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Carat is the world’s first media agency and is privileged to work with some of today’s most storied and innovative brands. Designing for people, Carat pioneers in media to build modern businesses by getting brands closer to the people who matter. Most recently named a leader amongst global media agencies by Forrester, Carat is consistently ranked the #1 media agency in the world. With more than 12,000 experts in more than 100 countries, Carat is a dentsu company that delivers an unparalleled capability to unlock real human understanding and connect people and brands through powerful, engaging media experiences. We define media as the new frontier of modern business that combines the speed of technology with the art of empathy.

In 1948, David Ogilvy founded the agency that would become Ogilvy & Mather. Starting with no clients and a staff of two, he built his company into one of the eight largest advertising networks in the world with more than 500 offices and 20,000 staff across 169 cities. Ogilvy South Africa’s origins lie with a small hot shop in Cape Town, founded by Bob Rightford, Brian Searle-Tripp and Roger Makin in 1976. After merging with Ogilvy in 1984, Ogilvy & Mather RS-TM dominated the local creative scene during the first decade and over the next twenty years was recognized as a brand-focused agency that acted with integrity. During the 1990’s, Ogilvy South Africa soared creatively under the leadership of Robyn Putter (1950-2010), who eventually went on to become the global creative head of WPP. Today, Ogilvy South Africa is the leader in the industry, focused on building and transforming brands. Employing more than 900 staff across three offices, Ogilvy remains true to David’s vision; we still see ourselves as a company that does more than ads and have proven that by maintaining our humility and an almost divine discontent at our past successes, we can do more than stay relevant. For more than 50 years, Ogilvy South Africa has created iconic advertising for clients such as KFC, VW, SAB, BP, DStv and Mondelez amongst others, and we continue to live by our founders credo of existing to “Make brands matter”.

Magna Carta; an African consultancy that thinks globally and delivers full reputation management solutions with affiliates in 18 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa We are the largest employer of PR professionals in South Africa, and are part of the Omnicom group which has 265 offices in 100 countries. We have been named African Consultancy of the Year 2016 by The Holmes Report. Founded in 1994, the year of South Africa’s democracy, Magna Carta understands the value of freedom and liberty for all people as well as the responsibility that comes with that freedom, and has since grown into one of Africa’s largest and most respected reputational management consultancies.