Contact
Posted: June 6, 2013
Y&R:
Physical address:
The Crescent
Georgian Crescent East
Bryanston
2194
Postal Address:
Private Bag X9
Wendywood
2144
South Africa
Telephone, Fax & Email:
Tel: +27 (11) 797 6300
Fax: +27 (11) 797 6400
Email: info@za.yr.com
Related
Y&R:
Physical address:
The Crescent
Georgian Crescent East
Bryanston
2194
Postal Address:
Private Bag X9
Wendywood
2144
South Africa
Telephone, Fax & Email:
Tel: +27 (11) 797 6300
Fax: +27 (11) 797 6400
Email: info@za.yr.com
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Y&R South Africa is a community of creative minds who come to work to constantly challenge and reinvent; to find better and more effective ways of making our clients’ brands move their customers. And to do so in a manner that is differentiated for their brand while being relevant to their specific customer. In a phrase, we come to work to help our clients’ brands Resist the Usual. To be clear, this is not difference for difference sake; that way lies gimmickry and short-termism. This is difference and relevance, the cornerstone of all successful brand building. Our community use the power of insights, ideas and impact to deliver work that is impossible to ignore.This is what binds us together. This is what fires us up in the morning. This is who we are.
