AWARDS & RECOGNITION (UPDATED 6 JUNE 2024)
International:
1 D&AD Graphite Pencil (2019)
1 D&AD Wood Pencil (2019)
1 D&AD In-Book (2005)
2 Cannes Gold Lions (2006 / 2004)
4 Cannes Bronze Lions (2015 / 2011 / 2007 / 2004)
Many Cannes Shortlists (2019 / 2015 / 2012 / 2011 / 2007 / 2004)
1 Clio Gold (2019)
5 Clio Bronze (2023 / 2019 / 2015 / 2009 / 2005)
2 One Show Silver (2007 / 2005)
1 One Show Bronze (2019)
8 One Show Merit (2019 / 2011 / 2009 / 2008 / 2005)
1 Art Directors Club of America Gold (2005)
2 Art Directors Club of America Distinctive Merit (2005)
1 Webby Awards Honouree (2022)
1 London International Awards Silver (2019)
Many London International shortlists (2000 / 2019 / 2022)
Many Ciclope Award finalists (2019)
Germany:
2 Art Directors Club for Germany (ADC) Bronze (2024)
2 Art Directors Club for Germany (ADC) Shortlists (2024)
1 Art Directors Club for Germany (ADC) Merit (2023)
First place - HorizonT.net “Kreation des Monats” (May 2022)
First place - HorizonT.net "Kreation des Monats” (May 2023)
The Best Agency 2024 - Shortlist in “Loud and Bold” category (June 2024)
South Africa*:
1 Loerie Grand Prix (2019)
10 Loerie Gold (2019 / 2005 / 2004)
12 Loerie Silver (2019 / 2015 / 2010 / 2007 / 2005 / 2004 / 1999)
13 Loerie Bronze (2019 / 2017 / 2015 / 2013 / 2008 / 2005 / 2004)
2 Loerie Craft Certificate (2015 / 2004)
3 Eagle Award Bronze (2011 / 2003) - Press advertising awards
1 Bookmarks Award - Gold (2019) - Digital marketing awards
3 Bookmarks Award - Silver (2020) -
3 Bookmarks Award - Bronze (2020) -
2 Creative Circle Ad of the Year (2005 / 2004)
1 2nd place Creative Circle Ad of the Year (2019)
1 3rd Creative Circle Ad of the Year (2015)
2 Apex awards (2017 / 2013) - Effectiveness awards
6 Assegais (2018 / 2019) - Direct marketing awards
Kantar Millward Brown - South Africa’s Top 10 Best Liked Ads for Q1 (2018)
1 Sabre Awards - PR awards (2019)
- Ranked number 01 - Agency Art Director in Africa and the Middle East for 2019 (November 2019) by the Loeries
- Ranked number 04 - Information Architect/UX Designer in Africa and the Middle East for 2019 (November 2019) by the Loeries
- Ranked in the top 50 on the Gunn Report (now WARC) for the world’s top press/out of home ads (2004)
- Campaign Magazine “The 10 Best International Press Ads” (2004)
- Featured in Shots Grand Prix “The World’s Most Awarded Advertising” (2006)
- Best of Ogilvy (2019 / 2017 / 2011)
- WWPed Cream Awards (Best of WPP) 2019
- 3 x Leo Burnett Global Product Review 7+ awards (1999 / 2000)
- Work featured in a book called “Guerilla Advertising” by Gavin Lucas and Michael Dorrian
- Featured on SABC (South African Broadcasting Corporation) breakfast television in my first month of working in advertising. We competed against Damon Stapleton (the now Chief Creative Officer of The Monkeys and Accenture Song, New Zealand) and his art director live on TV and kicked their butts :-)
AWARDS LIST IN FULL:
Nestlé THOMY “The THOMY Saurk” (2023 / 2024)
ADC (Art Directors Club for Germany) 2024 - Bronze - Activation - Promotion - B2C Werbemittel (June 2024)
ADC (Art Directors Club for Germany) 2024 - Bronze - Activation - PR Activation - Product PR (June 2024)
ADC (Art Directors Club for Germany) 2024 - 2 x shortlists (June 2024)
