"Assegais; Ogilvy buys Gloo, nabs Mokoena from FCB; Joe Public exits CT" - MarkLives - PARTY

The Assegai Awards - all the 2014 winners!

The 2014 Assegai Awards winners were announced on Thursday evening, 6 November 2014, at a jam-packed gala dinner at Shine Studios in Braamfontein, Johannesburg.

Ogilvy Joburg nabs Alistair Mokoena from FCB

by Herman Manson. Alistair Mokoena, managing director at FCB Johannesburg, is leaving the agency to join Ogilvy Johannesburg as MD.

WPP statement: Ogilvy & Mather has acquired Gloo Digital Design

WPP has announced that its wholly-owned marketing communications network, Ogilvy & Mather, has acquired Gloo Digital Design, an award-winning South African digital design agency specialising in creative campaign solutions for all sectors across the digital media space.

Joe Public exits Cape Town

by Herman Manson. Joe Public is exiting Cape Town, Joe Public South Africa chief executive officer Gareth Leck has confirmed.

Marrying PR and social, new agency shoots up in a year

by Herman Manson. Where do journalists go as their industry divests from original content? To industry doing the exact opposite, of course - like marketing, to be exact. Tom Manners and his business Clockwork Media are an apt example.

Regular reads:

• Ad of the Week with Oresti Patricios: In the Great Karoo, a flag visible from space

• Shelf Life with Louise Marsland: The nexus of potstill brandy

• MagLove with MediaSlut: Unfolding the who's who of Disney and Pixar

• Heroes & Zeros with 702: Land Rover gets the thumbs up

• #Top40TVratings with SAARF & MarkLives: 27 October-2 November 2014

• Smart Africa TV with Russell Southwood: Facebook's largest African markets

Appointments & resignations

• JWT appoints Kershnee Pillay as managing partner

• Iqbal Survé resigns from Sekunjalo Investments

Account wins:

• Rogerwilco gets Red Bull SEO