Bio
Lisa is a Creative Director/Writer who has headed up teams both in the UK and Australia – where she led Promax ANZ’s ‘Creative Team of the Year 2019’ at Foxtel. She has also worked at Discovery Channel, Comedy Channel and Channel 9. She was named Australia’s ‘Creative of the Year’ at the Astra awards, has picked up over 50 Promax awards, Clio awards, Kinsale Sharks and a Cannes Lion. She is currently taking time out to write her first novel. Slowly.
Session: World Gold (Warning: contains traces of absolute genius)
LIVE on 4th November 2020, Wednesday at 10AM (SAST)
Your 60-minute romp through the inspiring, sublime, sometimes bat-shit creative offerings from across the globe. Be wowed, be stirred, be spitting feathers that you didn’t think of that absolute game-changing idea.
Who knows, after this little lot, maybe you will…
Bio
Lee Hunt is Founder, Lee Hunt LLC, a New York-based consultancy focusing on brand strategy, content architecture, competitive analysis, and personnel training for entertainment brands. He is also Partner, CMOintelligence, the monthly syndicated service that tracks and analyzes the on-air marketing of 24 GE networks, 8 streaming services, and 7 kids channels. In addition, he is Partner, CMOmarketplace, the online exchange connecting buyers and sellers of creative services.
Webinar: Best Practises 2020
LIVE on Monday, 2nd November 2020, 4:00PM (SAST)
Strategist and industry thought leader Lee Hunt shares his timely and informative round-up of the strategies, tactics, tools and ideas that are reshaping our business.
Bio:
Dillon Khan is Vice President for Comedy Central, Creative Services and ViacomCBS Studios at ViacomCBS Networks Africa. Khan was the Senior Creative Director at VCNA since February 2016 and Comedy Central’s Channel Director from October 2016. Previously he was the Director of MTV and VH1, VCNA flagship music and youth channels since the end of 2013.
Webinar: Best Practises 2020
LIVE on Monday, 2nd November 2020, 4:00PM (SAST)
Hosted by Dillon Khan
Speaker: Lee Hunt
Strategist and industry thought leader Lee Hunt shares his timely and informative round-up of the strategies, tactics, tools and ideas that are reshaping our business.
Bio
I’m Meriem Adib. I am a Commercials Director, Creative Director and Writer. I’ve won lots of awards for my work and am a free thinker. As well as leading teams and creating beautiful and relevant work, I am also a single parent and campaigning film-maker. I think that’s quite interesting. I am currently developing a television drama.
Contact: http://meriemadib.london
Represented by: https://mobfilm.com and https://nerd.productions
Designer: Angela Alvarez
Webinar: Spending My Life Making Men Look Beautiful AKA: Directing Sports Stars, My Way
LIVE on 15th October 2020, Thursday at 10AM (SAST)
Bio
Charlie has overall creative responsibility at Red Bee. He has over 20 years of experience leading complex network rebrands and creative campaigns for clients all across the world, including NBCUniversal, Dreamworks, France Télévisions, RTE, Hallmark, Netflix, and Discovery Networks.
Webinar: Where Next for Promos?
LIVE on Thursday, 15th October, 2020, 10:00AM (SAST)
Proudly sponsored by DSTV & M-NET
A provocative look at why promo campaigns in 2020 still look remarkably similar to how they did 30 years ago considering both the environment they are viewed in and audience behaviour have shifted so radically. This stimulating session takes you through ground-breaking promotional strategies and shows how brands and broadcasters have used new techniques to engage with audiences beyond traditional trailer edits.
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Bron Schultz is currently Content Discovery Manager at DStv, working within the newly formed Content Discovery team, defining and delivering new ways to guide customers to the content they prefer by personalizing customer journeys across all available platforms. This allows her to combine her experience and expertise in both traditional and digital Marketing and Promotional disciplines as well as her in-depth understanding of the back-ends and hardware involved with the Broadcast and OTT delivery of Television.
Webinar: Where Next for Promos?
LIVE on Thursday, 15th October, 2020, 10:00AM (SAST)
Proudly sponsored by DSTV & M-NET
A provocative look at why promo campaigns in 2020 still look remarkably similar to how they did 30 years ago considering both the environment they are viewed in and audience behaviour have shifted so radically. This stimulating session takes you through ground-breaking promotional strategies and shows how brands and broadcasters have used new techniques to engage with audiences beyond traditional trailer edits.
Bio
Pippa Tshabalala is the On Air and Creative Services Manager at The Walt Disney Company Africa, overseeing a team that produces promo and marketing assets for a wide range of channels. Pippa has a diverse background in television, animation, video games and academics. She has worked as a lecturer, television presenter, magazine editor and a content and promo producer.
Webinar: Taking the leap from VFX to Directing and Producing Feature Films and TV
LIVE on Thursday, 1st October 2020, 10:00AM (SAST)
Hosted by Pippa Tshabalala & Presented by Hasraf ‘HaZ’ Dulull
In this Keynote I take you all into a visual, raw, deep dive journey on how I took the leap from a VFX career to film / TV directing and producing, and how just when I thought I had made it, Covid-19 hit and how I had to think outside the box to get where I am today with directing and producing animated series and feature film.
