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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”.

The Vega School aims to inspire a new breed of thinkers; those with the expertise to generate healthy brand ideas, linking business profit to adding value to the lives of people. Pertinent and purposeful, our commitment to cultural and social responsibility comes naturally, and is reflected through context, content and creativity. Qualifications: POSTGRADUATE: • Bachelor of Arts Honours in Creative Brand Communication • Bachelor of Arts Honours in Brand Leadership • Master of Arts in Creative Brand Leadership UNDERGRADUATE: • Higher Certificate in Photography • Advanced Certificate in Professional Photography • Advanced Diploma in Brand Innovation • Bachelor of Arts in Creative Brand Communication • Bachelor of Business Administration in Brand Building and Management SHORT COURSES PHOTOGRAPHY SHORT COURSES • Compact Digital Photography • Intermediate Photography • Dynamic Photography • Expressive photography • Photoshop for the photographer • Advanced Photoshop for the photographer • Landscape, Travel and Wildlife Photography • Wedding Photography • Black & White photography • Fine Art Photography • Portrait Photography CREATIVE SHORT COURSES • Desktop Publishing & Design • Web Design • Intoduction to Copywriting for Brands • Copywriting for Brands BRANDING SHORT COURSES • Brand and Marketing Management • Strategic Brand Leadership • Professional Diploma in Digital Marketing • Principles of Strategic Thinking WORKSHOPS • Brand Building in developing Markets • Brand Practice and Entrepreneurship • Word-of-Mouth in Brand Building • A-Z of Brand Building • Strategic Marketing for Thinkers Vega is an educational brand of The Independent Institute of Education (Pty) Ltd which is registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training as a private higher education institution under the Higher Education Act, 1997 (reg. no. 2007/HE07/002). Company registration number: 1987/004754/07.

King James was acquired and the brand sunsetted in 2022. It operates today as Accenture Song South Africa.