Advertising Agencies in South Africa
Easily find the best Advertising Agencies in South Africa – based in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban.
Bloom & Stone
We tell stories for organisations doing good in the world and for brands who want to make real impact. Mostly this looks like immersive experiences and integrated campaigns. Often strategy and branding. Frequently theatre and film.
Johannesburg
Head of Creative: Vanessa Frost
Head of Community: Zamantungwa Khumalo
Head of Production: Terri Ella
CSA.Global
CSA is a globally recognized culture & entertainment agency that builds & enhances brand relevance through narrative-led, popular culture marketing campaigns.
Cape Town, Johannesburg, Maputo, Luanda, Lusaka, Addis Ababa, Kinshasa, Douala & Yaoundé, Abidjan, London & Los Angeles
Executive Director & Co-Founder: Marc Le Chat / Executive Directors: Davin Phillips / Brannon Phillips
Executive Director & CFO: Jaren Phillips / Account Director: Kirby Manousakis
Clockwork
An independent award-winning agency with a unique approach, we focus on helping brands tell the right stories, to the right people, at the right time. Driven by metrics and data, we’ll help you develop a unique and resonating brand narrative, no matter the platform.
Johannesburg
Co-CEO: Tom Manners / Nic Simmonds
Creative Business Unit Director: Marc de la Querra / Interactive Director: Ciaran Burnand
DENTSU CREATIVE South Africa
Cape Town & Johannesburg
Draftline JNB
Draftline JNB is 1 of 12 global award-winning in-house agencies for Ab-InBev. As a multiskilled team of creatives, strategists, trend analysts, influencer managers and digital specialists, we drive creative excellence that gets business results across the entire brand portfolio of SAB Ab-InBev on the African continent.
Johannesburg
Director / MD Anheuser-Busch InBev & Draftline in-house agency: Laurelle Simonetti
Digital Creative Director / Creative Director: Tumisa Sam Matutoane
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: Amy Liebbrandt / Nino Naidoo
Creative Directors: Fu’aad Kasu / Doug Larter
Fell + Company
Fell and Company is a full service premium content agency. Exploring stories centred around human-lead narratives, turning complex client objectives into content that serves to entertain and inspire.
Cape Town
CEO & Founder: Greg Fell / Creative Director: Rich Hamman
Director & Producer: Andrew King / Caroline Brouckaert
Cinematographer & Editor: Erin Nel / Matt Eaton
Editor: Josh Swanepoel / Zaahid Safedien
Head of Relations: Kirsten Gerber / Head of Post Production: Ciretta Frezza
Grey Advertising Africa
At Grey, we continue to break new ground in brand experience across every platform to create lasting consumer connections and ultimately live up to our slogan; “Famously effective since 1917”, by delivering business results with creative solutions.
Johannesburg
CEO: Paul Jackson / ECD: Glenn Jeffery
House of Brave
House of Brave exists to challenge the status quo with strategic and creative intelligence. In doing so we create brave spaces for brands to live in and grow.
Johannesburg
CEO: Karabo Songo / MD: Andrew Shuttleworth
ECD: Vanessa Pearson / Strategy Director: Rob Van Rooyen / Digital Director: Musa Kalenga
Iconic Agency
Iconic is an integrated digital communications agency with a focus on content production and performance.
We make remarkable content for brands and connect them with their audience.
Cape Town
Managing Director & Creative Director: Andrew Kirkby
Executive Producer: Keane Balt / Strategic Lead: Daniel Kolossa
Joe Public
We are a 100% independent, proudly South African, integrated brand and communication group, whose philosophy is grounded in the belief that growth is a virtuous circle.
Johannesburg, Cape Town & Durban
Group CEO: Gareth Leck / Co-MDs: Khuthala Gala Holten & Mpume Ngobese
Group Chief Creative Officer: Pepe Marais / Chief Creative Officer: Xolisa Dyeshana
King James Group (Accenture Song)
King James is a South African creative ideas agency making global moves. Part of Accenture Song
Cape Town
Founding Partner King James Group / Accenture Song Leadership: James Barty
Founding Creative Partner, King James Group / MD Accenture & CCO Accenture Song (Africa): Alistair King
CEO / MD: Haydn Townsend / ECD: Panni Pinch
Net#work BBDO
We believed that great ideas have the power to change the world, mobilise behaviour and change and build social cohesion. We still do, and in fact, now we know they can. Great ideas break through the wallpaper of mediocrity and the wall of indifference.
Johannesburg
CEO: Leo Manne
ECD: Marcus Moshapalo
Saatchi & Saatchi South Africa
Saatchi & Saatchi is the “Nothing is Impossible” agency, driven by big thinking, big ideas and a can-do spirit.
Cape Town & Johannesburg
Managing Director: Quinton Luck / Managing Partner: Firdous Osman
Chief Creative Officer: Jonathan Beggs / Head of Strategy: Mia Cronje
