Because we're awesome like that!
An idea is one of the most difficult things to cultivate. Every day billions of infantile ideas, tiny little "idealets" are crushed under the wheels of conformity, beaten into submission with the whip of compliance. But in 1988 a young designer with big dreams got the idea in his head that he wanted to be his own boss. Tired of slogging away for the man with his letrasets and airbrush he ventured out on his own and began cultivating his fledgeling idea. Today, that idea has grown into a full-service, through-the-line agency; a fully integrated ideas company.

A typically South African cosmopolitan bunch of riffraff now power the ideas machine, with our fearless leaders at the helm steering us towards a creative utopia where ideas flow like the Storms River in the rainy season.
Our passion is conceptualising, designing and implementing well thought out, concept-driven advertising, branding and communications strategies. We get emotional about pretty things and even more emotional about things that should've been pretty but aren't.

So, if you're looking for something pretty and something that's also pretty awesome, you've come to the right place. Whatever you're looking for, we do it all because we're awesome like that.
OUR SERVICES

Creative:

  • Brand & Corporate Identity Development
  • Graphic design and advertising
  • Locality marketing and advertising services
  • Illustration
  • Copywriting & scriptwriting
  • Photographic art direction

Online, Digital & Interactive Marketing:

  • Web design, maintenance & management
  • Social media marketing & management
  • Mobile web design, maintenance & management
  • Online reputation management
  • Search engine optimisation
  • Google map optimisation
  • Email marketing
  • Mobile marketing

Media Buying:

  • Print
  • Outdoor
  • Online

Production:

  • Printing (digital & litho)
  • Digital & large format branding
  • Promotional products & branded giveaway items

CONTACT US
info@mcewan.co.za / +27 11 450 3994
Bedfordview Office Park
Building No.9, 3 Riley Rd.
Bedfordview
Johannesburg


WIMPY LOVES SUMMER

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Wimpy Loves Summer
Wimpy Loves Summer
Wimpy Loves Summer
Wimpy Loves Summer
Wimpy Website

Summer Lovin'
In today's economic climate, feeling the pinch is nothing new and with the global cut back in mind Wimpy, wanted to shake things up with their December promotion. They wanted promotional innovation that didn't sacrifice yields for the group or buying power for the consumer.

With no above the line support and no -special offer- draw we knew the in-store POS had to be as dynamic and engaging as possible. In addition to standard BTL tools, we looked into alternative media to achieve a fully integrated campaign, without the luxury of ATL support.

The Wimpy♥Summer campaign was a multi-faceted, mixed media campaign that aimed to define the quintessential summer moment for Wimpy customers. To be engaging, across the board, with the cosmopolitan demographic that the Wimpy brand draws we devised a segmented, localised approach to a national promotion.

We decided on 6 pre-determined market segments; Cape, beachfront, low-veld, urban, Midlands and Free State; and designed in-store POS depicting a summer experience unique to each locale. Each POS segment was then rolled out across all Wimpy trading formats (old-look, new-look, Drive Thru, Roadhouse, Halaal, etc.) all together a total of 44 artwork formats across the 6 segments.

A dynamic new website with state-of-the-art features was launched in conjunction with the campaign on 9 December 2011. The website features the latest technology including impressive parallax effect plug-ins, flash games, the latest Google maps-integrated, geo-located restaurant locator with comprehensive search functions and the ability to showcase store-specific promotions for over 500 restaurants in South Africa and Africa.

Wimpy Loves Summer
a segmented, localised approach to a national promotion
In addition to the localised national campaign elements we developed local store campaign support material. McEwan designed artwork for Wimpy♥Canal Walk, Wimpy♥Margate, Wimpy♥Malelane Wimpy♥Sandton City, Wimpy♥Howick, Wimpy♥Ficksburg, etc. on posters, banners, loyalty cards, leaflets and just about any other in-store and outdoor touchpoint you can imagine. This artwork was made available to franchisees wishing to drive additional awareness of the campaign.

A dynamic new website with state-of-the-art features was launched in conjunction with the campaign on 9 December 2011. The website features the latest technology including impressive parallax effect plug-ins, flash games, the latest Google maps-integrated, geo-located restaurant locator with comprehensive search functions and the ability to showcase store-specific promotions for over 500 restaurants in South Africa and Africa.