The AquilaZone team at work in Johannesburg
About Us & Meet the Team

The agency that answers to your results.

AquilaZone is a full-service boutique agency operating from Johannesburg, serving local, national and multinational advertisers with a continental reach. Big enough to run complex omni-channel campaigns. Small enough that senior people stay on your account.

Advertising should be accountable.

AquilaZone was built on a simple conviction: that advertising should be accountable. For too long, agencies have hidden behind vanity metrics like reach and impressions while clients quietly wondered where the sales were. We do the opposite. We start with the outcome you need, then engineer the shortest, most efficient path to it across whichever channels will actually get you there.

This discipline is why we've won and continue to win across multiple industries, and why, in 2026, Acquisition International named us the region's Best Budget Strategy Lead Generation agency and awarded us its Omni-Channel Campaign Excellence Award.

AquilaZone team celebrating client results together
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Trust, on record

  • Google Partner agency
  • Social Media Business Partner
  • Level 1 B-BBEE QSE, 135% procurement recognition
  • Acquisition International award winner, 2026 (×2)

Meet the team

Between Llewellyn on strategy and Julian on the relationship, you get more than fifty years of combined experience at the top of your account — not a junior with a template.

Julian Leukis, Managing Director of AquilaZone

Julian Leukis

Managing Director · Account & Client Relationships

Your relationship with AquilaZone is held by Julian Leukis, our Managing Director and a seasoned account executive with more than three decades of service in the sales and marketing industry. Julian has spent thirty years earning the trust of clients and media owners alike, and he brings that same steady, personal attention to every account we run.

30+ years in sales & marketing Seasoned account executive Established media-owner relationships
Llewellyn Oliver, CM(SA), lead strategist at AquilaZone

Llewellyn Oliver, CM(SA)

Lead Strategist · Brand Channel & Connection Specialist

Every AquilaZone strategy is led by Llewellyn Oliver, a Chartered Marketer (CM(SA)) with more than 25 years of experience in the South African market. He is Google Certified, a marketing management lecturer, and has spent his career helping independent businesses and established brands alike compete and win.

What that means for you: the person setting your strategy has done it for a quarter of a century, teaches the next generation how to do it, and stays personally involved in your account. You are not a file passed to a junior.

Chartered Marketer, CM(SA) 25+ years in SA marketing Google Certified Marketing management lecturer
Jess, Strategic Communications lead at AquilaZone

Jess

Strategic Communications · Resident Millennial

As the voice of the millennials, Jess runs our recently launched UK office in East Midlands and leads our influencer activities.

Leads UK office (East Midlands) Influencer activities Voice of the millennials
Tash, Social Media Manager at AquilaZone

Tash

Social Media Manager · First Responder

Tash manages the day-to-day social media conversations, ensuring that our brands never miss a beat.

Day-to-day social conversations Never misses a beat First responder

Four commitments

Senior-led, always

The strategist who wins your business runs your account. No bait-and-switch.

Outcome-first

We agree the result you need up front, then allocate resources to hit it. Our model scales to your goals, not the other way round.

Radically transparent

You see the same numbers we do. Clear reporting, honest conversations, and conversion tracking you can trust.

Rooted in South Africa, reaching a continent

We understand this market, its media, its people and its price sensitivity, and we build campaigns that travel across borders when you need them to.

See what we do
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Voted the region's Best Budget Strategy Lead Generation & Sales Performance Agency and winner of the Omni-Channel Campaign Excellence Award, 2026, by Acquisition International.

Ready to see what your budget can really do?

Book a short strategy call with a senior team. No obligation, no jargon, just a clear view of where your next leads and sales should come from.

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