Top company and news stories 23 July 2018 - 23 Jul 2018By Leigh AndrewsThe ACA's Apex Award winners 2018 were announced last week There's R5m in bursaries available from Bursary Lottery Media24 and HuffPost plan to mutually end its SA licence Former US President Barack Obama delivered the 16th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture I report back on how we can use the spirit of Ubuntu to address knowledge gaps on Wikipedia In an exclusive interview, Chris Garbutt of TBWA Global shares how SA creativity punches above its weight Vumile Mavumengwana of VM DSGN explains the power of creative work that resonates universally I got Covve co-founder Yiannis Gavrielides to share networking tips as it's Social Wellness Month In #FairnessFirst, I report back on Kantar Millward Brown's 'Unboxing diversity in advertising' presentation Jessica Tennant chats to Francois du Preez about Grey Group's Grey Adventures startup incubator Outdoorphoto's Graham van der Merwe explains how to get your business found online in local search Van der Merwe also shares 8 lessons from 2017 in preparing for Black Friday Thoriso Kolobe of RPR Agency asks, "What is PR, really?" Hoorah acquires Tenzing Agency Andy Walker of Memeburn discovers Google's Gboard lets you type messages in Morse code Roy Morrison of Rise Africa Rise shares secrets of a successful digital marketing strategy I went #BehindtheSelfie with Kirk Gainsford, chief creative officer at MullenLowe South Africa Leigh Andrews | 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 15 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. |
