The judging panel included 12 representatives of Creative Circle member agencies, including:
- Fran Luckin (jury president), chief creative officer, Grey Africa
- Annie Raman, creative director, Fort
- Bobo Sechoaro, designer, Etiket
- Jade Amic, senior art director, VML South Africa
- James Weymouth, creative director, Y&R Johannesburg
- Mandla Mazibuko, executive creative director, Cheri Yase Kasi
- Pete Khoury, chief creative officer, TBWA\Hunt Lascaris
- Peter Little, creative director, Ogilvy Johannesburg
- Rohan Reddy, creative director, FCB Africa
- Rory Jacobs, creative director, The Niche Guys
- Thembelihle Mlambo, co-founder/creative director, Academic Republic, and
- Thibedi Meso, group head: copywriter, Black River FC.
Categories judged included Communication Design, Integrated Campaign, Digital & Interactive Communication, Film, Live Communication, Radio & Audio, Print Communications, Out of Home and PR & Media Communications. Not all categories placed winners.
Fran Luckin, jury president, says, "Most of us don’t usually get to spend the whole day talking about ideas. The regular review of our work by the Creative Circle consistently pushes for excellence within the local industry."
The Creative Circle aims to represent advertising agencies. Only Creative Circle members are eligible to enter the awards. All monthly winners are shortlisted for the Annual Awards that will take place in March 2019.
You can view the award winners for January and February here.
For more information, visit www.creativecircle.co.za. You can also follow @CCreativeCircle on Twitter.