HorizonT Leservoting “Kreation des Monats” (Reader voting Ad of the Month) – 1st place (May 2023)
The Best Agency 2024* (Cherry Picker) - Loud and Bold kategorie - Shortlist (June 2024)
Wish “You shouldn’t have” radio campaign (2023 / 2022)
Clio Bronze and 2 shortlists (2023)
London International Awards – 2 finalists (2022)
Opel Astra “Spricht für sich” (2023 / 2022)
ADC (Art Directors Club for Germany) 2023 Merit - Audio Design for film
HorizonT Leservoting “Kreation des Monats” (Reader voting Ad of the Month) – 1st place (May 2022)
Opel Mokka x Defected “Less Normal Experience” (2022)
Webby’s Honoree (2022)
Philips & The Nelson Mandela Foundation “Shave To Remember” (2018 / 2019)
D&AD Graphite pencil (Direct)
D&AD Wood pencil (Direct Film)
D&AD x 3 shortlists
Clio Gold (Experiential/Live events)
Clio Bronze (Film technique)
Clio shortlist
One Show Bronze
One Show shorlists x 3
Cannes Lions x 7 finalists
London International Awards – Silver (Experiential Design)
Loerie Award - Grand Prix (Live activation)
Loerie Award - Gold (Online film above 30 seconds)
Loerie Award - Campaign Gold (Integrated campaign)
Loerie Award - Gold (Digital social media)
Loerie Award - Gold craft certificate (Film – Direction)
Loerie Award - Gold craft certificate (Film – Cinematography)
Loerie Award - Bronze (OOH – Ambient)
Loerie Award - Campaign bronze (PR & media Communication)
Loerie Awards x 12 finalists
Creative Circle Ad of the Month – 1st (Integrated Campaign)
Creative Circle Ad of the Month – 1st (Digital & Interactive Campaign)
Bookmarks – Gold (Content strategy)
WPPed Cream Awards 2019 (Best ads of the year from the WPP group) - Highly commended
Assegais Silver and Leader Award (Direct Marketing Awards)
Sabre Awards (PR Awards) – Best digital campaign in the African region)
Ciclope Awards – 3 x finalists
Investec “The Human Search Bar” (2019)
Loerie Award - Gold craft certificate (Film – Cinematography)
Loerie Award - Gold craft certificate (Digital crafts – Writing)
Loerie Award - Silver (Website or microsite)
Creative Circle Ad of the Year 2019 - 2nd Place - Integrated campaign
2nd place Creative Circle Ad of the Month – Integrated campaign
Saturday Star newspaper “Ad of the week”
Loerie Awards x 7 finalists
Bookmarks – Silver (Integrated mixed media campaign)
Bookmarks – Silver (Excellence in marketing copywriting)
Bookmarks – Bronze (Platforms category - Brand, commercial & retail websites)
Bookmarks – Craft Bronze (Excellence in online video production)
Bookmarks x 6 finalists
Cadbury “Remarkable Regifts” (2019)
Loerie Award – Silver x 2 (Wwebsite and mobile)
Loerie Awards x 4 finalists
Bookmarks – Silver (Integrated mixed media campaign)
Bookmarks - Craft Bronze Ogilvy (Excellence in marketing copywriting)
Bookmarks x 3 finalists|
Assegais – Gold x 2 (Online campaign)
Assegais – Bronze x 2 (Integrated direct marketing/Social/Craft art direction)
Cadbury Dairy Milk Bubbly “Elevator” (2018)
Kantar Milward Brown – South Africa’s Top 10 Best Liked Ads for Q1 2018
Global Handwashing “Dirty, dirty hands” (2017)
Bronze Loerie Award
Best of Ogilvy (only 13 pieces selected globally)
Cadbury 5Star
Bronze Apex Award (Effectiveness)
Dial Direct “The Notebook” TVC (2014)
An idea that I came up with at a hot house when I freelanced at Joe Public.
