Omnicom’s OMD has again been ranked by the Gunn Report for Media as the most creative agency network based on award winners lists worldwide. OMD, which topped last year’s league with 176 points, has held the number one spot since the report’s launch in 2004. Mindshare was in second place with 161 points. Starcom ended […]
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Nike world’s most awarded ad
Nike ‘Write The Future’ was the world’s most awarded commercial last year, the Gunn Report indicates. The ad by Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam is also the most decorated commercial in the report’s 13 years. The ad stars Real Madrid’s Ronaldo and Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney. In joint second place was Heineken ‘The Entrance’, also […]
AIM awards deadline looms
Entries for the All Ireland Marketing (AIM) awards organised by the Marketing Institute close next Thursday (February 9). Supported by the Irish Independent, in all 16 awards are up for grabs. They include best brand campaign, market research award, advertising campaign, PR campaign and the marketing team award. When making submissions, entrants are advised to […]
Love/Hate in for ten Iftas
Love/Hate has been nominated in ten categories for the Irish Film and Television Awards, aka the Iftas. Stuart Carolan’s gangland series is in contention for best TV drama, while Aidan Gillen has been nominated for best TV actor. Among the nominees for best film actor are Brendan Gleeson for The Guard, Michael Fassbender for Shame, […]
SparkQual shortlisted for five gongs
SparkQual has been nominated for a total of five campaigns in this year’s Marketing Society Research Excellence Awards which will be presented next month. The agency has the two campaigns in the advertising and creative category for Unilever and Britvic Ireland, plus three out of the four contenders in the qualitative category for AIB, Birds Eye […]
Four in line for Marketer of the Year
The shortlist for this year’s Marketer of the Year award was announced today. Four marketers – Rita Kirwan, Largo Foods (Tayto and Hunky Dorys); Walter Drenth, Heineken Ireland for Coors Light; Loretta Dignam, Jacob Fruitfield and Julien Lelorrain, Renault Ireland – are vying for the top prize which will be presented next week. The award […]
VW guru for NNI awards
Neil Dawson, executive creative director, BETC London, will be the international judge for the NNI Press Ad of the Year Awards 2011. Before he launched BETC London, Dawson was worldwide chief creative officer on the Philips account at DDB, where he won back-to-back grand prix at Cannes for Carousel and Parallel Lines. Dawson was responsible […]
Starcom grabs two golds at Sharks
For the first time ever, media campaigns were honoured at the Sharks festival in Kinsale and six gold awards were presented. Starcom won two golds, one for SuperValu and a second for National Lottery’s EuroMillions. Carat won gold for Kellogg’s Field of Dreams, OMD for Renault Scrappage, Mediacom for Audi A1 and Vizeum for Powers […]
Kelner for journalism awards
Former editor of the London Independent Simon Kelner will be the guest speaker at the National Newspapers of Ireland (NNI) first journalism awards at the end of next month. Kelner, 53, became editor of the Independent in 1998 and served as editor, editor-in-chief and for a short time was the newspaper’s managing director. During his […]
Fanning to chair food awards
Former McConnells managing director and UCD Smurfit School of Business lecturer John Fanning is to chair Bord Bia’s new food and drink industry awards. Sponsored by Rabobank, the awards recognise excellence in export development, branding, innovation, sustainability, entrepreneurship and home market success. Entries will be assessed by an independent judging panel chaired by Fanning. The […]
Sharks adds media category
The Kinsale Sharks awards festival will feature a media category for the first time this year. Initially, media entries will only be open to local agencies, but for next year’s 50th awards show, overseas media groups will be invited to compete. Richard Eyre, chairman of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) in the UK, will head up […]
Award wins see Pembroke Communications join PR elite
Pembroke Communications scored points on its more established PR rivals by emerging as the top agency at the Awards for Excellence in Public Relations 2011. The firm, run by Michael O’Keeffe, won four trophies, including two best consumer campaigns, the €12,000 or under award for the Virginia Smashing Pumpkins festival in Cavan and Dublin Zoo’s […]
RTE scoops world radio award
RTÉ Radio has been honoured with the prestigious broadcaster of the year award at the 2011 New York Festivals Radio Awards. From 183 finalists spanning 26 countries, the New York Festivals’ grand jury selected RTÉ Radio as the overall winner. This is the first time in the New York Festivals’ 54-year history that an Irish […]
