Campaign Asia, one of the most prestigious names in the Global Advertising Industry has rolled out their ‘Agency of the Year 2013’ shortlisted entries for South Asia region.
Falling in South Asia region, Pakistan is competing with India, Srilanka and Bangladesh. Although South Asian shortlisted lists is dominated by Indian advertising agencies but Pakistan has managed to take 6 spots in two categories
JWT Pakistan and Spectrum have been shortlisted for Creative Agency of the Year while 4 digital agencies from Pakistan have been shortlisted in ‘Digital Agency of the Year’ category. These agencies are Creative Jin, Iris Digital,Strategic Alliancez and Symmetry Digital.
Campaign Asia Pacific’s ‘Agency of the Year’ is the region’s most prestigious award recognizing outstanding work in advertising, creativity and exceptional advertising business initiatives. The awards are divided into 5 main regions namely Australia/New Zealand, Greater China, Japan/Korea South Asia and Southeast Asia.
This year, the awards include two new categories — Talent Management Person / Team of the Year and Young Achiever of the Year. The Talent Management award will recognize the professional or team who has most effectively aligned the agency’s people strategies with business outcomes, while the Young Achiever award aims to put the spotlight on the region’s stars who are under 30.
The Mega Award night event will take place from Dec 9th-12th 2013 in three different locations namely, China, India and Singapore.
About Campaign Asia:
Campaign Asia Pacific began as a Media magazine, launched in 1970s to report on emerging media and marketing industry in Asia-Pacific. It was acquired by Haymarket Publishing, UK’s largest independently owned publishing group. Their portfolio includes Print magazine, Web portals, Conferences, Awards, Data insights and Trainings.
Here is the list of shortlisted entries for the 2013 Campaign Asia-Pacific Agency of the Year Awards in the South Asia region:
AGENCY CATEGORIES
India Creative Agency of the Year
BBDO India
JWT India
Lowe Lintas and Partners
Ogilvy & Mather, Gurgaon
Ogilvy & Mather, Mumbai
Taproot India
Pakistan Creative Agency of the Year
JWT Pakistan
Spectrum Y&R
Rest of South Asia Creative Agency of the Year
JWT Sri Lanka
JWT Thomson Nepal
Leo Burnett Solutions Inc., Sri Lanka
Ogilvy & Mather, Bangladesh
India Media Agency of the Year
Carat India
Havas Media Group
Mindshare India
OMD India
Vizeum India
Rest of South Asia Media Agency of the Year
Mindshare Bangladesh
Mindshare Sri Lanka
Starcom Worldwide – Sri Lanka
India Digital Agency of the Year
ibs
Isobar India
OgilvyOne Worldwide, India
PHD India
Pakistan Digital Agency of the Year
Creative Jin
Iris Digital
Strategic Alliancez
Symmetry Digital
South Asia PR Agency of the Year
Avian Media India
Edelman India
South Asia Specialist Agency of the Year
DDB MudraMax India
Geometry Global India
McCann Health, India
Mindshare India
Social@Ogilvy, India
South Asia Independent Agency of the Year
Capillary Technologies India
ibs India
PEOPLE CATEGORIES
South Asia Account Person of the Year
Murtaza A Tajbhoy, Leo Burnett Solutions Inc.
Chandana Agarwal, Ogilvy & Mather, Gurgaon
Ajay Mehta, Ogilvy & Mather, Mumbai
Sonali Sehgal, Ogilvy & Mather, Mumbai
VR Rajesh, Ogilvy & Mather, Mumbai
Gaurav Magotra, OgilvyOne Worldwide, India
South Asia Agency Head of the Year
Pratap Bose, DDB MudraMax
Robert Holdheim, Edelman India
Sabyasachi Mitter, ibs
Ranil de Silva, Leo Burnett Solutions Inc.
Navin Talreja, Ogilvy & Mather, Mumbai
South Asia Creative of the Year
Vipul Salvi, Geometry Global
Ajay Gahlaut, Ogilvy & Mather, Gurgaon
Santosh Padhi, Taproot India
South Asia Planner of the Year
Farah Siddiqui, Mindshare
Neel Pandya, Mindshare
Anoop Menon, Ogilvy & Mather, Mumbai
Ganapathy Balagopalan, Ogilvy & Mather, Mumbai
Nikhil Kishore, OMD India
Shashank Lanjekar, SohoSquare, Mumbai
South Asia Talent Management Person/Team of the Year
Team LLC, DDB MudraMax
Pankaj Suri, Edelman India
HR Team, Lowe Lintas and Partners
Talent Team, MSLGROUP MSLGROUP India
South Asia Young Achiever of the Year
Aneesh Reddy, Capillary Technologies
Sanuree Gomes, DDB Mudra Group
Samyak Sanjoy Chakrabarty, DDB MudraMax
Karishma Birdy, Lowe Lintas and Partners
Khushboo Mendonca, Mindshare
For more details, click here: http://www.aoyawards.com/india/general/shortlist-2013
