Agency Of The Year!

Ogilvy South Africa wins Agency Of The Year!

Ogilvy claimed the top position at the annual Creative Circle Awards last week. The awards are judged by a wide range of leading local industry professionals, who review work produced across the entire year and across a multitude of disciplines.

Ogilvy South Africa makes waves in international markets, by successfully blending creativity and technology

Ogilvy South Africa makes waves in international markets, by successfully blending creativity and technology

Ogilvy South Africa is showcasing SA talent and specialist expertise to the rest of the world through its global offshoring hub for the Ogilvy network. While the company made an impressive comeback on the creative scene last year, it is also making waves globally as a key destination for international clients

Ogilvy South Africa breaks records at 2022 Assegai Awards

Ogilvy South Africa breaks records at 2022 Assegai Awards

At the recent 2022 Assegai Awards, Ogilvy South Africa was announced as overall Agency of the Year, after receiving a record breaking 64 awards. These included 17 Golds, 13 Silvers, 8 Bronzes, 24 Leader awards, the Nkosi award (given to the best performing campaign of the year) and finally the IAS Agency of

Ogilvy appointed to market the Mother City

Ogilvy appointed to market the Mother City

The City of Cape Town has chosen Ogilvy South Africa as its Lead Agency, after a rigorous tender process against a full roster of other Cape Town based agencies. The City of Cape Town is a political party-neutral organisation dedicated to making Cape Town a better place to live for all its residents.

Ogilvy South Africa voted the Most Effective Agency of 2022

Ogilvy South Africa voted the Most Effective Agency of 2022

For the past 50 years, the Effie Awards have become the global symbol of achievement in marketing effectiveness. This pre-eminent award in the industry, recognises all forms of marketing that contribute to a brand’s success.

Ogilvy wins 25 awards at the 2022 Loeries

Ogilvy wins 25 awards at the 2022 Loeries

Ogilvy South Africa finished in a winning position at this year’s Loerie Awards, with 25 awards, given for work across multiple brands including; Volkswagen, AB InBev, Coronation, KFC, Mondelez and Spotify. Ogilvy’s work was also recognized across multiple disciplines; Digital crafts, Use of Technology,

Ogilvy wins Social & Digital Agency of the Year with 31 statues

New Gen Awards 2022

This year the New Generation Awards celebrated their 10th anniversary of evaluating South Africa’s best Social and Digital Media campaigns. Awards were given to campaigns that showed excellence and ROI for, Social and Digital reach, Online Experiences, App Development, Mobile Marketing, Influencer and

Ogilvy adds crypto to its wallet with LUNO

Ogilvy adds crypto to its wallet with LUNO

Luno, the world’s leading global cryptocurrency company, has chosen to partner with Ogilvy South Africa, after a rigorous 3-way pitch.

Ogilvy promotes “Own-Grown” Talent

Ogilvy promotes “Own-Grown” Talent

We are very proud to announce the promotion of Ndu Donsa to Head Of Strategy for Ogilvy South Africa’s Johannesburg office. Ndu has been with Ogilvy since 2015 and has shone brightly in his rise through various positions in the group.

OGILVY LEADS SOUTH AFRICAN AGENCY PERFORMANCE AT CANNES LIONS 2022

OGILVY LEADS SOUTH AFRICAN AGENCY PERFORMANCE AT CANNES LIONS 2022

Ogilvy South Africa brought home Gold, Silver, Bronze and seven Shortlist Lions at this year’s Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. Making the company the most awarded South African agency of the festival. Recognised as the most prestigious global creative awards show, the annual Cannes Lions attract in

Ogilvy scoops top positions at Creative Circle Awards

Ogilvy scoops top positions at Creative Circle Awards

Ogilvy South Africa was awarded two 1st place wins during the recent Creative Circle Awards, which took place last week. One for the advertising campaign ‘Let’s make new stories again’ for KFC and the second for Carling Black Label’s ‘Bride Armour’ campaign.

