MAKATI CITY – Surpassing their own record, TBWA\Santiago Mangada Puno has just reclaimed the 4As Agency of the Year Award, making this their 6th outstanding win from the only award that matters held at the Rizal Ballroom, Makati Shangri-La on Friday.
TBWA was shortlisted across five categories before snatching the Best in Creative award, also for the sixth time.
TBWA\Santiago Mangada Puno, Best in Creative
Leo Burnett Manila, Ogilvy & Mather and MediaCom were among the early and biggest winners of the night. Leo Burnett won the Digital Excellence Awards for Media and Creative Effectiveness and The Best in Market Performance Award. MediaCom swept all the Media Excellence Awards including Management of Business and Best in Media Creativity while Ogilvy bagged the Activation Excellence Awards.
Leo Burnett Manila
MediaCom
Ogilvy & Mather Philippines
TBWA first took home the coveted Agency of the Year award in 2003, keeping it until 2005 and then again in 2010 and 2011.
“This is indeed a very important year for us. We are achieving our goal of becoming Agency of the Year once again after the five occasions that we won before. 2015 became a banner year for us creatively, having won #1 in the adobo Creative Rankings. Most of all, winning in Cannes gave us extreme happiness,” said Jimmy Santiago, Managing Partner, TBWA\SMP. “We don’t really have a formula for winning. We just have great people who think of creative and better ideas each year and there’s a drive coming from our chief creative officer, Melvin Mangada to always outdo ourselves.”
Indie agencies Seven AD and NuWorks continue to show strength after once again snagging the Independent Agency of the Year Award and Digital Excellence Award for Production respectively.
Seven AD
NuWorks Interactive Lab
After a record-breaking nine consecutive years, Soundesign has finally bested Hit Productions as the 4As Radio Production House of the Year while Underground Logic, maintains the Post-Production House of the Year title for the sixth time. Film Pabrika also held on to the Production House of the Year Award after claiming the title from consistent winner, Straightshooters Manila, in 2014.
Soundesign
Underground Logic
Film Pabrika
2006 Agency of the Year, Publicis JimenezBasic took back the Best in Management of Business Award from Ogilvy & Mather while Y&R Philippines received its very first AOY award for Best in Industry Leadership and Community Service.
“We are grateful for this honor. It affirms Y&R’s belief that as much as ideas should build business, ideas should also build our industry and the wider community as well,” commented Badong Abesamis, Y&R Philippines, Chief Creative Officer.
Publicis JimenezBasic
Below is the full list of winners:
Agency of the Year
TBWA\Santiago Mangada Puno
Independent Agency of the Year
Seven AD
Best in Creative
TBWA\Santiago Mangada Puno
Best in Market Performance
Leo Burnett Manila
Best in Management of Business
Publicis JimenezBasic
Best in Industry Leadership and Community Service
Y&R Philippines
Overall Media Excellence Award
MediaCom
Best in Media Creativity
MediaCom
Media Excellence Award for Management of Business
MediaCom
Production House of the Year
Film Pabrika
Post-Production House of the Year
Underground Logic
Radio Production House of the Year
Soundesign
Digital Excellence Award – Best in Production
NuWorks
Digital Excellence Award for Media
Leo Burnett Manila
Digital Excellence Award for Creative Effectiveness
Leo Burnett Manila
Activation Excellence Award for Execution
Ogilvy & Mather
Activation Excellence Award
Ogilvy & Mather
Succeeding Gigi Garcia-Iglesias, 4As Philippines announced next year’s AOY Chair, Golda Roldan, General Manager, J. Walter Thompson Manila.