NZ scores 4 Golds in New York Festivals 2009
New Zealand scored 4 Golds and 2 Bronze medals at this year’s awards, with three of the four Golds going to Clemenger BBDO for their work for the New Zealand Transport Agency. The other Gold was awarded to Colenso BBDO for the New Zealand International Comedy Festival, and one Bronze was given to Aim Proximity for the Yellow Pages work, and the other to Repulik Communications for Atrari New Zealand.
Clemenger BBDO were also big winners in Australia, with the Melbourneoffice recognized for their Four ‘n’ Twenty Meat Pies work with 4 Goldmedals in the Avant Garde, Consumer Products, Consumer Promotions andMixed Media categories.
The biggest regional winners in the competition however wereCumminsNitro, Australia who nabbed the Grand Trophy. The Brisbanebased agency received the Grand Trophy in the Digital + Interactivecategory for their groundbreaking campaign for Tourism Queensland,”Best Job in the World.”
The 2009 Grand Jury™ was comprised of 255 Senior Creative Directorsfrom 56 countries, representing the largest and most diverse jury ofany advertising competition in the world.
Despite obviously hard times, in 2009 NYF Advertising competitionreceived entries from 71 countries in the following elevencompetitions: Art & Technique, Avant-Garde, Collateral, Design,Digital + Interactive, Mixed Media, Outdoor, Print, TV/Cinema, Radioand Student.
To commemorate this year’s winners, the 2009 New York Festivals (NYF)Advertising Awards will host a series of award ceremonies and speakerseries around the world. Awards presentations, along with a THINKBIG™Speaker Series about Digital, Interactive, Avant-garde and SocialMedia, will be held in seven cities around the world, premiering inChicago on Tuesday, July 21 at the Chicago Cultural Center, andfollowed by additional shows in Shanghai, Manila, Mumbai, Santiago deChile, Madrid, and New York.
All winning entries of the NYF Advertising In All Media Award will befeatured in the Showcase section of their websitewww.newyorkfestivals.com. Additional award winning work, along withinterviews with creatives, can be seen on www.newyorkfestivals.TV.