First-of-its-kind campaign launched for Coronation

First-of-its-kind campaign launched for Coronation

Creative Consultancy Number 10, in collaboration with Ogilvy South Africa, have launched a category disrupting campaign for Coronation Fund Managers. The campaign reminds South Africans that good things come to those who don’t wait to invest.

VW launches into the metaverse, with the world’s first NFT embedded advertising campaign

VW launches into the metaverse

The new integrated campaign from Volkswagen South Africa launches the latest model of the Polo, with IQ.DRIVE, Volkswagen’s advanced safety and intelligence system.

Ogilvy & PEP win a slice of Modern Marketing Gold

Pep Kids

Ogilvy South Africa and PEP won Gold at the 2021 Smarties Awards this week. Organised by the MMA, the Smarties celebrate the best in Modern Marketing across the African continent.

Ogilvy remains No1 Best Agency & Ideal Agency, according to South Africa’s Senior Marketers and Agency Professionals

Scopen - Gold

“AGENCY SCOPE is the largest and the most comprehensive survey measuring how agencies are perceived by marketers and how they perform,” explains Cesar Vacchiano, President & CEO, Scopen.

Ogilvy wins KFC’s Youth pitch

KFC Youth

After a recent pitch process for KFC’s Youth segment, Ogilvy has been confirmed as the agency partner of choice.

Samantha Presbury joins Ogilvy PR as new MD

Samantha Presbury

Ogilvy PR has appointed experienced marketing and communications professional Samantha Presbury as its new managing director.

Pete Case appointed as Ogilvy South Africa CEO

Pete Case

Pete Case will return from his current global role to become interim CEO of the Ogilvy South Africa Group. Case who has been actively leading Ogilvy’s creative ambitions across a number of offices in the worldwide network as CCO, will start the new position mid-January 2022.

Ogilvy launches the Molefi Thulo Bursary Programme in partnership with The Loeries

The Ogilvy Molefi Thulo Bursary Fund

Ogilvy South Africa is proud to announce the establishment of The Ogilvy Molefi Thulo Bursary Fund. The bursary will celebrate the memory of industry giant Mo Thulo, Executive Creative Director of Ogilvy Johannesburg, who passed away in August this year.

The 12fth Chair - reigniting the Constitution in the hearts and minds of our people

The 12fth Chair

Johannesburg, 14 September – To celebrate the 25th anniversary of our Constitution, Constitution Hill and its agency partner Ogilvy, have come together to launch the ‘12fth Chair’ - a ‘People’s Chair’ - at the Constitutional Court.

Ogilvy Johannesburg announces new Chief Creative Officer

Kabelo Moshapalo

JOHANNESBURG, 02 September 2021 - Ogilvy Johannesburg has confirmed Kabelo Moshapalo will be joining the agency as its new Chief Creative Officer on November 1st.

Memories Of Mo - Celebrating an Industry Giant

Mo Thulo

Following the recent passing of Molefi Thulo, a funeral will be held at Ogilvy’s Bryanston Offices on Saturday the 7th of August.

Ad industry loses creative trailblazer Molefi Thulo

Molefi Thulo

It is with profound sadness that we share the news that Molefi Thulo has passed away. This ever humble, always inspirational human will leave a massive hole in the industry that he loved so much, and to which he gave so much.

The Rise of Social Commerce

Rise of Social Commerce

Want to dig a little deeper into Social Commerce and find out what it means for brands, marketers and consumers alike? Then it’s time for you to grab a coffee and read our latest Red Paper.

The World Health Organization partners with Ogilvy | Social.Lab South Africa to launch global campaign, ‘Vaccines Bring Us Closer’

World Immunization Week 2021

Ogilvy Worldwide and Ogilvy | Social.Lab South Africa have joined forces with the World Health Organization to celebrate World Immunization Week. World Immunization Week brings together a diverse coalition of partners to promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease.

