About

I am: Giles Griffin, a copywriter and marketing strategist with three decades of experience in London and Cape Town across a wide range of brands. I also contribute to a wine tourism blog, have written a wine tourism book called The Wine Tourism Handbook and have co-published a range of non-fiction books under the Openly Positive imprint. More on all that below so please read on…

I do: focus on copywriting and marketing strategies but that covers a multitude of sub-specialities, namely ads, advertorials, annual reports, articles, branding, brochures, direct marketing, editing, exhibitions, facilitation, incentivisation, naming, proofreading and web copy. As per the word tree on my home page.

I write about: branding, cars, communication, competition, culture, development, drink, education, fashion, food, marketing, money, power, property, travel, wine - and whatever brand you would like to introduce to me. A small sample: Alexander Forbes, BMW, Chevron, the Government, Johnnie Walker, NatWest, Nederburg, SAB, The Salesian Institute Youth Projects, UCT, Wine Tourism South Africa and Woolworths.

I’ve written for:

01 Bridge Street
Alexander Forbes
Appetite Catering
American Express
ANC
Audi
Baywatch
Boehringer
The Blacksmiths Workshop
BMW
Bonnita
BP
Brand Magazine
British Airports
British Rail
British Telecom
Brutal Fruit
Caltex

Carling Black Label
Castle Lager
Chefettes
Chevron
Ciroc Vodka
The Competition Commission
Corian
CSIR
Department of Education
Department of Health
Department of Public Enterprises
Department of Trade & Industry (dti)
Department of Transport
Desmond Tutu Peace Centre
Digitron
Dole
Don Julio Tequila
Educor
Eskom
Fiat

The Financial and Fiscal Commission
Ford
General Optical
General Motors
Graduate School of Business
Grand Parade Investments (GPI)
Hansa Pilsener
Hirt & Carter
ICI
INTEC
Jazzart Dance Theatre
Johnnie Walker Whiskey
Legal & General Insurance
L’Ormarins Wine Estate
Mantero Silk
Marcus Brewster Publicity
Mazda
Metropolitan
Monash University
NatWest Bank

Nationwide Building Society
New Africa Theatre Project
Old Mutual
Pearl Valley Golf Estate
Peugeot
Property Magazine
Rosehaugh Properties
Saga Holidays
Salesian Institute
Seralon Thread
SKF Bearings
Smirnoff
South African Breweries
Tanqueray Gin
Triangle Project
University of Cape Town
Western Province Government
Western Cape Tourism
White Dog Films
Woolworths