Mortimer Harvey

ABOUT US

WHO AND WHAT

We're a full-service, proudly independent, integrated advertising and marketing agency based in Gauteng, South Africa and Cairo, Egypt.

We're 24 years young and proud to embrace authentic BBBEE with our 26% shareholder, the Imvula Education Empowerment Fund.

OUR HEART & SMART

When we put our Heart&Smart™ together, we deliver results.

Heart

is the abundance of passion we have for what we do every day, and it stems from the fact that we're independent and owner-run.

Smart

is all the industry stuff we know and the way we use it. You see, unlike our competition, we have real-life experts in nearly every communications field, all under one roof. The result is true 360? integrated solutions.

SERVICES

OUR FOOTPRINT

Johannesburg, South Africa

You can find us at home in sunny South Africa at our headquarters in northern Johannesburg. On a Friday evening you'll find us in the Therapy Room, where you're welcome to join us for a drink.

Cairo, Egypt

You can also find us in the heart of Cairo, Egypt, where our sales and marketing gurus spearhead our African and Middle Eastern endeavours.

We believe in being world-class and the very best at what we do, but we also believe in keeping both feet firmly on the ground. This means that we understand best-of-breed services, but we also know how to get our hands dirty putting them into practice.

INTEGRATED COMMUNICATION SERVICES

The only things that belong in boxes are shiny and new powerful Macs for us to work on and, even then, only until we unpack them. Whether you’re looking for a traditional TV, print or radio solution or are ready to embrace the gamut of direct, digital, social, experiential marketing and more, we’ve got a team of passionate creatives backed up by t-crossers and i-dotters, account teams and strategic genii.

ADVERTISING & MARKETING

In advertising, everyone’s always talking about ‘the line’. Above the line, below the line or through the line. This assumes there’s a line to begin with. We don’t.

TELEVISION, RADIO AND AUDIOVISUAL

Just because something is old-school, doesn’t mean it can’t be awesome, in the true sense of the word. In fact, with our in-house team of producers, editors and animators we can put you on every TV screen in town – without breaking the bank. And we’ve got a bevy of fabulous production teams we can call on – even at 2 a.m. on a Saturday morning.

SHOPPER & CUSTOMER MARKETING

Did you know that over 70% of the time you only choose what you’re going to buy when you’re standing in front of the shelf at the store?

We like to walk the last mile in a shopper’s shoes and get a feel for what’s going through their minds when they choose your brand over a competitor’s. Then we use that insight to create a shopper marketing strategy that can shift behaviour and help grow your brand. It doesn’t even have to be in a ‘real’ store – we do online just as well as off.

DIRECT MARKETING & CRM

There’s no more powerful advertising for your brand than a happy customer. Happy customers like to know that you value them, take them seriously and listen to their input. Direct marketing is about creating targeted, specific communications that start an ongoing dialogue between your brand and your customers. It’s a conversation, not a monologue. Only cartoon arch nemeses do monologues and usually just before the hero blows them away. There’s a lesson in there.

PROMOTIONS & EXPERENTIAL

These days, people don’t just consume brands. They aren’t passive users. People want to experience your brand. They want to touch it, taste it, smell it, hear it and see it in action. They want to talk to you; understand where you’re coming from; what your vision is.

That’s where LM&P comes in. LM&P is one of our business divisions. When it comes to delivering hard-working and integrated experiential marketing they’re the A-Team. They understand all the little things that go into building a relationship and starting a love affair between your brand and your customers.

DIGITAL MARKETING

The powers are shifting from traditional media right into the hearts and hands of everyday consumers. These days, what they’re saying online matters just as much, if not more, than what you’re saying. You can’t just live in the real world, your brand needs to interact in a virtual world too. Our digital guys are plugged in; their eyes riveted and their ears fixed on conversations, threads and status updates. They know what to do, how to do it and exactly how much it matters.

MEDIA STRATEGY & PLANNING

It’s all very well knowing what you’re going to say, but it’s another thing entirely to say it in such a way that the people who you want to hear it, do. That’s where our media team comes in. With over 30 years’ experience, they pride themselves on delivering innovative and accurate media targeting to make sure your words reach the right ears in the right way.

PUBLIC RELATIONS

PR is the kind of acronym associated with two extremes, good or bad, depending on whether your client is a do-gooder talk show host or a badass pop star. Truth is, PR is far more than once-off or artful spin doctoring. It’s not just a quick fix reflex – it’s the regular building and maintaining of mutually beneficial relationships between the brand you hold dear and the general public.