DDB named CB NZ Agency of the Year
Despite the GFC wreaking havoc on the advertising industry, one agency had one of its best years on record – both financially and creatively. This stellar performance coupled with a stable management team, key creative hires, consolidation between different divisions and exceptional creative work – as loved by New Zealanders as it was by the award juries – gave it the edge over its rivals. DDB is Campaign Brief’s 2009 NZ Agency of the Year.
As the most awarded agency at New Zealand’s AXIS Awards, winner of twogold and two bronze at Cannes, DDB New Zealand ranked in the top 50 inthe Gunn Report for the very first time in 2009. The agency emerged 2ndin Campaign Brief’s The Work with 14 pieces of work accepted and wasthe number two agency for 2009 on bestadsontv.com and topped CB’s 2009NZ Creative League table.
DDB Auckland also won The National Business Review’s Agency of the Yearand was shortlisted as one of the four agencies in the running forAdvertising Age’s 2009 International Agency of the Year.
Clemenger BBDO, Melbourne was named CB Australian Agency of the Year for the second year running.
To read all about it and to check out the annual 2010 CB AgencyCreativity/Billings Index 2009, look out for the print edition outsoon. To subscribe go to Campaign Brief Online or contact CB in Sydney: +612 9247 4933. Or download the subscription form:
22 Comments
Good call. DDB is light years ahead of any other NZ agency and in Toby, Regan, Hanko, Wayne, Kim, Kim, Dan, Aaron and the like they have by far and away the most grown up and talented creative department. It’s great to see reality awarded over perception this year.
Trust the first comment to be from a DDB employee…Enjoy your glory…It won’t last long
The_Hammer
The Colenso tool strikes again
I don’t think it was a mere employee, 9.20.
The_Hammer needs to get banged!
The_Hammer has sand in his vagina. And probably thinks his ‘Hung’ billboard is the greatest thing ever. Even though it’s…well, it’s obvious what it is.
Colenso vs DDB > Colenso vs Saatchi ; }
Nice work DDB. Love your style.
Has nothing to do with the Hung billboard.
The_Hammer
I don’t think the HUNG work was the best billboard of the year…In fact it wasn’t anywhere near the genius piece of work that was the ‘Hot Yacht Pie’ billboard. A pie, and a yacht together.. Wow wee. Stop it. Wish I’d hammered that out.
The_Hammer
In fairness…deserved.
This blog needs more people like The_Hammer. More angry, bitter, second-place people like The_Hammer. People who should be proud of their package-bulging billboards, yet are still bitter. Even though they’ve done great work. Like a billboard. That has a bulging package on it. Genius. Yet bitter.
Yet bulging.
Whats the bet none of you fools work for DDB or Colenso.
STOP
IT’S
HAMMER TIME
I may work for DDB. I may work for Colenso. But one thing is indisputable. I own a pair of MC_Hammer pants. That’s all that matters.
The_Hammer
whoisthehammer.co.nz
Hammer’s middle name is ‘W’
No it’s not. You don’t know me little one. My first name is THE. Second name HAMMER. Plain and simple son.
congratulations ddb.
Is The Hammer on the All Black coaching panel?