Ogilvy and Cadbury’s ‘Generosity Shop’ receive MMA Purpose-Led Marketing Award

Cadbury Dairy Milk - Little Generosity Shop

Ogilvy Johannesburg’s work for Cadbury Dairy Milk South Africa, titled ‘The Little Generosity Shop’ was recently awarded the Purpose-Led Marketing Award at the Marketing Achievement Awards, during a virtual ceremony hosted at the beginning of the month.

The Transformative Power of Social Media

Social Media Trends

Delivering value from marketing transformation can be greatly accelerated through social media.

Ogilvy Cape Town appoints a new Creative Leader

Vicki Buys, Camilla Clerke

CAPE TOWN, February 01, 2021 - As part of a renewed strategy and reorganisation of the Cape Town business, Ogilvy has appointed Camilla Clerke as its new Executive Creative Director (ECD).

Ogilvy Names James Kinney as Global Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer

Chief DE&I Officer, James Kinney

January 13, 2021 — Ogilvy announced today that James Nicholas Kinney has been appointed Global Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer and Chief People Officer for North America.

Critical factors for retail growth by Enver Groenewald

Group CEO Ogilvy SA - Enver Groenewald

It’s no secret that, unlike other countries across the African continent, it’s the big retailers that occupy the largest spaces on the retail spectrum in South Africa. It’s also no longer news that retailers in almost every sector continue to suffer turnover loss that is directly attributable to the

Social Lab triples in size with global client wins

Social Lab triples in size with global client wins

JOHANNESBURG, 01 December - During one of the toughest financial years of recent history, Social Lab South Africa is proud to report a period of extraordinary growth. Amidst a variety of account wins, the team has grown its billings by 300% and tripled its team size.

Vodacom thanks Ogilvy for Successful 5 Year Partnership

Ogilvy and Vodacom Joint Statement

JOHANNESBURG, 18 November - Vodacom and Ogilvy have jointly announced that their fruitful 5-year partnership will conclude at the end of March 2021.

Volkswagen and Ogilvy 'Drive to Defy' in every way

Major Mandisa Mfeka

"A campaign that truly lives its pay-off line," is how Ogilvy Cape Town creative director Alex Goldberg describes 'The Drive To Defy' launch of the new Volkswagen T-Roc.

Designing a compassionate workplace for a post-COVID world

Leading the Workforce

COVID-19 has changed the social contract between employees and employers, and we now have new expectations of working. As companies start returning to the office, leaders face new challenges in redesigning the way their organisations work, writes Emma Nicol.

Ogilvy Study First to Quantify the Wellness Gaps for Growth

Wellness Gap Report 2020

JOHANNESBURG - The US$4.5 trillion global wellness economy – growing twice as fast as the world economy – is now so pervasive that 73% of consumers consider wellness an essential element of a brand’s strategy.

Ogilvy becomes first agency brand to reach 1 million followers on LinkedIn

Ogilvy hit 1 million on LinkedIn

Ogilvy has become the first agency brand to reach an impressive social media milestone: one million followers on LinkedIn.

Ogilvy SA appoints Groenewald as new Group CEO

Group CEO, Enver Groenewald

JOHANNESBURG – Ogilvy has appointed Enver Groenewald as the new Group CEO of Ogilvy South Africa, effective October 1, 2020. Groenewald joins the agency from Unilever where he has been Africa Director and served on their Africa Leadership Team for the past five years.

Getting Real About Fake News

News24

What do we mean by Fake News?

