Top company and news stories 26 February 2018 - 26 Feb 2018

By Leigh Andrews

Network BBDO MD Gau Narayanan says, 'SA as a launchpad for talking to Africans in Africa'

Jon Ratcliffe, CEO of Engage Video Group, unpacks aspects of viral video success in 2018

Retail editor Lauren Hartzenberg talks to #Newsmaker Esther Hoogstad on steering Spree's CX

In this week's #FairnessFirst, see how #Sona2018 left SA's social media set hopeful of real change

Product of the Year 2018 awards SA's favourite consumer goods

Andy Walker of Memeburn explains why SA's #SaveWater mascot Splash is scarier than the drought

And my latest #LoeriesRanking Q&A is with Robroy Music

Leigh Andrews
Editor-in-Chief: Marketing & Media SA

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Leigh Andrews

Andrews was on the inaugural Marketer of the Year (MOTY) jury for the 2019 Marketing Achievement Awards (MAA) as well as an #Inspiring50 2018 nominee herself, and judged over 500 entries for the most recent Epica Awards - the only creative prize awarded by journalists working for marketing and communications magazines around the world. She's also serving on the IAB (SA)'s #Bookmarks2020 Publisher panel.

Responsible for keeping a finger on the pulse of the latest happenings in the marketing and media industry, this is an almost 24/7 role that involves keeping one eye on your inbox with the other on your social media feed, to write breaking news stories and interviewing key people in the B2B space.

All made easier by 13 years of working for companies such as Microsoft, Kagiso Media, Fleet Street Publications, the Mail & Guardian Online, Caxton Community Newspapers and Newsclip's media, marketing and PR publications.

Editor's column

Top company and news stories 26 February 2018 - 26 Feb 2018

Leigh Andrews