MUMBAI: The stage was set as the who’s who of the advertising world ascended to celebrate the best work of the year gone by at the Effies 2014.
“The Gold standards we are have set will secure that these awards are the most coveted and the most admired in our communication business,” said the Ad Club president Pratap Bose in his opening speech, while emphasising that the results will have the direct implications on 2015 Global Effie rankings at the individual office level. “And I must share that two out of three in 2014 global ranking are from India,” he added.
Amidst loud cheering, Ogilvy & Mather, which was superseded by Lowe Lintas + Partners in the race last year, was back with a bang to be the Agency of the Year at the Effie 2014 awards.
The men and women in black earned a total of 173 points and bagged two Gold, eight Silver, and 16 Bronze Effies. Bournvita (Best on-going campaign category) and Google (Digital: Online/Mobile Communication category) took home the two Golds.
Last year’s winner Lowe Lintas + Partners came in second with 142 points. The agency won the maximum number of Gold medals i.e. seven along with six Silver and eight Bronze Effies.The Gold wins for the agency came for Idea and Tata Tea (Best on-going campaign category). The work for Idea also won a Gold in the Services category.
McCann Worldgroup India came in third with 90 points earned from two Gold, five Silver and eight Bronze. There was a tie between JWT and Soho Square with 34 points. The agency bagged Gold for Havells’ #RespectWomen entry (Consumer Durables category).
Hindustan Unilever with a total of 64 points including two Gold, four Silver and four bronze Effies became the Effie Client of the Year.
The Grand Effie went to Soho Square for its campaign ‘The Political campaign that Created History’ for Bharatiya Janata Party.