‘Fake news’ is simply a current term for false information which spreads widely. It can be misinformation (defined as material, which is incorrect, but the propagator does not know or believe it to be false) and dis-information (which is material that is deliberately

Retailers decode future customer behaviour

Video Call Screen

Now is not the time to ram sales campaigns or overt branding at consumers. Now is the time to reassure them, help them; and keep communicating changes, safety and how you are adding value to their lives. Retailers admit it has been extremely tough to navigate the new trading environment in the shadow of

Communication in Time of Crisis

Patrick Conroy

As the world struggles with the impact of Covid-19 it may seem strange that a series of tragedies on the world’s highest peak could serve as a lesson in crisis communications. We don’t usually associate high altitude mountaineering with lessons for business, leadership and reputation management. In this

Conroy, Tshabalala join Ogilvy PR team

Conroy, Tshabalala join Ogilvy PR team

JOHANNESBURG – Ogilvy has ushered in the new year with two powerhouse appointments to further strengthen the agency’s impressive PR capability – ENCA co-founder Patrick Conroy and content editor Lerato Tshabalala.

Ogilvy CEO opts to pursue business opportunities outside of the Agency.

Ogilvy CEO opts to pursue business opportunities outside of the Agency.

Ogilvy South Africa CEO, Alistair Mokoena, will be leaving the group and joining Google South Africa. “Alistair has been a part of our journey since 2015. He feels that now is the time to embark on the next stage of his career. We wish him every success,” says Ogilvy EMEA CEO Paul O’Donnell.

Ogilvy COO promoted to top global role

Ogilvy COO promoted to top global role

JOHANNESBURG – Ogilvy South Africa has announced the promotion of Joanna Oosthuizen, Ogilvy South Africa’s Chief Operations Officer, to Director Public Relations & Influence for Ogilvy’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.

New Strategic Appointments at Ogilvy SA

New Strategic Appointments at Ogilvy SA

JOHANNESBURG – Ogilvy has announced the appointment of Neo Makhele to Chief Strategy Officer of Ogilvy South Africa, and Mathieu Plassard as Chief Growth Officer, as it continues to future-fit Ogilvy for the new marketing environment.

Ogilvy strikes gold at the New Generation awards

Ogilvy strikes gold at the New Generation awards

Ogilvy South Africa and their clients took to the stage at the 2019 New Generation Awards, winning a total of 7 golds.

Gallarelli to leave Ogilvy

Gallarelli to leave Ogilvy

Ogilvy South Africa is bidding farewell to Group Managing Director Luca Gallarelli, as the industry leader takes leave of the agency 17 years after he first joined.

Loeries 6-in-a-row for Ogilvy

Loeries 6-in-a-row for Ogilvy

Ogilvy South Africa celebrated its 6th consecutive Grand Prix at the 2019 Loerie Awards, the region’s largest advertising festival. Continuing its remarkable winning streak, Ogilvy once again took home the shows highest accolade.

Ogilvy CCO Pete Case to depart

Ogilvy CCO Pete Case to depart

Ogilvy SA Chief Creative Officer Pete Case will leave the agency at the end of 2019

Ogilvy SA wins big at Apex Awards

Ogilvy SA wins big at Apex Awards

Ogilvy South Africa emerged triumphant at the Apex Awards on Thursday, 11 July, taking home a total of six awards at the event, hosted at The Venue at The Houghton.

Ogilvy triumphs at Marketing Achievement Awards

Ogilvy triumphs at Marketing Achievement Awards

The inaugural Marketing Achievement Awards (MAAs) were held in a glittering ceremony at the Sun City Superbowl last week,

Lebo Madiba to head up Ogilvy PR

Lebo Madiba to head up Ogilvy PR

Ogilvy Johannesburg has announced Lebo Madiba as the new Managing Partner: Public Relations & Influence at the agency.

New Vodacom ad celebrates nation-building through digital education

Vodacom brand purpose campaign

Vodacom has launched a heartwarming television commercial emphasising the organisation’s commitment to building South Africa through digital education.

Ogilvy’s Pete Case appointed to World Creative Council

Pete Case - World Creative Council

Pete Case officially inducted onto the Council by Ogilvy CEO John Seifert and Chief Creative Officer Worldwide Piyush Pandey in Nashville, USA, earlier this year.

