2018 Spikes Asia Awards: DDB New Zealand named runner-up Asia-Pacific Agency of the Year; BBDO takes out Network of the Year; Revolver/Will O’Rourke wins Spikes Palm

At the Spikes Asia awards presentation in Singapore BBDO was named Network of the Year.

BBDO won largely on the contributions of Colenso BBDO Auckland, Clemenger BBDO Weliington, Clemenger BBDO Australia, CHE Proximity Australia, BBDO Pakistan and BBDO India.

DDB was ranked #2, mainly due to DDB New Zealand’s strong performance (2 Grand Prix, 5 Golds and 10 Silver), and assisted by DDB Sydney and DDB Mudra in India.

Host/Havas, Sydney was named Agency of the Year, with DDB New Zealand ranked #2. Cummins & Partners, Sydney took out Independent Agency of the Year while Australia’s Revolver/Will O’Rourke scooped the Spikes Palm.

Says Justin Mowday, CEO, DDB NZ: “We’re incredibly proud of the result DDB New Zealand has achieved at Spikes this year. To be ranked the No.1 agency in New Zealand and No.2 across Asia Pacific region is huge. It’s been a big year for us and I just want to acknowledge the incredibly talented and hardworking team we have behind these winning campaigns, and the fantastic clients who’ve taken the plunge with us to create powerful work that drives growth for their business.”

Network of the Year

1st place BBDO Worldwide

2nd place DDB Worldwide

3rd place Dentsu

Asia-Pacific Agency of the Year

1st place Host/Havas, Sydney, Australia

2nd place DDB New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand

3rd place Dentsu Inc., Tokyo, Japan

Independent Agency of the Year

1st place Cummins & Partners, Sydney, Australia

2nd place Prakit Advertising, Bangkok, Thailand

3rd place Propaganda India, Bangalore, India

Media Network of the Year

1st place UM

2nd place Mindshare

3rd place PHD Worldwide

Spikes Palm

1st place Revolver/Will O’Rourke, Australia

2nd place AOI Pro. Inc., Japan

Joint 3rd place Hub Ho Hin Bangkok, Thailand

Joint 3rd place Shots Post Production, Thailand

Grand Prix for Good

Revolver/Will O’Rourke, Sydney / Cummins & Partners, Sydney, Australia, “Stop the Horror”,

Go Gentle Australia

Advertiser of the Year

McDonald’s

Young Spikes PR Competition Winners

1st place – Dentsu, Japan – Ryo Nakagawa, Copywriter / Planner and Kentaro Muraishi, Freelancer

Young Spikes Media Competition Winners

1st place – Blue449, Australia – Sophie Liu, Client Planner and Laura Tran, Client Planner

Young Spikes Digital Competition Winners

1st place – Cummins&Partners/Freelancer, Australia – Ben Grant, Copywriter and Kate Foley, Freelancer, Art Director

Young Spikes Integrated Competition Winners

1st place – Publicis JiminezBasic & ASPAC – DAN- Xanti Xavier Gonzalez, Copywriter and Eboy Jose, Copywriter

Young Spikes Design Competition Winners

1st place – Hakuhodo, Japan – Taro Taniwaki, Copywriter and Takayuki Ichida, Art Director