Ads24 has launched a national advertising campaign to encourage marketers in South Africa to use Afrikaans as a medium to speak to the hearts and minds of a market that has a healthy disposable income and therefore boasts great spending power.

The campaign, conceptualised and executed by Mortimer Harvey, drives home the message of the efficacy of advertising to the Afrikaans market in Afrikaans.

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Epic Foods goes to Mortimer Harvey

Epic Foods, a privately held South African owned company that manufactures cooking oil, margarine, baking and pastry fats and  other food products, has appointed Mortimer Harvey as its advertising and communications agency.

The company’s product range includes well known household brands Blossom Canola and Blossom Margarine.

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Mortimer Harvey wins Innscor Africa franchise business
Monday, 1 March 2010

Zimbabwe based Innscor Africa Limited has appointed Mortimer Harvey to handle all advertising for the company’s ‘fast food’ or ‘quick service restaurant’ (QSR) franchise division.

Innscor Africa Limited, listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, operates in various industries ranging from appliances, supermarkets, food retail, distribution agencies, tourism, farming, milling and meat processing.

The company’s franchising division, Innscor International Franchising (IIF), operates in 8 different countries across Africa i.e. Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya, Nigeria, Malawi, Uganda, Senegal and Ghana.

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Four more joins the Mortimer Harvey family
Wednesday, 3 March 2010

Mortimer Harvey has announced the following new appointments:

Client Services

• Reagen Kok – Account Manager

Creative

• Brenda Silk – Head of Traffic
• Niusia Winczewski – Heavy Weight Designer
• Elouna Alberts – Middle Weight Designer

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Mortimer Harvey wins Altrisk business

Altrisk, South Africa’s specialist long term risk product provider has appointed Mortimer Harvey as the company’s official brand advertising and communications agency.

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Mortimer Harvey wins Hollard business

Hollard, South Africa’s largest private insurance company, has appointed Mortimer Harvey as the official brand advertising and communications agency as of May 2009.

Hollard is a family-owned business that is passionate about people and partnerships. The company has been doing business differently for twenty nine years, and today, 1 300 dedicated “Hollardites” provide both short-term and life insurance services to more than 6 million policyholders in South Africa and abroad.

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Mortimer Harvey expands Interactive Service Offering
Moday, 06 July 2009

Mortimer Harvey Interactive has become the agency’s fastest growing department having more than doubled its staff compliment in less than three months.

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New Appointments at Mortimer Harvey’s Interactive Department
Monday, 16 November 2009

Sagren Pather              Digital Project Manager
Haim Derazon              Senior Developer Manager
Hilda Kriel                     Online Campaign Manager / Strategist
Bradley De Fleuriot       Interactive Designer
Jaco Pelser                   Interactive Designer

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Absa Customer Expo sets new benchmark
Monday, September 2009

Absa Corporate and Business Bank National Customer Expo held at Emperors Palace in September set a new benchmark as an innovative medium to interact with corporate and business customers other than traditional print and radio media.

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Promotions and appointment at Mortimer Harvey
Friday, August 2009

Mariette Nebuloni has been promoted to Client Service Director and will oversee the entire Client Service Team. Her extensive experience and invaluable contribution has also earned her a seat on the Exco team.

Sharon Gordon has been appointed as Mortimer Harvey’s Head of Production. 

Sagren Pather has been recently appointed as a Digital Project Manager at Mortimer Harvey.

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Mortimer Harvey wins Ads24 business
Moday, 06 July 2009

Ads 24, the national Sales and Trade Marketing Division for Media 24’s newspapers, has appointed Mortimer Harvey as their trade marketing agency as of June 2009.
Ads24 coordinates the sale of media space for all Media 24 daily, weekly/bi-weekly, Sunday and community newspapers.

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World class launch for Zambezi Airlines in South Africa
Monday, 22 June 2009

Mortimer Harvey Public Relations and Communications teamed up with LynneMackenzie & Partners (LM&P), Mortimer Harvey’s events and conference division, to launch Zambia based Zambezi Airlines’ new regional flights to Johannesburg out of Lusaka and Ndola. The launch was billed ‘world class’ by Zambezi Airlines hosts and guests alike.

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Absa Soccer Fan Zone invites the country to champion Bafana Bafana
Friday, 27 March 2009

In a bold bid to get South African soccer fans to support Bafana Bafana, Absa has launched a Soccer Fan Zone at OR Tambo International Airport’s Domestic Arrivals. The Fan Zone is an interactive structure that highlights Bafana Bafana’s proud and colourful history since 1994 on 15 illuminated screens on the outside of the Zone.

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Plascon celebrates 7 years of 7 year quality guarantee
Monday, 23 March 2009

Plascon celebrated the seventh anniversary of its seven year quality guarantee with a seven week promotional campaign that has achieved exceptional results.

The campaign, conceptualised and delivered by Mortimer Harvey late last year, included a SMS promotion that has attracted the highest hit rate for Plascon in five years.

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Blockbusters’ “Hancock” promotion raises more than R60 000 for charity
Friday, 16 January 2009

Blockbusters Entertainment raised more than R60 000 for Child Welfare South Africa (CWSA) following a national charity drive in November 2008.

R4 of every rental of Hancock, an action comedy starring Will Smith and Charlize Theron, was donated to CWSA. 

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Mortimer Harvey incubates new talent
Friday, 09 January 2009

The Mortimer Harvey Incubator Programme puts 6 young students from Vega’s Imagination Lab under the lights in an extended internship. During their stay at the agency, the students will hone their creative skills under the wing of different creative teams.

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