Chris Rawlinson

It has now been pretty much one year to the day since I joined Ogilvy. My first corporate job has been an exciting journey so far. Apart from getting over the initial ego challenges that come from joining a large agency, I have been incredibly happy. My focus has been on digital education, group marketing, [...]

Recently I headed back home to England for bit of a break and was having a catch up with my Dad and chatting about advertising. When he was my age in the 70’s he was a pretty famous fashion and advertising photographer so he took out some of his old work to show me. As [...]

Am taking a break for a couple of weeks to attend a wedding and some friends birthday bashes back in England. Will keep the site updated just maybe not so much daily. Have a stunning day. Chris

Proud to announce VW South Africa is now up and running online, today we launched their new Facebook site, Flickr, YouTube, and a stunning interactive campaign for the new Polo GTI called Date Drive from legends @captainjennifer and @Cuanan (more on that later). Twitter is coming but for now you can follow Date Drive on [...]

Earlier today after some routine backend upgrades I managed to bugger up my WordPress theme so figured its about time I had a little theme make over. The incredible Dave and Marc Perel from Obox-Design are on the case so please bear with me while the site takes form. If your in the market for [...]

For those who have never heard of the Loerie Awards before they are basically the main advertising awards for agencies based in Africa and the Middle East. The Loeries recognise the best creative work in every area of brand communication including television, radio and print advertising, graphic design, architecture, direct marketing, non-broadcast video, live events, [...]

We’ve recently learned from the MAL Foundation that the South African Homeless Team has qualified for the Homeless World Cup 2010 in Rio. The team won the City Cup last year and are hoping for more success this year. Unfortunately the team doesn’t have the funds to make the trip. This is incredibly sad, for [...]

I never normally ask for anything from my readers but this weekend my incredible mum will be taking part in a 70 mile charity big bad bike ride in the mountains of Bonny Scotland . The charity is very close to my heart and raises money for Ataxia UK, so far there is no cure [...]