

Accenture Song (Cape Town)
King James is a South African creative ideas agency making global moves. Part of Accenture Song
Cape Town & Johannesburg
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 / ECD: Danni Pinch
We put idea explosion ahead of idea integration. Everything starts with a bold idea, and where that idea comes from in the group is irrelevant. In our experience, the best ideas have a flammable quality. Everyone that encounters it wants to add to it, with interest, and in doing so the idea is exploded through the group into whichever mediums make it more powerful. This collaborative structure has a significant effect. There are no parameters to how we think. No limitation to our solutions. There’s no idea that can’t be had, can’t be acted upon or made better by someone else in the building. We take the most compelling qualities of a brand and make them spectacularly memorable for a world that doesn’t think in media silos.
KingJames Group
Roodebloem Manor,
22 Lawley Road, Woodstock, 7925,
Cape Town, South Africa
Chief Executive Officer: James Barty
gwen@kingjames.co.za
Chief Creative Officer: Alistair King
gwen@kingjames.co.za
Human Resources:
careers@kingjames.co.za
FEATURED WORK
AWARDED WORK
FEATURED
The Best of Film & Film Craft in South Africa 2024
Welcome to the first in a series of showcases celebrating the very best South African work in 2024. Our first showcase is the Best of Film & Film Craft awarded by the Loeries. Here we spotlight the best local talent making moving pictures. Save their names!
Meet South Africa’s Cannes Lions Judges 2024
Being selected as a judge at Cannes is a massive achievement. It’s a testament to the respect the industry has for you on an international scale. We know that while a lot of us will be basking in the glitz and canapes Cannes has to offer, these judges will be toiling away in dark rooms, sifting through all the entries to identify the most outstanding work the world has to offer. Not to mention the Cannes Lions Shortlist judges who already had to work overtime and in between their own pitches back home! We see you, and we salute you.
South Africa’s D&AD Work & Winners 2024
Since the announcement of the 62nd D&AD Awards late last week, our dedicated hamsters have been curating a showcase of the brilliant work behind the results. Here are the exceptionally talented South Africans who brought home the Pencils — now you know who to collaborate with next. Congratulations to these beauties for making us proud!
IDIDTHAT Craft Awards January 2024
This month's IDIDTHAT.co Craft Awards were judged by the Judge Judy's themselves, order in the court for Alan Irvin, Director at They Films and all rise for Danni Pinch, ECD at Accenture Song. Congratulations to Darling Films' Chloe Coetsee and independent director Dave Meinert who both took home Best in Craft.




