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The Jupiter Drawing Room (South Africa) & Partners is the brand holding company for The Jupiter Drawing Room (Johannesburg), The Jupiter Drawing Room (Cape Town), Black River FC and MetropolitanRepublic. (Black River FC and MetropolitanRepublic are the 'partners' in The Jupiter Drawing Room (South Africa) & Partners.
It is the largest independent advertising agency group on the African continent.
Currently, The Jupiter Drawing Room (South Africa) & Partners is ranked the Number 1 creative agency group in South Africa (source: SA Creative Circle).
On the 29th of January 2009, The Jupiter Drawing Room (South Africa) & Partners sold a 49% stake to global media and communications giant WPP. Click through to read press release >>
The Jupiter Drawing Room SA & Partners - Directors:
Graham WarsopChairmanWhen Graham Warsop graduated with an LLM from Cambridge and qualified as a Barrister he realised that his passion could not be satisfied in the field of law. Having arrived in South Africa in 1987 to finish a novel, he took a job as a copywriter in a local advertising agency. After 18 months in the industry Graham thought of moving companies. Then he thought, instead of moving companies, why not start one? Thus some handshakes and a fabulous short story by Guy de Maupassant later, The Jupiter Drawing Room was born. Never one to do things by halves Graham went from junior copywriter to Chairman and Executive Creative Director overnight. As well as chairing The Jupiter Drawing Room (South Africa), Graham is hands-on Executive Creative Director of the Johannesburg office. In the 20 years that Graham has been in advertising, he has won more creativity points (as measured by the official SA Creativity Survey) than any other Creative Director in South Africa. He is also the only Creative Director in South Africa to have served on the juries of all four major international festivals (Cannes, D&AD, The One Show and Clio’s) the latter he Chaired (Print & Poster) in 2001. A fervent believer in integrated creativity, Graham has grown The Jupiter Drawing Room to take a totally through-the-line approach to its work. Proof of this is reflected in the range of categories for which he has won the following international awards: 17 Cannes Lions, 23 Clios, 11 One Show Pencils, 27 London International Statues and 70 Medals at The New York Festival including Best of Show for Magazine in 2001 and he’s still not finished. 
John WarsopManaging Director |