Posted: July 1, 2016
In January 2016, Joe Public introduced the concept of a junior lead executive committee to create more flow and communication between agency levels and to give young leaders the platform to initiate their own growth.
Posted: June 21, 2016
Joe Public United is proud to announce their recent partnerships with two new agencies in Africa.
Posted: June 20, 2016
As their payoff states, Mercedes Benz trucks are trucks you can trust.
Posted: June 2, 2016
We live in a world that is rapidly changing. Every day more and more channels, options and ideas come to life, allowing us to access the latest technological advances as well as the latest devices every few months, at only a moment’s notice.
Posted: May 6, 2016
Engage Joe Public has been named as one of only four finalists in the EMEA SABRE Awards in the New PR Consultancies of the Year category.
Posted: April 28, 2016
When you’ve simply been doing the same job at the same place for much too long, it becomes harder to move, especially if you’ve become part of the proverbial furniture. The print campaign was done for our client PNET — a job portal that offers close to 20 000 job positions on their site.
Posted: April 19, 2016
Engage Joe Public, Joe Public United’s specialist Public Relations & Communications agency for the group, has steadily been converting and retaining business as they enter their third year of growth. In the first quarter of 2016 alone, the specialist agency has landed no less than five diverse, new accounts.
Posted: March 30, 2016
Ignite Joe Public is proud to announce the launch of its latest Shopper Marketing division, which is expanding the specialist agency’s integrated offering.
Posted: January 25, 2016
At Shift Joe Public, we believe that when you use brand as a driver, businesses grow. It is simply understanding and utilising that value and the role the brand plays in business.
Posted: November 25, 2015
Joe Public United are set to continue its upward growth in 2016 as the group’s cross-platform agency, Ignite Joe Public, was the first to celebrate two new business gains from one of SA’s most iconic clients — SAB.
Posted: November 18, 2015
Ursula McAlpine joined Ignite Joe Public as its new managing director in August this year.
Posted: October 6, 2015
Growth by design: Iconic South African fashion brand, Jet, recently repositioned itself from Jet Up and Save to “Feel Good Fashion for Everyone”.
Posted: August 25, 2015
This year’s Loerie Awards show saw Joe Public being recognised with 15 Loeries in total, including 1 Gold, 8 Silver and 6 Bronze awards. The agency again showed its breadth, being awarded across multiple categories, including Direct Mail, Live Activations, Print, Radio and Television and Integrated Campaigns.
Posted: July 9, 2015
A new appointment in the leadership of Shift Joe Public signals more growth for the strategically lead design agency. Terri-Leigh Blomeyer, joined the creative talents at Shift Joe Public as the agency’s managing director in March this year.
Posted: July 8, 2015
This year saw a strong Joe Public delegation attending Cannes, along with attendees from clients Clover and Nedbank.
Posted: June 4, 2015
Ignite Joe Public’s recent TVC for client Iliadin takes a humorous approach to facing the winter blues this chilly season. Ilaidin’s nasal spray will not only unblock your nose, but it will also reduce a cold up to two days sooner.
Posted: May 27, 2015
Joe Public’s Katherine Glover has been selected to attend the Cannes’ “See It Be It” 2015 initiative. See It Be It, is a project that was initiated by Cannes in 2014 to highlight the existence of very talented creative women in the industry, accelerate their careers; expose the powers women bring to the work, and encourage agencies to nurture women’s careers from the inside.
Posted: March 18, 2015
Brothers for Life, a brand of the Center for Communication Impact (CCI), recently launched The #MMCZing campaign with the intention of breaking the convention of males speaking to males around the topic of circumcision.
Posted: February 23, 2015
After specialist below-the-line agency, Ignite Joe Public, succeeded in a 2014 win of Knorr Soup, the agency continues to pioneer exciting new ideas into the Knorr business, and this year it’s with Knorr Salad Dressings. The team was awarded the business in January 2015 after an inspiring thinking presentation that wowed the new client.
Posted: January 14, 2015
Joe Public is proud to announce the appointment of Dylan McLean as the executive creative director and managing partner of its new Johannesburg-based digital offering, Connect Joe Public.
Posted: October 27, 2014
This past weekend saw Joe Public celebrating yet another year of creative excellence at the Pendoring Awards, leading the night with 1 Gold and 3 Silver Pendoring awards.
Posted: October 23, 2014
After a phenomenally successful taking at this year’s Loerie Awards show, Shift Joe Public have catapulted into the top three list of the overall official Loeries rankings released on 16 October 2014, placing the specialist agency as the number one brand communications agency in South Africa.
Posted: September 30, 2014
Ignite Joe Public has recently been awarded the Knorr Soup business. The below-the-line specialist agency has been awarded the business as part of Knorr’s long-term strategy to redefine its role within the soup category.
Posted: September 23, 2014
South Africa’s largest independent communications group Joe Public, including Shift Joe Public and Ignite Joe Public, won six Gold, six Silver and six Bronze awards, as well as two Craft Certificates at this year’s Loeries Awards ceremony. Clients awarded included Nedbank, Foodcorp and One School at a Time (OSAAT).
Posted: September 22, 2014
Shift Joe Public, communications design agency, walked away with four Golds, two Silvers and a Craft Certificate at The Loerie Awards 2014.
Posted: July 21, 2014
When Mercedes-Benz Vans in Germany launched a new brand tagline – Born to Run – that guaranteed great service in record time, the South African team needed a simple idea to illustrate the exacting standards required to live up to this new brand promise.
Posted: June 6, 2014
An enormous bed made of ice drew dozens of celebrities to Melrose Arch last night, for the launch of the 2014 Nedbank Winter Campaign, which seeks to bring warmth through blankets to the less privileged members of our society.
Posted: May 27, 2014
Bronwyn James, Managing Director of One School at a Time, challenged her body and mind to trek up to Everest’s base camp in April this year to raise funds for the school's advancement programme.
Posted: March 28, 2014
Joe Public have it in the Cannes again as they swoop up first and third place in this year’s Young Lions competition. The brief challenged young creatives to produce a 60-second cinema commercial in 48 hours that would get South Africans from all walks of life, but particularly the youth, to the voting polls as well as support the Independent Electoral Commission’s election campaign, “I VOTE SA (IXSA)”.
Posted: March 13, 2014
Two new senior positions in the Media department continue to build a truly integrated solution to maximise growth for Joe Public’s clients. Suraya Pillay, with 20 years’ experience in the advertising industry, has recently been promoted to Media Director for Media Buying and Planning, whilst Jodi Calvert, with 25 years media experience, has been promoted to Channel Strategy Director.