Ogilvy & Mather India’s advertising legend Piyush Pandey has been acknowledged by the Indian Government for his outstanding contribution to the advertising and marketing industry. In today’s India Republic Day honours, Pandey was awarded a Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India. It is the first time someone from the […]
BBDO Worldwide topped the 2015 Directory Big Won as the world’s most awarded agency network across all marketing communication disciplines. This is the eighth time in the nine-year history of the Directory Big Won that BBDO has been ranked #1. The annual report was based on over 7,000 awards, and involved more than 3,000 pieces of work from close […]
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced that Jae Goodman and Josh Rabinowitz will lead juries at Lions Entertainment, the new specialist event where brands, agencies and entertainment companies can focus on producing outstanding creative work together. Jae Goodman, Chief Creative Officer and Co-Head, CAA Marketing, a division of leading entertainment and sports […]
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced changes to the 2016 awards which will see the Press Lions become the Print & Publishing Lions and Digital Craft split from the Cyber and Mobile Lions. The addition of the Press Lions is considered to be a milestone in Cannes Lions’ history, being the second […]
Mindshare, the global media agency network that is part of WPP, has ended the year with the top awards across the most respected awards ceremonies globally. The agency’s 2015 roll call of success includes: Media Agency of the Year – Cristal Festival Media Network of the Year – Campaign Asia Pacific China, India, South Asia, […]
ADFEST announced that Jeremy Craigen, Global Chief Creative Officer at Innocean Worldwide in Seoul, will join ADFEST 2016 as Grand Jury President. Craigen will oversee eight jury panels and 18 awards categories, and his creative leadership will play an important role in determining the winners of next year’s ADFEST Lotus Awards. He will also preside […]
Cheil Worldwide, the marketing solutions company headquartered in South Korea, announced Spikes Asia’s appointment of global executive creative director, Wain Choi, as the Jury President. Spikes Asia is the most prominent award show in Asia for excellence in the creative communications industry. Wain Choi has been named as Spikes Asia’s first ever Jury President from […]
The FAB Awards – International Food and Beverage Creative and Effectiveness Awards – are pleased to announce that Google UK Ltd will sponsor both The FAB Agency of the Year Award and The FAB Brand of the Year Award at the 17th FAB Awards in May 2015. Commenting on the partnership The FAB Awards Chairman, N.Nayar […]
ADFEST is pleased to announce that Shahir Zag, Chief Creative Officer at Y&R MENA in Dubai, is joining next year’s festival as Jury President of the Outdoor Lotus category. A passionate typographer, designer, poet and creative sage, Zag has been instrumental in turning the creative spotlight onto the Middle East since moving to Dubai from […]
It may be facing criticism over its innovation pipeline but Apple has usurped Coca-Cola for the first time in 13 years to top a list of the world’s most valuable brands. The iPhone maker’s brand has been valued at $98.3bn (£60.83bn) by brand consultancy Interbrand, up 28 per cent year on year. Coca-Cola, which had […]