A Golden night for Ogilvy at the 2019 IAB bookmark awards

IAB Bookmark awards - Ogilvy

Once again Ogilvy and its clients managed to lead the Bookmarks in the increasingly important categories of Mobile, CRM, Loyalty programmes, Gamification, Content Strategy, Online video and Social Media.

Creative Circle Awards: Ogilvy wins big on the night

Creative Circle Awards: Ogilvy wins big on the night

JOHANNESBURG, March 2019 – Ogilvy South Africa made significant impact at the recent Creative Circle Awards, with Ogilvy Cape Town ranking as top performing agency across the year. Ogilvy Johannesburg also placed second in the Agency of the Year rankings and Ogilvy South Africa shared joint first place in

Retailers decode future customer behaviour

Video Call Screen

<p><span><span><span>Now is not the time to ram sales campaigns or overt branding at consumers. Now is the time to reassure them, help them; and keep communicating changes, safety and how you are adding value to their lives.

Ogilvy wins Loeries 2018 in marathon style

Ogilvy wins Loeries 2018 in marathon style

Ogilvy South Africa took home 23 statues from the 2018 Loeries held in Durban, including its 8th Grand Prix in a row. Find out more

Biko chosen to chair board in new Ogilvy appointments

Biko chosen to chair board in new Ogilvy appointments

Ogilvy South Africa is proud to announce the appointments of Nkosinathi Biko and Nonzukiso Zukie Siyotula to its board of directors,

New appointments at Ogilvy

New appointments at Ogilvy

Ogilvy is proud to announce three new senior appointments that deepen the client-centric approach at the recently re-founded agency. Find out more!

Ogilvy SA effective campaigns recognised in Apex triumph

Ogilvy SA effective campaigns recognised in Apex triumph

Ogilvy emerged from the recent Association for Communication and Advertising  (ACA) APEX awards with an unrivalled five awards. Find out more

Soccer song delivers Cannes Grand Prix for Ogilvy Cape Town

Soccer song delivers Cannes Grand Prix for Ogilvy Cape Town

Ogilvy Cape Town has been awarded a Cannes Lions Grand Prix for its Soccer Song for Change activation. Learn more!

Welcome to Ogilvy’s Next Chapter

Welcome to Ogilvy’s Next Chapter

Ogilvy announced the agency’s re-founding and new mission to serve as an integrated creative network that Makes Brands Matter. Learn more now!

#BizTrends2018: The transformation of the advertising space

BizTrends2018: The transformation of the advertising space

The reality of effectively marketing through the line, has for many years been an incredibly complex discussion. Learn more!

AD Industry Pushes The Boat Out To Salute The NSRI

AD Industry Pushes The Boat Out To Salute The NSRI

The advertising industry has created a stirring tribute to the volunteers of the NSRI to mark the 50th anniversary of the organisation

Ogilvy Celebrates 7th Straight Loeries Grand Prix

Ogilvy SA Leories 2017

Ogilvy South Africa took home 25 statues from the 2017 Loeries held in Durban at the weekend including its 7th Grand Prix in a row.

Ross The Boss For Castle Lite

Ross The Boss For Castle Lite

Rick Ross is the latest big hip hop star to feature in a Castle Lite campaign.

Ross appears in an epic new TVC ‘On A Boat’ which was created by Ogilvy Cape Town, directed by Sam Coleman from Giant and styled by hip hop fashion king, Groovy Lew.

Ogilvy & Mather SA Announces Resignation of Ceo, Abey Mokgwatsane

Ogilvy & Mather SA Announces Resignation of Ceo, Abey Mokgwatsane

<p>Ogilvy &amp; Mather (O&amp;M) South Africa announced today that Abey Mokgwatsane has resigned as Chief Executive Officer and will be leaving the company at the end of September to join Vodacom as its new Managing Executive for Brand and Communications.“Abey has been a transformational leade

Official Statement regarding Campaign Allegations

Official Statement regarding Campaign Allegations

<p>Ogilvy &amp; Mather has been an agency of record for the ANC in various elections since 1999, including the 2016 Local Government elections.

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