Brandright comprises a passionate team of marketers and creatives, each person with deep specialised knowledge and expertise. Having worked at several big advertising agencies servicing many global blue-chip brands, our team has all the gained experience to push your brand forward.
Brandright was founded in 2016 by Andrew and Dylan, each bringing ten years of experience from working at global ad agencies Ogilvy and BBDO on big blue-chip brands solving their major marketing challenges.
Wanting to offer all-sized clients quality service but without the high price tag, they built a team and crafted a product suite to suit. Today they boast a squad of marketers and creatives, each dedicated to their skillset and improving their clients’ brands. Sitting outside the building is a network of specialists who get incorporated into the team for specific client engagements, bringing their unique expertise to the party.
The full team strives to deliver a consistent, high-quality level of service and an all-round exceptional customer experience. The agency seamlessly blends complex strategy, impactful creative conceptualisation and production, world-class website development, ATL, BTL, digital media and efficient project management into a holistic, integrated offering.
Our simple ambition is to enable more brands to achieve accelerated growth through effective marketing practices
After earning a BCom Honours degree in Business Management from Rhodes University, Andrew dedicated a decade to prominent roles at Ogilvy and BBDO, overseeing high-profile clients including AB InBev, Volkswagen, Cadbury, and Johnson & Johnson. His co-founding of Brandright alongside Dylan in early 2016 marks a pivotal chapter in his career.
Dylan holds a BCom in Marketing from NMMU and an Honours degree from The Red & Yellow School of Advertising. Before co-founding Brandright with Andrew, he held management roles at Ogilvy and Instant Grass Consumer Insights, managing clients like AB InBev, Volkswagen, Nike, and Red Bull. He also led strategy at BBDO, overseeing clients including Distell, GSK, and Adidas.
A proud Stellenbosch University alumna, Maretha holds a BA in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics and a BCom Honours in Economics. Her curiosity about the world’s workings led her to pursue a Marketing and Advertising diploma at Red & Yellow, launching her advertising career. She managed and expanded accounts at BBDO and Ogilvy, later becoming Business Director in Ogilvy’s digital team. In 2018, she joined Brandright’s dynamic senior leadership team.
Georgie is a dynamic Client Lead with a passion for strategy, brand activation, and trend analysis. She thrives on crafting impactful marketing campaigns that blend strategic thinking, creativity, and collaboration. Known for delivering innovative solutions under pressure, Georgie excels at spotting emerging trends and transforming insights into strategies that drive engagement, amplify brand presence, and achieve measurable results.
Anne is a conceptual designer and a strategic thinker, dedicated to crafting compelling design concepts infused with attention-grabbing messaging. In 2020, she successfully attained her BA in Graphic Design from Vega. Since then, she has been an invaluable asset to Brandright and our clients, spearheading the development of their design and visual identities. Her design approach is rooted in strategy and characterized by a contemporary aesthetic.
Helen, holding a major in Marketing and a comprehensive Honours degree in Strategic Brand Management from Vega, skilfully combines creativity with logic. In her current role at Brandright, she takes charge of guiding clients through their marketing communication journeys and campaigns, delivering tangible results. As a brand leader, she channels her passion towards environmental initiatives.
Arleen is a results-driven Social Media Manager with a track record of 3 years in the field and holds a BAHonours in Journalism from Stellenbosch University. Her core strengths lie in adaptability, proactivity, and an insatiable curiosity. She has a deep passion for content creation and writing. Grounded in data-driven strategies, she constantly endeavours to enhance the online presence and brand positioning of Brandright’s clients within the dynamic social media landscape.
Teagan is an ambitious Client Lead with a strong academic foundation in marketing and advertising. A postgraduate from Red & Yellow Business School, with both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from Stellenbosch University, she brings fresh insights and a passion for strategy, teamwork, and consumer behaviour. Teagan thrives on translating marketing knowledge into impactful, client-focused solutions.
Meet Kelly, a dedicated designer with four years of academic experience that has sharpened her attention to detail and honed her organizational skills. Thriving in the fast-paced design world, Kelly excels at multitasking and prioritizing to ensure seamless project flow and top-tier quality. With a flair for creating captivating content in both Canva and Adobe Creative Suite, she brings creativity and precision to every project, consistently delivering eye-catching, impactful designs.
