SINGAPORE — As awards were given out last night at the Ritz Carlton Millenia in Singapore for the annual Campaign Agency of the Year Awards, the Philippines brought home a stack of trophies awarding its local teams of their continuous commitment to strive for creative excellence. All in all, it was honored with a total of 21 awards, including the Agency of the Year awards per category, and one impressive win in the People category.
The Philippines Creative Agency of the Year honored Ogilvy Philippines with GOLD, BBDO Guerrero with SILVER, and TBWA\ Santiago Mangada Puno with BRONZE.
Under the Philippines Digital Agency of the Year category, the teams that received the highest honors were Ogilvy Philippines with GOLD, SVEN with SILVER, and Dentsu Jayme Syfu with BRONZE.
Recognizing the best in media in the Philippines for the Media Agency of the Year title, the judges gave the prestigious title/s to Mindshare Philippines for GOLD, MediaCom Philippines for SILVER, and Wavemaker for BRONZE.
The Philippines also prides itself with very competitive and creative independent agencies. Last night, these teams were recognized at the Campaign AOY Awards: Seven A.D. with GOLD, The Huddle Room with SILVER, and SVEN with BRONZE.
Moreover, the Philippines topped the award for Southeast Asia Best Culture, where IdeasXMachina received GOLD, and DDB Group Philippines received SILVER. The BRONZE award was bestowed to Ogilvy, Singapore.
Impressively, the country bagged all the honors for the Southeast Asia Talent Development Program of the Year: GOLD was awarded to IdeasXMachina, SILVER to DDB Group Philippines, and BRONZE to BBDO Guerrero.
Several other honors that the Philippines received were:
- Southeast Asia Experiential Marketing Agency of the Year — BRONZE to The Huddle Room
- Southeast Asia PR Agency of the Year — SILVER to The Huddle Room, and BRONZE to The Eon Group
- PEOPLE Categories: Southeast Asia Creative Person of the Year — Melvin Mangada, TBWA\ Santiago Mangada Puno