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"#SPOTLIGHT: Workplace wellbeing • #AgencyFocus: andPeople • Q5: Paula Hulley • YGK: Amahle Jaxa • Account wins & appointments" - MarkLives

And other top advertising, media and marketing news, analysis and opinion on the website for this week and last, including…

#SPOTLIGHT: Sometimes you need more than yoga and a doughnut

by Carey Finn. What can agencies do to promote wellbeing in the workplace? MarkLives speaks to Bongani Chinkanda, Michelle Caldeira, Vanessa Gibb, Jarred Cinman, Michelle Beh, Wouter Lombard, Brenda Khumalo, Tarryn Pickup, Rika Nell, Bogosi Motshegwa, Claire Cobbledick, Gary Wilmott and Andy Wright.

#AgencyFocus: andPeople wants you to get the youth market
by Sabrina Forbes. Youth engagement agency, andPeople, was born out of frustration with the youth marketing work done by SA’s big agencies. 

By Invitation Only: Top 5 global issues among ad self-regulatory bodies

by Gail Schimmel. In April 2019, on behalf of ARB, I attended the annual meeting of ICAS and the bi-annual meeting of EASA, which sees advertising self-regulatory bodies from all over the world come together for an information-sharing, jam-packed three days in Paris, France.

Q5: Adland’s changing landscape with Paula Hulley [interview]
by Carey Fin. Paula Hulley, IAB SA CEO, shares her thoughts on what we need to do to meet the future of marketing and advertising, now.

Young, Gifted & Killing It: Amahle “Jaxx” Jaxa
by Veli Ngubane. Queenstown-born Amahle “Jaxx” Jaxa is currently chief of operations at Until Until while studying towards a BA through UNISA. The 25-year-old shares her opinions on how the industry is doing in terms of transformation and how women are portrayed in the media.

Regular Reads:

SA TV Ratings: DStv — primetime top 30 for Mar 2019

On the Radar:

EXCLUSIVE: New CFO for M&C Saatchi Abel Group
New leadership team at Hero
99c appoints TTL creative head
McCain awards corporate comms account
Pernod Ricard appoints Chivas Regal agency
Trek Bicycle SA appoints agency
#CampagnRadar: If you don't vote, you may as well agree

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