Brittney is a skilled specialist in UI/UX design and web development, with a strong focus on SEO optimization and project management. Her expertise spans key web technologies, including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and WordPress CMS, ensuring visually appealing, functional, and responsive web solutions. Brittney’s attention to user-centred design and her commitment to seamless digital experiences make her an asset in delivering high-quality, impactful projects that connect with audiences and elevate brands.
Sean is a dynamic Brand Strategist at our agency, driven by a passion for innovation and strategic growth. He has travelled nationwide to pitch creative concepts and has successfully built strategic solutions to major clients in advertising. Sean brings clarity to complex ideas, distilling them into impactful, truth centric messages. His experience spans both strategy and account management, enabling him to hold creatives and clients accountable to cohesive brand visions. Known for his quirky, unconventional thinking, Sean thrives in crafting conceptual work and is committed to making a significant impact on the brands he works with.
Emma is a passionate Social Media Specialist with a background in art direction and a talent for creative problem-solving. Known for her innovative approach and playful knack for word-craft, she thrives on developing engaging solutions for both everyday challenges and complex campaigns. Her strong, dependable work ethic is matched by a belief that the best results come from environments that embrace fun and creativity. Outside of work, Emma’s love for Japanese cuisine, especially ramen, and her enthusiasm for building meaningful connections reflect the curiosity and warmth she brings to every brand.
Nick is a talented copywriter with a passion for conceptual storytelling and creative expression. With formal training from AFDA Film School and Red & Yellow Creative School of Business, he blends copywriting and screenwriting expertise to craft content that captivates, engages, and delivers results. His experience in collaborative, team-driven projects has honed his leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills, while his dedication and enthusiasm drive him to consistently create work that inspires and achieves strategic goals. Nick’s words are more than just copy, they’re crafted to connect and leave a lasting impact.
Sam is a passionate Paid Media Specialist who thrives at the intersection of creativity, strategy, and digital connection. At Brandright, she manages campaigns from brief to execution, driving impactful results through smart, engaging paid media strategies. With a love for content creation and brand storytelling, Sam excels at crafting campaigns that resonate with audiences and bring marketing ideas to life.
We’re a strategy-lead agency as we believe strategy affects everything. Whether you’re refining your brand, launching new products, addressing new target markets or running new advertising campaigns, solid strategic thinking should be at the forefront of the engagement.
Our internal team and specialist talent network are all best of breed, having worked with global brands and through this, receiving multiple international accolades. Our resource model allows for flexibility in resource capacity – enabling us to efficiently deliver during output-intensive periods of work. Our unique agency business model, incorporating low overheads and a compact head count, results in maximum value for money for our clients, ensuring every marketing Rand spent works hard for the brand.
Running impactful and memorable communication campaigns is a core strength and the reason many brands come from far and wide to work with us. From impactful above-the-line media-lead campaigns to digital-only cost-effective campaigns, we can help get your brand out there, right.
Our team has solid industry knowledge gained by working with large, medium and small companies, both locally and internationally based, offering B2B and B2C products and services, across most industries and sectors. Our experience can help your brand no matter where you are on your marketing journey.
We love point of sale, the “golden mile”, where consumers make some big decisions about brand selection. We understand this powerful channel, and through valuable experience, have worked out how best to make it deliver for our clients.
An inconvenient truth is that many ad agencies focus on making award-winning ads. They talk about how creativity will change the world and how creativity is directly linked to effectiveness and profits. We don’t subscribe to this belief. We believe a fantastic piece of advertising is one part of marketing success. Strategy, insights, creative concepts, messaging, advertising design, production, media channel selection, campaign management, gained learnings – all contribute to a successful campaign. Sure, we love making break-through advertising but this forms only one piece of the puzzle. We like being involved in the full puzzle build.
Our job from day one is to get marketing working hard for you. We want to see an increase in leads, more applications, and more sales. We want to show you that marketing does not have to be an expense, but rather an asset. The more you invest, the more the reward.