Bio
Hasraf ‘HaZ’ Dulull came from a VFX background before being known as a Director for his breakout sci-fi indie feature film – THE BEYOND, which was released by Gravitas Ventures, and premiered at #2 on the iTunes charts before trending on Netflix and fully recouping its budget quickly and becoming a profitable feature film. His second feature film 2036: ORIGIN UNKNOWN, which starred Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica, Another Life) earned a limited theatrical release in the US before landing on Netflix.
Webinar: Taking the leap from VFX to Directing and Producing Feature Films and TV
LIVE on Thursday, 1st October 2020, 10:00AM (SAST)
Hosted by Pippa Tshabalala & Presented by Hasraf ‘HaZ’ Dulull
In this Keynote I take you all into a visual, raw, deep dive journey on how I took the leap from a VFX career to film / TV directing and producing, and how just when I thought I had made it, Covid-19 hit and how I had to think outside the box to get where I am today with directing and producing animated series and feature film.
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With a BA in Drama from Wits University, Tumisho Masha started his Career in the theatre. He has proved himself as a talented actor, a voice artist, a television presenter, radio DJ, MC, television show host, writer and motivational speaker.
Tumisho’s film and television credits as an actor include being the first South African actor to portray iconic leader Nelson Mandela in the international film “Mandela’s Gun”.
Webinar: How to get the best performance from your Voice Over Artist with Brent Allen Hagel
LIVE on September 17th, Thursday at 4PM (SAST)
Award winning V/O guru Brent A. Hagel will be covering direction styles, trigger words, and working the microphone per genre of promo. Brent will be joined by two leading V/O Artists Tumisho Masha and Kudi Maradzika.
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Kudi is a trained theatre actress having studied at UCT Hiddingh Campus. She is a trained vocalist and dancer with a specialty in voice-over work and some experience in physical stunt work and martial arts. Kudi’s notable achievements include an African film Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in ‘Tanyaradzwa’(2006). Kudi’s television experience includes commercial work for Mizani, Bio-oil and WeChat.
Webinar: How to get the best performance from your Voice Over Artist with Brent Allen Hagel
LIVE on September 17th, Thursday at 4PM (SAST)
Award winning V/O guru Brent A. Hagel will be covering direction styles, trigger words, and working the microphone per genre of promo. Brent will be joined by two leading V/O Artists Tumisho Masha and Kudi Maradzika.
Bio
Brent Allen Hagel is a voice talent director & coach and is the founder and owner of Trailer Voice Artists (TVA). TVA is a marketing, casting, and talent development company for top-tier voice actors in the United States. The TVA team works with most major networks, advertising agencies to provide on-air voice talent to producers and editors.
Webinar: How to get the best performance from your Voice Over Artist with Brent Allen Hagel
LIVE on September 17th, Thursday at 4PM (SAST)
Award winning V/O guru Brent A. Hagel will be covering direction styles, trigger words, and working the microphone per genre of promo. Brent will be joined by two leading V/O Artists Tumisho Masha and Kudi Maradzika.
Bio
Romaine is a multi-disciplined creative, with over 10 years of experience, specialising in video, motion graphics and design. Working in Advertising, Tech & Film, Romaine has honed his craft and creative language across a myriad of applications and briefs.
From Visual Effects, UI Design, Photography, Film and Creative Direction, Romaine has been able to adapt his approach and creative language accordingly to deliver unique and cutting-edge content.
Webinar: Creating Engaging Content, Through Multiple Mediums
LIVE on Thursday, 3rd September, 2020, 10:00AM (SAST)
In this talk, Romaine will share his processes as a multi-faceted creative, and how he utilises film, visual effects, photography and motion design, to create engaging content and tell stories for audiences world-wide
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I work at 4creative, where I’m responsible for managing the creative department. 4creative is one of the best in-house agencies in the world, having won four D&AD black pencils, a BAFTA and stuff like that. We write and produce provocative and innovative work across all Channel 4 brands and services. It’s a pretty fun job.
Webinar: How to be Brave
Will you risk coming to hear Eoin talk about taking creative risks? Sounds risky.
Samira Gerin-Singh is the newly appointed Media Networks Marketing Manager for The Walt Disney Company, responsible for National Geographic, FOX and Disney channel brands on the continent.
While her previous portfolio as Head on On Air and Creative Services for then, FOX Networks Group Africa, included overseeing brands across entertainment, factual and sports genres, Samira’s work has always been grounded in National Geographic’s ethos of “Entertainment with Purpose” which she believes should be at the heart of everything we do and create.
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Tim Hughes a global expert in creative brand strategy and founder of The Brief Doctor. His background is in TV promotions, branding and marketing. He is a lifetime achievement award–winner, and former chair of Promax UK.
Webinar: Marketing in the Age of Covid
Hosted by: Samira Gerin-Singh
LIVE on Monday, 20th July 2020, 10:00AM (SAST)
In this unprecedented time of global pandemic how do you sell without seeming insensitive? Join The Brief Doctor’s Tim Hughes for a journey of empathetic communications from around the TV world. See some of the stand-out spots that emotionally connect with their audience, and take part in a live workshop to super-target your viewers and get your fans to tell your brand story for you.
