Alumni Stories

There’s a particular kind of creative who doesn’t just make ads; they make moments people carry with them. Mohlalefi Lentsoane is that kind of creative

Ten years ago, Siya Mawisa was watching the internet figure itself out. That instinct, honed long before ‘digital marketing’ became a career category on every job board, is what separates him from the crowd.

From intern to eBusiness Graduate Trainee to Assistant Brand Manager on Nescafé Pure Soluble Coffee, a range with extraordinary scale and consumer trust, and now into the expanded Nescafé portfolio.

It started with a high school fine arts portfolio and a Loeries Creative Future Scholarship. Most people would call that a lucky break. Banzi Kasana calls it the beginning of the work.

Different industries, same conviction: marketing done well makes people feel something real. Bradley’s career has unfolded across industries in a way that reflects genuine curiosity about how brands connect with people.

Marsha-Ann brings almost eight years of hands-on digital marketing experience to her Honours studies at aaa, having served as Digital Marketing Manager at Magalies Citrus Company, where she led the brand’s digital presence and consumer growth strategy.

Fourteen years. Dozens of brands. One consistent through-line: communication that actually means something.

A Loeries 2025 Top 5 Student and multiple Certificate of Academic Achievement recipient, Janine graduated from aaa with a BA in Creative Brand Communication specialising in Copywriting and a philosophy that’s become her signature: good writing isn’t just read, it’s felt.

From an Ad Ops internship at OMD Worldwide to Digital Campaign Manager, through two years of building data-driven strategies at Flume for brands like Toyota, Absa, Woolworths, and Orlando Pirates, and now leading social at McCann Joburg – Zazi Ntozini has spent his career at the centre of where media, data, and creative collide.

Paige Zackey doesn’t predict rain. She builds arks. The Warren Buffett quote she keeps close says everything about how she approaches her work: with urgency, pragmatism, and the kind of conviction that turns a concept into something real.

Strategy is the art of seeing clearly when everything is moving fast. Lele Legalatladi has spent a decade getting very, very good at it.

Over two decades in the creative industry will either make you comfortable or make you curious. Gillian Attwood chose curious, every single time.

The marketing industry moves fast. The question is: are you moving with it or for it?

Some people fit neatly into a box. Hloni Sepanya broke the mould before she even graduated.

Mukona Ligege graduated cum laude. She also won the 2023 One Club Creative Bootcamp, earned a front-row seat at IAB’s top student programme, and walked away as both Top Student in Advertising and Top Student in Brand Management. And she did all of that while being a triathlete and Learn to Swim coach.

John Afolabi didn’t wait for permission to lead. With over six years of experience across front-end development, UI/UX design, and digital product thinking, he’s the kind of builder who starts with a concept and doesn’t stop until it clicks — for users, for clients, for the team around him.