Omnicom Agencies Win Big at 2014 Spikes Asia Festival

NEW YORK and SINGAPORE, Sept. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Omnicom Group (NYSE: OMC) agencies continued their winning streak at the Spikes Asia Festival, co-organized by the Lions Festivals, sponsors of Cannes Lions.  BBDO received the night's top honor, winning Network of the Year, with DDB placing second.  This marked the second time in three years that BBDO was named Network of the Year at Spikes, and Omnicom networks have now finished in the top three networks for six consecutive years. PHD won Media Network of the Year, with OMD placing second.  DDB Group New Zealand was the runner-up as Agency of the Year.

Over 40 agencies in 12 countries contributed to Omnicom's record performance at this year's Spikes, the Cannes of Asia Pacific.  Omnicom Group agencies captured three Grand Prix awards, three Creative Effectiveness awards, and more than 150 creative honors across multiple categories.

Clemenger BBDO Melbourne's "Melbourne Remote Control Tourist" campaign for Tourism Victoria was a multiple award-winner, taking the top prize in the Branded Content & Entertainment and Direct categories. Colenso BBDO won a Grand Prix and Gold in Radio for their "K9FM" campaign for Mars Pedigree and took home three Creative Effectiveness awards. PHD India replicated their mobile innovation success from Cannes Lions by winning multiple awards for the popular campaign from Hindustan Unilever, as well as PHD New Zealand won gold for the campaign Tui Cricket for Heineken. Whybin\TBWA took home 12 awards, including a gold for PR, for their innovative GAYTM's campaign for ANZ Bank.

"Omnicom once again had a great showing at Spikes and it is especially gratifying to see our networks and agencies win repeat awards in the top categories," said John Wren, President and CEO, Omnicom.  "Creativity and innovation drive our business worldwide, and we are proud to have earned this important recognition for our people, our clients and their brands."

For further information and the full list of winning work, please visit http://www.spikes.asia/winners/2014/.

About Spikes Asia
Building on 27 years of the illustrious Spikes Awards, the Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity is the result of a collaboration between the Lions Festivals, organizers of Cannes Lions, Lions Health, Dubai Lynx and Eurobest, and Haymarket, publishers of Campaign Asia Pacific. The Festival provides the region's growing creative and advertising industry with a platform to network and exchange ideas, bringing together some of the finest creative thinkers from across the region and around the world.

The Awards, judged by leading international and regional creatives, honor the best creative work in the categories of Film, Print, Outdoor, Radio, Digital, Integrated, Direct, Promo & Activation, Media, Print Craft, Film Craft, Design, Mobile, PR, Branded Content & Entertainment, Innovation and Healthcare.

About Omnicom
Omnicom Group Inc. (www.omnicomgroup.com) is a leading global marketing and corporate communications company. Omnicom's branded networks and numerous specialty firms provide advertising, strategic media planning and buying, digital and interactive marketing, direct and promotional marketing, public relations and other specialty communications services to over 5,000 clients in more than 100 countries. For the latest news follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/Omnicom.

SOURCE Omnicom Group

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