New creative director for Idea Engineers

publication date : 2009-12-02
author : Idea Engineers
 
For better or worse, Kevin Kleynhans (Kong Kuan Fu) is back in South Africa after a year-long sojourn in Shanghai as 360 degree Creative Director for all Unilever brands at Ogilvy China.

“For Idea Engineers his return heralds a ‘howzit my china’ opportunity and we take great delight in announcing his appointment as the agency’s Creative Director and ‘civil’ engineer,” says Shauneen Procter, Partner at Idea Engineers. “We welcome his insatiable appetite to make his clients’ brands as successful as they can be, his strategic input, and his remarkable energy and zest for life. Not to mention his immense talent that has spanned an illustrious career filled with accolades and awards.”

Kevin’s career has included stints working for major players in the South African advertising landscape such as Ogilvy, Grey Philips, McCann Ericsson, Leo Burnett, TBWA Hunt Lascaris, DDB and Red Nail. Kleynhans has extensive experience working on big brands and accounts such as BMW, Nedbank, FHM, Cadbury, South African Breweries, British American Tobacco, Sunday Times, heat magazine, ZOO, South African Revenue Services, South African Airways, Mango Airline, OMO, Axe, Sunlight, Revlon, Nandos, Game and Dion.

Says Kevin: “I am really excited to be back with my favourite girls and I hope to bring the global experience I have gained in Shanghai to bear on the Idea Engineers accounts.”