OgilvyPR Shines at PRISM Awards 2024 We took home four awards, including two Golds, at the prestigious PRISM Awards 2024. These accolades recognize our impactful work with Life Healthcare, Pep, Telkom, and M-Net, showcasing our commitment to excellence in PR and communications across Southern Africa. From boosting Life Healthcare’s digital engagement to reshaping parenting norms with PEP’s Changing Stations initiative, creating engaging campaigns for M-Net, and Telkom, our teams delivered meaningful results that truly made a difference. Congratulations to everyone involved! #PRISMAwards #OgilvyPR #ExcellenceInPR #PRandInfluence
About us
In 1948, David Ogilvy founded the agency that would become Ogilvy & Mather. Starting with no clients and a staff of two, he built his company into one of the eight largest advertising networks in the world with more than 500 offices and 20,000 staff across 169 cities. Ogilvy South Africa’s origins lie with a small hot shop in Cape Town, founded by Bob Rightford, Brian Searle-Tripp and Roger Makin in 1976. After merging with Ogilvy in 1984, Ogilvy & Mather RS-TM dominated the local creative scene during the first decade and over the next twenty years was recognized as a brand-focused agency that acted with integrity. During the 1990’s, Ogilvy South Africa soared creatively under the leadership of Robyn Putter (1950-2010), who eventually went on to become the global creative head of WPP. Today, Ogilvy South Africa is the leader in the industry, focused on building and transforming brands. Employing more than 900 staff across three offices, Ogilvy remains true to David’s vision; we still see ourselves as a company that does more than ads and have proven that by maintaining our humility and an almost divine discontent at our past successes, we can do more than stay relevant. For more than 50 years, Ogilvy South Africa has created iconic advertising for clients such as KFC, VW, SAB, BP, DStv and Mondelez amongst others, and we continue to live by our founders credo of existing to “Make brands matter”.
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http://www.ogilvy.co.za
External link for Ogilvy South Africa
- Industry
- Advertising Services
- Company size
- 501-1,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Cape Town, Western Cape
- Type
- Privately Held
- Specialties
- Advertising, Marketing, PR, Activations, Digital marketing, Mobile Marketing, Social Media, SEO, Strategy, and Media Buying
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41 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock,
Cape Town, Western Cape 8000, ZA
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The Brand Building, 15 Sloane Street,
Johannesburg, Gauteng 2152, ZA
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76 Mahatma Gandhi Road
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 4001, ZA
Employees at Ogilvy South Africa
Updates
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We're #hiring a new SEO Strategist in Cape Town, Western Cape. Apply today or share this post with your network.
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“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.” – Nelson Mandela ❤️ In partnership with Ogilvy, Cadbury’s #RealMzansiNames is encouraging South Africans to connect by learning the proper pronunciation of each other’s first names. This small act of generosity deepens relationships and strengthens bonds, celebrating the beauty of our diverse heritage. 🇿🇦 #RealMzansiNames #CelebrateDiversity #Ubuntu #Cadbury
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We're #hiring a new Group Account Director - Consumer PR and Influence in City of Cape Town, Western Cape. Apply today or share this post with your network.
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We are pleased to announce that the application deadline for the Ogilvy SA Graduate Programme has been extended to Friday, 13 September 2024, at 5pm. Visit: https://og.ogilvy.co.za to apply 🎉
Applications for the OG Graduate Programme are now officially open! If you or someone you know is ready to make their mark and become a rising star in our industry, we want to hear from you. For more information, visit: https://og.ogilvy.co.za Good luck to all applicants! 🚀
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We're #hiring a new Digital Account Director in Johannesburg Metropolitan Area. Apply today or share this post with your network.
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We're #hiring a new Research & Insights Analyst in Johannesburg Metropolitan Area. Apply today or share this post with your network.
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We're #hiring a new Integrated Producer in Johannesburg Metropolitan Area. Apply today or share this post with your network.
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Are you ready to lead the future of learning? Join Ogilvy South Africa as our Head of Learning & Development!! To apply and for more info, click on the link below 🙌🏽 #Hiring #L&D #OgilvySA #Leadership
We have an amazing opportunity of a Head of Learning & Development. Reach out to me lets chat if you are keen
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Ogilvy wins 19 awards for digital excellence at the 2024 Bookmarks At the country’s largest celebration of digital excellence in marketing, Ogilvy was awarded more awards than any other agency in South Africa, including Gold for its Social Media Campaign for Volkswagen. The IAB Bookmarks are a highlight on the industry calendar, setting the benchmark for innovation, creativity, and effectiveness in the digital media and marketing industry. “We are incredibly pleased to see so many of our clients and our campaigns rewarded at this year’s Bookmarks. The breadth and depth of our wins this year really show how committed we are to ensuring that our work connects meaningfully with today’s digitally connected consumers. Not only in the traditional digital spaces, but also the emerging spaces of AI production and platform development.” comments Pete Case, Ogilvy South Africa’s CEO and Creative Chairman. Winning Ogilvy clients included Mondelez, KFC, Audi, Volkswagen and Castle Lite. The agency excelled across various digitally focused categories, including Channel Innovation, Digital Campaign Strategy, Digital Integrated Campaign, Customer Experience Design, Social Media Campaigns, Display Advertising, Excellence in Craft Strategy, and Excellence in Digital Content Marketing. Referring to one of the largest winning platforms of the night, Bridget Harpur, Head of Marketing for Volkswagen South Africa comments “As the People’s Car, we strive to make work that not only connects with people but empowers them. The ‘Night School’ platform has been a true labour of love, and it’s incredible to see all the effort being rewarded, after so many years in the making, Congratulations to our partner agency Ogilvy, for bringing this life-saving initiative to life.” Mel Carney, MD of Ogilvy’s digital specialist practice Ogilvy One adds, ‘As we create and deploy an increasing number of digitally connected solutions for brands, and as we gather more and more data from consumers, we’re seeing the large amount of measurable impact we’re able to bring our clients. It’s harder and harder for us to define what is and isn’t digital, as almost every piece of communication we create at Ogilvy is linked and connected somehow with data and technology. It’s encouraging to look at the winners over time at Bookmarks, where you can really see this evolution taking place in the work across our industry in South Africa.” Case concludes, “Congratulations to all the winners and especially to TBWA, who were announced as overall Agency of the year.”