DUKE
DUKE is an integrated marketing company that puts the best people in the corner of contender brands so they can win the fight for customers’ attention.
Cape Town
Chief Executive Officer: Wayne Naidoo / Managing Director: Aileen Sauerman
Executive Creative Director: Suhana Gordhan / Chief Strategy Officer: Steve Miller
We’re a senior set up who looks to help our clients realise their opportunities through bringing together business acumen and creativity, packaged in highly engaging ways. We believe everyone has a plan until they’re punched in the mouth. It’s why we look for strategies and tactics which will get to market quicker and then to be prepared to pivot on a dime. We believe it’s not the size of the dog, but the fight in the dog. Preparation, intelligence, tactics and skill trumps size and spend every time. It’s who is in your corner which makes the difference. It’s why we use our DUKE Brain Trust to bring perspectives and thinking which clients won’t find in an ad agency.
- Cannes Lions – 1x Shortlist
- One Show – 1x Merit
- 2018 Adfocus Top 3 Small Agencies
- 2019 Adfocus Top 2 Medium Agencies
- Loeries – 1x Gold, 1x Silver, 3x Bronze, 7 Finalist, 3rd Ranked Small Agency 2018, 2nd Ranked Small Agency 2019
- Creative Circle – 1x 1st Place, 2x 2nd Place, 3x 3rd Place, 1x Finalist
- Marklives – 2019 Cape Town Agency To Watch
- Assegais – 2x Gold, 1x Silver, 5x Bronze, 4x Leader, 1x Finalist
- Bookmarks – 2x Finalist
- Prism – 1x Bronze
- MMA SMARTIES – 1x Bronze, 4x Finalists
- New Generation Awards – 1x Finalist
1st Floor, 42 Hans Strijdom Ave,
Cape Town,
8000
+27 21 421 4239
Wayne Naidoo | CEO
wayne@duke.co.za
+27 21 421 4239
Featured Work
Awarded Work
Featured Showcases
‘Work to Watch’ May 2023
Welcome to the ‘Work to Watch’ winners showcase for the first quarter of 2023, awarded by the Creative Circle. Here you can view all the work by our IDIDTHAT members and the names behind the work. Congratulations to all of you beauties!!
IDIDTHAT Craft Awards January 2023
This month's IDIDTHAT.co Craft Awards were judged by two industry heavy-hitters, the honourable Suhana Gordhan, Executive Creative Director at Duke Group and Karien Cherry, Director at Giant Films. We bow down in your presence! Big congratulations to editing-maestro Saki Bergh from Left Post for taking Best in Craft for January!
Ad of the Year 2021. All the Work and the Winners.
Congratulations to all the winners in the 2021 Creative Circle ‘Joe Public United of the Year’ awards…wait, wait, we mean ‘Ad of the Year’ awards. But damn Joe, well done team on picking up 15 of the 24 awards 🔥 The awards were held on the 10th of March and here we've made it easy peasy to find all the winning work and the winning people who created it.
‘They Did That’ February 2022. View South Africa’s New Work.
In a never-ending quest to keep you updated on all the impressive work that the industry is creating, we’ve created ‘They Did That’. Here we showcase all the latest work that agencies are most proud of and want to show off.
South Africa’s Work to Watch – June to October 2021
Here we showcase South Africa's stand-out work. This is the work that was awarded by the Creative Circle and represents the best our country has to offer. Basically, if you don’t have these companies on speed dial for 2022, ag shame man.
South Africa’s Best in Print, Outdoor and Live Events – Loeries 2021
Here we showcase the best-of-the-best in Print, Outdoor and Live Events in South Africa. Slaying barriers to collaboration wherever we see them, this showcase will help you find your next dream team. This work was awarded at the Loeries 2021 and features the cream of the crop in creativity and production. We have listed all the work and also the talent behind the work, now you know who to work with!