AdFest Agency of the Year is Dentsu Tokyo; Network of the Year goes to DDB
Dentsu, Tokyo was crowned Agency of the Year at AdFest 2011. It was a strong performance from Japan’s largest agency accross all categories at AdFest.
It the other special awards from the night Wieden + Kennedy Tokyo was named Interactive Agency of the Year; Clemenger BBDO, Melbourne picked up Direct & Promo Agency of the Year; and DDB took out the prestigious Network of the Year title – thanks to the strong performances of DDB Singapore, DDB China Group, DDB New Zealand and DDB Melbourne. (pictured centre is DDB Singapore ECD Joji Jacob with AdFest leaders Jimmy Lam and Vinit Suraphongchai). DDB picked up 24 awards and 13 finalists.
John Zeigler, Chairman & CEO of DDB Group Asia Pacific, Japan and India said, “The recognition we received at AdFest was phenomenal. Winning 24 metals is a record haul for us. In fact it’s more than the last two years combined!”
“DDB China Group’s famous ‘Green Pedestrian’ picked up a Gold and a ‘best’ in outdoor – proving once again it is one of the most impressive campaigns that came out of Asia last year. However, it was DDB Group Singapore’s performance that really secured our number one position by bagging 12 medals and five finalists – including ‘best’ press campaign and two golds for ‘Coin Landscapes’ for Rough Guide Budget travel guide, as well as eight silvers and one bronze.”
Nike was awarded Advertiser of the Year and Phenomena Bangkok was named Film Production Company of the Year.
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Well done Joji.
Well done DDB.
And well done to the other winners and to ADFEST.
Well done Joji great work on Rough Guides and Bose, awesome clients.
“An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.”
– Bernbach
Way to go DDB, Joji.
Great stuff.
amazing work for their fantastic clients, staggering achievement, well done… magic dust.