About Us

Welcome to our world of Luxury. In this Luxury Blog, we hope to keep you posted on all things luxury… Events, new products, launches, as well as the latest in fashion, lifestyle and industry news.

VIVID is an award winning PR and marketing agency that has established itself as a specialist in the fields of luxury and premium branding and high-end consumer goods. As a highly acclaimed boutique agency and a key player in the Southern African luxury goods industry, we deliver a dedicated service approach, ensuring exceptional skill and expertise in everything we undertake.

Operating at the forefront of an evolving communications landscape, we at VIVID pride ourselves on our ability to execute a full range of communication channels across diverse platforms. Our various integrated strategies help us to powerfully engage the consumer and assist clients in achieving their marketing and business goals.

With a global team of enthusiastic employees who are experts in the luxury field, VIVID offers an intense understanding of the luxury brand environment. This passion for and commitment to everything luxury ensures that our clients remain satisfied throughout their relationship with us.

VIVID boasts many of the world’s top international luxury brands as part of our portfolio, and we recently received our first PRISM Award. We were also thrilled to be nominated for the 2012 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship (AAE), which is the leading Awards programme for business and entrepreneurship in Africa – indeed ’The Oscars’ of business and entrepreneurship in Africa.

VIVID has offices in Cape Town (our head office), Johannesburg and will soon be operational in Lagos, Nigeria. An integral part of our vision is to help Africa to build and improve its image to the world, whether this is in the form of helping local brands grow their international market share, or whether it’s helping international brands with their African market entry and growth. At VIVID, we consider ourselves to be an extension of our clients’ brands, no matter who they are. They are the very reason we are in this business. Their success is our success.

Our portfolio includes brands like Gucci, Burberry, Patek Philippe, Fairline Yachts, Bentley, Jimmy Choo, Belvedere Vodka, Val De Vie Estate, Veuve Cliquot and many more…..

More about Vivid:

Vivid Luxury is a Cape Town based boutique sized Marketing and PR Agency, focusing on specialized marketing solutions for International Luxury Brands entering or operating in the Southern African market.

For more information, view our website here.

The Vivid Service Offering

• PR & publicity management
• Social media management
• Luxury event management
• Luxury brand marketing strategy
• Luxury brand and retail advisory services
• Media planning & buying
• Creative campaign development
A strong interest in the area of luxury ensures an intense understanding of the luxury brand environment. Choosing not to be ‘everything to everybody,’  Vivid prefers to focus on the area of luxury goods as a category. It is the Vivid team’s passion for and commitment to everything luxury that ensures that their luxury brand clients remain satisfied throughout the lifespan of their relationship with Vivid.

The Team:

Vivid Luxury Marketing is home to dynamic, creative and highly skilled professionals who each have a unique set of strengths and views. The Vivid team is dedicated to growing our client’s brand image and reputation.

MANAGEMENT TEAM

Anina Malherbe – Founder and Managing Director

Anina’s 15 years’ experience in various categories within the retail environment in South Africa, such as fashion, jewellery, accessories, along with her success at assisting the strategic positioning of various luxury brands in the South African marketplace, provides her with an intimate knowledge of the high-end consumer environment.

After many years in different roles, her passion, ambition and experience eventually prompted her to start Vivid Luxury in 2007. Vivid has since grown into a highly successful boutique agency, with offices in both Cape Town and Johannesburg, and manages to attract contracts with some of the most prestigious international luxury brands in the world. Since starting her company, Anina’s been asked to speak at South Africa’s first Luxury Summit (in 2008), and been interviewed by magazines such as Destiny, Entrepreneur, Fabulous Woman and industry magazine Advantage.

Anina’s personal philosophy and her commitment to perfection, along with her drive to deliver only the best results for her clients, ultimately puts expertise into practice for Vivid and its team of skilled professionals.

Dorothy Amuah – Regional Director: Gauteng

Dorothy has had a passion for the luxury goods industry since a very young age. Initially qualifying as a lawyer, Dorothy decided to pursue her true passion and to further her studies with an MBA specializing in Luxury Brand Management, at the University of Monaco. This school offers a specialist MBA programme on the area of luxury so it was a natural choice for Dorothy.

Dorothy has sound international luxury brand experience and a deep understanding for the industry. Having grown up in the US, and spending time in countries as diverse as Ghana, Algeria, South Africa and Monaco, Dorothy combines a wealth of knowledge, creativity, passion and know-how.

Her core competencies range from  business development, brand positioning, strategic marketing, online marketing, campaign development and PR. Before Dorothy joined VIVID, she worked for Citibank South Africa.

Dorothy joined VIVID in January 2012 as Regional Director of their new Johannesburg office, and looks forward to help developing new markets for VIVID.

Grant Davison – Account Director

Grant Davison joined VIVID in 2012 as Account Director in the Cape Town office. Prior to this Grant held various positions in PR, Marketing, Strategy and Events for both local and international companies and has consulted and advised numerous high-profile brands in South Africa such as Quintessentially, LVMH, Rolls-Royce Motors, ExecuJet, and Louis XIII Cognac de Remy Martin to name a few, giving him an extensive background in premium and luxury goods and services market.

A published contributor to numerous magazines, newspapers and providing commentary on both television and radio on the luxury and premium goods industry, Grant is regarded as one of South Africa’s leading mass–affluent and luxury brand strategists. Grant enjoys traditional hobbies such as wing shooting, watching polo and sailing and is a Founding Member of LuxurySociety.

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