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Brand is born from who we are.
Brand is nurtured through relationships.
Brand grows through participation.
Brand lives in experiences.
Brand profits from purpose.
whatwewant has developed and produced over 50 commercials, 400 music videos, 350 comedy and culture shows, 200 minutes of animation, 5 documentaries and 10 events. Highlights include work for the SABC, Virgin, Cell C, Absa, DSTV, Edcon, Coca-Cola, Orange and Peugeot, and producing both the SA Music Awards and Nelson Mandela Tribute. Along the way we've won 25 awards, a host of finalist nominations, and our COPA Coca-Cola Football Stars TV Series was a finalist at the prestigious One Show Awards.
* See for yourself.Erik has spent almost 2 decades creating purposeful, incisive projects for a wide range of brands. His vast experience in music television, animation, commercial production and new media gives him the foundation to explore his current passions: gamification, immersive entertainment and brand experience. He's an incurable explorer, always excited by the vast new worlds that open up when great thinking meets cutting-edge technology.
Damian's career spans 15 years and multiple mediums. He's a writer, director, DJ and creative thinker who enjoys rolling his sleeves up and coaxing ideas into action. He was Creative Director of the SA Music Awards for 3 years, and has worked extensively on commercials, TV, documentaries and activations, but it's the intersection points that excite him most - the weirdly wonderful spaces where brands can make fresh, meaningful impact.
The suit in the house, David is an admitted attorney with nearly 20 years international experience. He worked for Arthur Andersen in the UK and South Africa, and as a Director with Deloitte in Paris and Belgium. He traded in the Big 4 environment to take charge of strategic direction and operations at whatwewant, helping guide the company towards developing unique, lasting and engaging brand experiences.
Vincent's vast experience across many different media platforms includes exhibition design for numerous interactive sites, curation of art exhibitions, creative direction on fashion campaigns, art directing for a motion capture series and choreography of Butoh dance works. He sees himself as a cross-disciplinary creative problem solver, always looking for new ways to dynamically activate brands as a meaningful experience in peoples' lives.
We are committed to nurturing creative and production potential, not because it's the thing to do, but because these investments are reciprocal, and we want to be working with tomorrow's thought leaders. In the past we've helped train up a number of aspirant filmmakers, many of whom are now firmly established in our industry, and we continue to involve young talent in our productions, giving them the hands-on experience to learn, grow and excel.
We have been fortunate to experience exceptional growth over the past few years, helping us move from an Exempt Micro-Enterprise to being a Qualifying Small Enterprise. We are proud of our successes in four key areas: preferential procurement, skills development, enterprise development and corporate social investment. Our preferential procurement not only exceeds the minimum requirement, but through the process we have been able to assist many EMEs to become aware of and certify their own status. At nearly R6,000 per person, our skills development investment per employee is comparable with many blue chip companies. A formal enterprise development partnership has enabled a whatwewant employee to co-own a specialist transport company: Driven. His extensive knowledge of the Johannesburg area and its film companies is helping his client base grow very successfully. Our corporate social investment is extremely focused: Joburg Child Welfare is where we're at and will be for several years to come. We're a Level 4 contributor and working to improve on that. Download our BEE certificate.
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+27 (0) 11 781 4179
whowewant@whatwewant.co.za