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Johannesburg - Two major accounts are up for grabs this week.
First National Bank where incumbent Draftfcb will be pitching against Ogilvy, DDB and MetropolitanRepublic; and Old Mutual has parted company with Ogilvy. Pitch details not known.
Other movement:
Ad Agencies
- Y&R Cape Town gained two new accounts. Vuka Scooters and Shimasky (jewellery brand).
- Hello Agency has been awarded the MAGNUM Ice-Cream account for the second year running.
- The Jupiter Drawing Room Cape Town was named the official advertising agency for Protea Hotel. The agency has done work for the hotel over the last ten years. It also awarded the Medi Clinic Account.
- Zoom Advertising is now handling the marketing and advertising for CareerJunction.
- Net#work BBDO beat out two other agencies to clinch its seventh Distell brand, Viceroy.
- Black River FC the Dial Direct Account in a five way pitch.
- Metropolitan Republic added family restaurant Wimpy to its books.
- Mick and Nick is the below the agency for Ster Kinekor.
PR
- HWB Communications is now handling the media liaison for XIX International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics World Conference to be held in Cape Town in October.
- MS&L Worldwide has been selected to be the global strategic communications advisor for the IMC.
- Taryn Fritz Public Relations was appointed to handle communications for the Discovery Channel and Animal Planet.
Below the line
- Mick and Nick will be handling two new accounts. The Motorola VD66 and the pilot launch of Mugg and Bean?s new coffee range.
- Bester Burke Slinger is now handling all the brands under Indigo Cosmetic after the brands under Coty were added to the list.
- Wired Communications was appointed to handle Sinn?s Restaurant.
- The Hardy Boys was chosen to handle below the line activities for Smirnoff.
- Aqualine is has been appointed by Pick n Pay to provide full service digital marketing.
- Maverick Experience Exhilarator?s work was widely noticed as the sports marketing agency for the IPL T20.
- Stonewall+, the digital agency, has added Investec, General Motors, MXit, Old Mutual, Fujitsu, Estee Lauder, Nashua Mobile, Lexus, JD Group and Dial a Nerd to its client portfolio.
- Fin24.com