According to Thule Ngcese, Creative Partner, Distrikt 9 (a VML supplier development partner), AI is giving us flawless sunsets, flawless skin, flawless everything. But when perfection becomes the norm, it stops being a differentiator. Humans were never built to experience the world through sight alone. We have four other senses waiting to get back in […]
The last stretch of the year often pushes creative teams to the edge, says Darren Morris, CEO of Lucky Hustle. Every year, as the festive season approaches, the advertising and creative industries face a familiar tension. Brands push out campaigns and year-end content at full speed, while creative teams feel the growing pressure of constant […]
Unilever South Africa is a Bronze Sponsor of this year’s WesBank New Generation Awards. As a proud media sponsor of the awards, Modern Marketing interviewed Tamryn Taylor, Head of Marketing / Demand Generation: Beauty, Well-Being and Personal Care at Unilever, about its support for the awards, how to create the most impactful marketing campaigns, influencer marketing trends, and more. Why does [...]
Katherina Tudball, creative director at Superunion London and one of the speakers on the first day of the #Loeries2020 Creative Week, addressed visceral creativity. She said that during her time as a designer, there is one word that sums up her approach to creativity, and that is ‘ideas’. ‘What I mean is that conceptual thinking is […]
Our Modern Marketing Digital TrendCamp video features Pepe Marais, Founder and Group Chief Creative Officer of Joe Public United, whose video highlights embracing and enhancing creativity during the lockdown period. The video is live on our YouTube channel – don’t forget to subscribe to the channel for more videos on advertising/branding/marketing trends and topics. Send a 3-4 minute audible video […]
According to Shaune Jordaan, CEO of Hoorah Digital, the internet and social media, which make information readily available in a scenario completely at odds with our reality 25 years ago, are meanwhile feeding rather than quelling the global state of panic. Coronavirus is, arguably, like nothing we’ve experienced in recent history. It’s both remarkable and […]
Rohan Reddy, Executive Creative Director for the McCann Africa network, says just three months ago, most had never heard of ‘the Coronavirus’, but now it is a household word. In response, countries are shutting their borders, denying visas and grounding airlines. Schools and universities are closing, supermarket shelves are being emptied of everything from toilet […]
Neo Mashigo, Chief Creative Officer of the M&C Saatchi Group, is very humbled to have received the 2019 AdFocus Industry Leader of the Year award. Such recognition is what continues to drive and show him that his efforts resonate with that of the industry. Early life On Saturdays, Mashigo attended a school where he learnt […]