1. About Us
Izwi Advertising
Izwi Advertising is an existing marketing and advertising agency, specializing in ad placement for the corporate and institutional sector. Formed in Cape Town in 2005 as an ad agency, Izwi Advertising strategically positioned itself by building strong long term relationship with its clients.
Izwi Advertising is managed and owned by Mr. Unathi Nkukwana, Mr. Mthobeli January and Mr. Sandile Mabece. Mr. Nkukwana has over eight years experience in the media production industry. Mr. Nkukwana has worked for the SABC as an Account Executive, for NM Advertising as a Media Director and at Zwelibanzi Publishing as a Media Sales Executive.
Izwi Advertising will design, build, test and deploy the ad-placement campaign by. The agency provides a seamless strategic planning, creative work and media planning and buying. Izwi Advertising’s goal is to understand our clients business so that we can prescribe solutions that deliver on clients objectives.
1.1 Vision
Izwi Advertising sees itself as a fully flashed advertising agency in the 21st century and making a remarkable mark in the advertising industry.
1.2 Mission
Izwi Advertising will offer its customers the best tailor-made methods and tools in planning a successful advertising and marketing campaign. Our campaigns will cut through the mumbo jumbo of mass marketing, increase sales, and enhance customer satisfaction with the company.
1.3 Objective
Izwi Advertising ad placements campaigns will grab readers, listeners and viewers immediately and drive home the right message to the right audience. We will exceed our customers’ expectations for campaign returns.
1.4 Keys to Success
Izwi Advertising keys to success include:
- Design the campaign
- Personalization and targeting.
- Building deployment systems.
- Testing the plan.
- Implementing the campaign.
- Tracking the campaign’s progress in real-time.
- Post-campaign analysis
2. SERVICES AND PRODUCTS
Izwi Advertising is a young vibrant company in a volatile, competitive and dynamic industry. It renders a wide range of ad-marketing and advertising services such as: media planning, media buying, creative, radio and print commercials, project management and web designing for clients in different industries. Listed below are Izwi Advertisings services and products:
2.1 Decapitation of services and products
2.1.1 Primary services and products:
1. One stop shop ad-placement
Various forms of media are used to communicate with the public via the media. Izwi Advertising offers these services mainly for business and commercial.
2. Direct marketing
Also know as trade promotion or consumer promotion or sales promotion, refers to the observation or actual product being taken into the market for a direct response.
3. Creative
Conceptualization, copywriting, translations, ads designing, branding and designing of business forms (logo, pamphlets, brochures etc). Website designers
4. Project Management
Small Business Development and Consultancy
Value-adding services and products
• Manage the budget control of brands
• Co-ordinate and align advertorials (company profile/ summary), editorial’s
• Create excellent relations with media owners
• To be accountable
• Transparency and client involvement
• Rate negotiations on behalf of clients
3. Specialists who handle client projects
Unathi Nkukwana (Media Director)
Unathi Nkukwana
* A founder and owner of Izwi Advertising. He obtained Sales and Marketing Diploma from Damelin, a certificate from Advertising and Media Association of South Africa, Business Introduction from Triple Trust. He’s currently completing BCom (Marketing Management) at UNISA.
* Has 6 years media strategist experience: worked as an Account Executive specializing in media planning & buying, strategic planning, client service management, script writing, translations at the South African Broadcasting Corporation and later joined NM Advertising as Media Director.
* Has done client service, media strategy, media planning & buying for the following businesses: Metcash Africa, Ntinga OR Tambo Development Agency, Eastern Cape Municipal Support Services, Department of Housing and Local Government (W/C), Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture (E/C), Razorsharp Protection Services, Key Stationers, OR Tambo District Municipality, SA Breweries (PE), RSA Parliament (NCOP) and Kei Fresh Produce Market.
Sivuyile Mazantsi (Creative Director/ Copywriter)
* A BA Communication Science graduate from Fort Hare University with post graduate qualifications in Marketing Communication and Media Studies & Journalism.
* Has 10 years copywriting experience: worked as a sport journalist at Imvo Zabantsundu newspaper (King William’s Town) and later joined ad agencies: The Agency, Berry Bush BBDO, and FCB Cape Town.
* Has written and directed commercial for the following businesses: RSA Parliament (NCOP), City of Cape Town, Metrorail, Metcash Africa, False Bay College, Distell (Viceroy, Old Buck Gin, Mellow-wood Brandy, Klipdrift Premium Brandy), Sanlam, Future growth Asset Management, Adidas, Shoprite/ Checkers and many others. He’s a founder of Umyili Communication.
Mthobeli January (Business Development Manager)
He holds a National Diploma in Business Administration from Peninsula Technikon
Sandile Mabece: Graphic Designer
4. Clients / projects
• Metcash Africa
• Ntinga OR Tambo Development Agency
• City of Cape Town
• Kei Fresh Produce Market
5. Contact Details
The Business Zone 1290 cc; t/a IZWI ADVERTISING
CK 2005/162789/23
VAT Reg. 4910243486
Cape Town: No. 28 Cekeca Road Makhaza Khayelitsha 7784
Tel: (021) 365 0202 Tel: 021 386 6339 Fax: 021 365 2944
Eastern Cape: 18 Roberts Road, Clubview, King Williams Town 5600
