We are pleased to announce that Megann Outram has joined our Johannesburg office as regional manager. Megann comes with 15 years experience, having worked on PR programmes for multi-nationals and local blue chip companies across several industries. Prior to joining Atmosphere, she was the client service director at Jenni Newman Public Relations (JNPR) for six years. She is a strategic thinker with good problems solving skills and believes strongly in providing clients with exceptional service. We are looking forward to her energy ... Read More

We've just launched a new campaign for Sanlam to highlight the dangers of not planning properly for retirement. Based primarily on Facebook it follows the (fictional) lives of celebs Loyiso Bala and Jeannie D; one of them saved and one of them didn't. To launch the campaign we arranged a photo shoot with both of the celebs and using make-up and a little digital re-touching aged them by 40 years. Have a look at the video for more on the campaign and ... Read More

The standard way to launch a wine brand is to invite journalists to a stuffy wine bar, swirl some glasses around and talk about terroir... very seriously (yawn). Luckily Fairview wanted something different for the launch of their latest adventure in wine La Capra. Our solution was a Victorian-era styled gypsy caravan complete with vaudeville three piece band and Bridget Back (daughter of the famous Charles Back) dressed up as a fortune teller. We  invited media to come and experience the new wine ... Read More

kulula haven't exactly been wallflowers during the World Cup (just how we like our clients). Our latest adventure with them saw us flying a young Boston Terrier called Sepp Blatter around South Africa for free (see the release below for the reason why). Sepp was such a hit with kulula they have temporarily donated their Facebook page to him. The young dog has made many friends during his 15 minutes of fame largely helped by media coverage in most South African dailies ... Read More

Last Friday Atmosphere Cape Town launched its version of the World Cup, with the first task being the Football Fundi Flag Hunt. Teams were challenged to hide their opponent’s flags in the office, with team Cameroon coming first and taking home the trophy. Opening hosts, America, not only provided an assorted array of traditional cuisine, but entertained everyone with some strange facts about the country. With everyone dressing up to support Bafana and decorating their desks, Atmosphere Cape Town was alive with ... Read More

We recently launched the Wheel Of Excellence for the V&A Waterfront - just part of their plans for the World Cup. It's a giant Ferris Wheel, along similar lines of the London Eye, that will (temporarily) be part of the Cape Town skyline. The V&A team at Atmosphere expect a busy couple of weeks over the World Cup as the waterfront expects thousands of visitors and is one of the key hubs of the city during the games. Read More

Atmosphere arranged a fun speed-dating event, at Sinn’s in Wembley Square, for our Sanlam Personal Finance spokespeople and selected journalists to interact and get to know each other better. Time constraints kept the pace up as the speed-daters hurriedly gathered as much information as possible about their partner before they had to move on. The one-on-one sessions were designed to build direct relationships between the media and Sanlam spokespeople in a useful and memorable way. Read More

We launched Virgin Active's Fans In Training classes recently with a photo call with Sir Richard Branson himself at the Sandton Virgin Active. He joined in a streaker training class (while he was fully clothed the rest of the participants were draped in strategically placed flags) and was given a lesson in vuvuzela playing by two characters called TK & Vusi. Read More

It's not very often you get to sign up two Virgins... but after a whirlwind romance we can now announce we're up and running with Virgin Group and Virgin Active as clients. We'll be doing a mixture of corporate and brand communications and we look forward to playing a part in the ongoing story of this really exciting company. Read More

Due to a batch of new clients we need a new AD! US: High flying agency with a stack of awards for our creativity and business driving results. We enjoy PR campaigns that open mouths in wonder; honing our expert media knowledge and long romantic walks on the beach. YOU: An Account Director with excellent consumer brand experience (in particular on liquor brands); organisational skills and enough creativity to really light our fire. You should also be based in Cape Town (or ... Read More