DDB Group New Zealand has topped the advertising category league with 25 finalists in the 2020 AWARD Awards.
Next is CHE Proximity and The Monkeys with 16 each.
Clemenger BBDO Wellington and Special Group Australia have 11 each.
The Communciations Council has released the finalists for the 41st AWARD (Australasian Writers and Art Directors Association) Awards. The full list is HERE.
Agencies with the most finalists:
Advertising - DDB Group New Zealand with 25; CHE Proximity and The Monkeys with 16; Clemenger BBDO Wellington and Special Group Australia with 11; BMF, DDB Sydney and TBWA/Sydney with 8; TBWA/Melbourne with 7 and Leo Burnett Melbourne 6.
Design - DDB Group New Zealand, Raydar and TBWA\HAKUHODO with 3; BMF, CHE Proximity, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Houston Group, Liquorish Brand and Digital, Rabbit Content, TBWA\India, and The Monkeys with 2.
Craft - Revolver/Will O’Rourke with 24; FINCH with 18; Good Oil with 17; Sweetshop with 10; DDB Group New Zealand and Scoundrel with 9; Alt.vfx, CHE Proximity and The Editors with 6; ARC Edit, Assembly, DDB Sydney and TBWA\Sydney with 6.
Film & Entertainment - BMF with 14; DDB Group New Zealand with 9; DDB Sydney and The Monkeys with 8, CHE Proximity with 5, Special Group Australia with 4, and Bear Meets Eagle on Fire and FINCH with 3.
Innovation - CHE Proximity and Leo Burnett Melbourne with 2; Clemenger BBDO Sydney, DDB Group New Zealand, LIDA Australia and Ogilvy Sydney all with 1.
Media - DDB Group New Zealand with 4; CHE Proximity and Special Group Australia with 3 and M&C Saatchi with 2.
Purpose - CHE Proximity with 6; Ogilvy Group Thailand, TBWA\HAKUHODO, TBWA\Santiago Mangada Puno and The Monkeys all with 2.
Planning (APG Creative Strategy) - BMF with 9; Clemenger BBDO Wellington with 6; DDB Sydney and Host/Havas with 3; CHE Proximity, M&C Saatchi and whiteGREY all with 2.
Planning (Brand Building) - only winners will be announced.
The AWARD Awards ceremony will take place on Friday, March 27, at the end of a three-day AWARD Creative Festival.
Chairs for the Juries:
Digital - Craig Brooks
Press, Poster and The Dark Arts - Sarah Barclay
Media Thinking - Russ Tucker, TBWA’s Eleven PR \ FH
Impact - Pia Chaudhuri, BMF
Design - Michaela Webb, Round
Culture - Michael Hilliard, FINCH
Sound - Kim Pick, VMLY&R
Film - Jeff Goodby, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
Craft in Motion - Wilf Sweetland, Sweetshop
Life-Changing - Tea Uglow, Google Creative Lab
APG Creative Strategy (1) - Andrew Howie, Amazon
APG Creative Strategy (2) - Sudeep Gohil, KPMG
Brand Building - Brent Smart, IAG
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