Clios - Bronze
3rd Place Creative Circle Ad of the Year (SA)
Loerie Award - Silver
Loerie Award - Bronze (Integrated campaign)
Craft Certificate Loerie Award
KFC “Face Yoga” integrated campaign (2013)
Bronze Loerie Award
Apex Award (Effectiveness)
City Press “Disappearing Freedom” (2012)
Loerie Award finalists (website takeover)
Exclusive Books “Chain Mail” online film (2011)
Cannes Bronze
Silver Loerie Award
Bournville “Deliciously Dark” print/press campaign (2012)
2 x Cannes Lions finalists
Loerie Award finalists
Bookdealers “Eyes” print/press campaign (2011)
2 x Bronze Eagle Awards
Best of Ogilvy campaign 2011
Featured in Luerzers Archive
Mini Cheddars “Little bit of cheese” radio campaign (2011)
One Show Merit
Food and Trees for Africa “The Little Book Of How To Save Trees” (2009)
A piece that I designed and CD’d at Grey
Clios Bronze
One Show Merit
Sweets From Heaven “Hubba Bubba” (2007)
1 x Bronze Cannes Lion Outdoor
2 x One Show Shortlists
Silver Loerie Award
Soweto Rugby Club TVC (2008)
Bronze Loerie
Simba Ghost Pops “Eyes” poster campaign (2004 / 2005)
One Show Merit (2005)
2 x Art Directors Club of America Distinctive Merit
Creative Circle Ad of the Year 2004 (outdoor)
1 x Gold Loerie Award
2 x Bronze Loerie Award
Simba Ghost Pops “Driverless delivery vehicle” (2005)
Gold Art Directors Club of America
One Show Merit (2005)
2 x Clio shortlists
1 x Silver Loerie Award
Creative Circle Ad of the Month
Simba Ghost Pops “Ghost trolley” (2005)
Clios Bronze
D&AD In-book
Gold Loerie Award
Silver Loerie Award
Ranked 4th in the World’s Most Innovative Advertising by Shots Magazine
Creative Circle Ad of the Year 2005 (outdoor)
Creative Circle Ad of the Month
Simba Ghost Pops tv campaign
One Show Silver
Virgin Atlantic “London events”
Silver Loerie Award
Bronze Loerie Award
Loerie Award Finalists
Opel “Gran Turismo” print campaign
Creative Circle Ad of the Month
Loerie Award Finalists
Suzuki “Tribes”
Creative Circle Ad of the Month
Good Hope FM “New Face Search” print ad
Creative Circle Ad of the Month
Loerie Award Finalists
Hospice “Second Hand Bookstore” (press campaign)
1 x Cannes Gold (Press)
1 x Cannes Bronze (Press)
4 x Cannes finalists
1 x Gold Loerie Award
1 x Silver Loerie Award
4 x Bronze Loerie Award
1 x Bronze Eagle Award (newspaper advertising award show)
Voted one of the Top 10 International Press campaigns of the year by Campaign magazine (2004)
Voted one of the 50 Best Press ads of 2004 by the Gunn Report
Axe “Beds” (ambient outdoor)
1 x One Show Silver
2 x Gold Loerie
1 x Silver Loerie
1 x Bronze Loerie
Johnnie Walker Black Label “Evolution” TVC (1999)
Silver Loerie award
Volkswagen print campaign (1997):
Student Loerie Finalist (Print campaign)
Many Loerie Award finalists
Many South African Creative Circle wins
*The Loeries is Africa and the Middle East’s largest brand communication awards show.
*The Creative Circle is a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting creativity as a business resource and maintaining high levels of creativity in the South African advertising industry and provides input into ACA, an official industry body.
*The IAB Bookmarks rewards excellence in digital, social and tech innovation in South Africa.
*The Apex awards are the South African effectiveness awards that recognise work that has had a major impact on business results. Entry requirements are extremely strict and write-ups require rigorous detail and proof.
*The Sabre Awards is the premier showcase for the best that public relations has to offer.
*The Eagle Awards was an award show dedicated to excellence in press and magazine advertising.
*The Assegais acknowledge and awards those whose Integrated Marketing campaigns deliver exceptional results. It benchmarks the South African Direct Marketing industry, to highlight best-in-class examples and encourage all players in the industry to work towards achieving greatness in their campaigns.
*THE BEST AGENCY recognises the best agencies from Germany, Austria and Switzerland in various categories. A jury consisting purely of clients determines which agencies they consider to be the best, independent, neutral, quality-oriented. It is organised annually by Cherry Picker.