DDB Worldwide Agencies Top The YoungGuns Awards and Capture Agency of the Year from Ad Age China

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Jan 25, 2011, 05:36 ET

NEW YORK, Jan. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DDB's Asia Pacific Group has won Agency of the Year awards from Advertising Age China, The YoungGuns and Campaign Asia Pacific.

This week DDB China Group was named Ad Age China's 2010 Agency of the Year while earlier this month at the Campaign Asia Pacific Agency of the Year awards, DDB was named Creative Network of the Year and Tribal DDB, Digital Agency of the Year for the second consecutive year. At the awards, John Zeigler, Chairman and CEO of DDB Group Asia Pacific, Japan and India, also walked off with Campaign's coveted Agency Head of the Year honors while DDB China Group Chief Creative Officer Michael Dee was named Creative of the Year in China for 2010. Rapp came in second in the Specialist Agency Network of the Year runoff.

"DDB performance in the Asia Pacific region has been remarkable under the leadership of John Zeigler and his team. The growth in the scope and quality of the work as well as the business is a testament to every employee and all our clients in the region," Chuck Brymer, DDB Worldwide President and CEO, said.

Further proof of the region's creative prowess also emerged this week with DDB New Zealand claiming the prestigious YoungGuns Agency of the Year title. YoungGuns also ranked the creative team of Simon Vickers and James Tucker as "first equal" among the world's best advertising, media and digital creatives. In addition, DDB was the top ranked New Zealand agency in the Big Won rankings announced at the start of the year.

About DDB

DDB Worldwide Communications Group Inc (www.ddb.com) ranks among the top five consolidated advertising and marketing services global networks, according to Advertising Age. Consistently one of the world's most awarded networks for creative excellence, DDB was Campaign's 2009 Global Network of the Year, the 2010 Spikes Asia Network of the Year, Eurobest Network of the Year, Campaign Asia-Pacific Creative Network of the Year, and captured both the Cyber Grand Prix and Film Craft Grand Prix at the 2010 International Advertising Festival in Cannes. With more than 200 offices in over 90 countries, the DDB Group helps grow the value and influence of leading brands around the world. We believe that creativity is the most powerful force in business, allowing us to develop ideas that people want to play with, participate in and pass along. We call this Social Creativity. DDB Worldwide is part of Omnicom Group Inc. (OMC).

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