MediaCom NZ tops Kiwi agencies at Festival of Media Asia Awards with two Gold and two Bronze

MediaCom NZ has emerged as the most awarded New Zealand agency at the Festival of Media Asia Pacific Awards in Singapore which celebrates the best in media thinking and communications across the Asia Pacific region, the Festival of Media APAC Awards is the only awards event dedicated to the evolution of media across the region.

FCB NZ was the second most awarded New Zealand agency with two Golds followed by PHD NZ with one Silver Award and two Bronze Awards and OMD Auckland scored one Bronze.

MediaCom NZ is thrilled to be amongst the announced winners selected by a panel of 70 judges of senior agency heads and global brand marketers, which was chaired by Margot Torres, McDonalds Philippines.

Recognised for its excellence during the largest gathering of media leaders in the region, MediaCom NZ picked up a total two Gold Awards and two Bronze Awards.

MediaCom NZ scored Gold Award for BNZ ‘How old will you be when you’re mortgage free? in the Best Communications Strategy category and Bronze Award in The Creative Use of Data category and the agency won its second Gold for Lover Boy or Lavalava Boys ‘Game of Bros’ in the Best Launch Campaign category. MediaCom’s second Bronze was won in the Best Use of an Influcencer category for Fonterra ‘Make It Mammoth’.

Says Nigel Douglas, managing director of MediaCom New Zealand: “This is a fantastic performance from our teams here at MediaCom. As the industry becomes more competitive, this level of creativity and innovation helps inspire us to continue to deliver the very highest calibre of work for our clients. Awards like the Festival of Media Asia Pacific awards inspire us all to be creative and challenge the status quo, and to be awarded for our work is an amazing achievement. I couldn’t be prouder of our teams.”

Says Mark Heap, chief executive officer of MediaCom APAC: “Generating excellent content and applying systems thinking to each and every campaign is at the heart of what MediaCom does, and nights like this confirm that we are creating work in the region that is considered world-class by the industry. More importantly, these awards underline what brilliant and talented people we have at MediaCom APAC, who are empowered to deliver best-in-class work that fuels our clients’ business growth.”

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