thinkLA Interactive Awards Gala Winners Announced

LOS ANGELES, June 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- thinkLA, the largest advertising industry organization for Southern California, announced the winners of their annual Interactive Awards Gala on Thursday night at the Beverly Hilton's International Ballroom. More than 950 guests celebrated LA's finest from the interactive advertising and marketing community, recognizing campaigns, agencies, client marketers, media partners and individuals.

thinkLA established the Interactive Awards Gala to celebrate the achievements of local companies and individuals who are interactive marketing leaders. Their objective is to showcase exceptional creative, innovative and results-oriented interactive marketing programs.

Creative submissions were judged by a panel of influential advertising professionals, including Avery Carroll, Digital McGarryBowen; Ann-Christine Diaz, Ad Age Creativity | Creativity-Online.com; Julie Liss Publicis & Hal Riney; Alejandro Ortiz Casanova Pendrill; and Gary Wexler, USC Annenberg School of Communication.

Working with creative partner Avatar Labs, presented by Centro, and sponsored by Discovery Communications, Pandora, Yahoo!, NBCUniversal, iHeartRadio, KBB.com, Spotify, AOL, Acxiom and YuMe, thinkLA recognized winners in 13 categories who demonstrated thoughtful leadership, superior execution, and innovation in interactive marketing.

Winners:

Best Social Media Campaign
RPA | Pintermission

Best Mobile Campaign
Zynga | Honda Accord with Friends

Best Video Campaign
RPA | Monsters Calling Home

Best Display Campaign
Amazon Media Group | Dr. Seuss' The Lorax Theatrical and Home Entertainment Campaign
Saatchi & Saatchi LA | Rav4 – No Time to Waste! Banners

Best Interactive Campaign
RPA | Monsters Calling Home

thinkLA Innovator
Wildlife | Muscle Music

Hall of Fame
Arthur Chan | Palisades Media

Agency Person of the Year
Kelly Clarke, Deutsch LA 

Sales Person of the Year 
Ben Sarmiento, Centro                

Client of the Year
Caty Burgess, CW TV Network

Partner of the Year
Centro

Media Agency of the Year 
Horizon Media

Full Service Agency of the Year
Deutsch LA

For an event recap, including full press release, campaign videos and photos, visit http://thinkla.org/news/thinkla-2013-interactive-awards-gala-recap/.

About thinkLA:
thinkLA is a non-profit 501(c)(6) association founded in 2006 to promote Los Angeles as a network of creativity and innovation in media, marketing, and advertising. They connect LA's creative community. They grow ideas, business and talent. They inspire through education, social and philanthropic events. For more information, please visit www.thinkla.org.

SOURCE thinkLA

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