The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, a prestigious international
annual advertising and communications event which takes place from 15 to 21
June in France, presented creative companies with a number of awards at the
second awards ceremony.
Out of 3127 entries in the Media category Matt Seiler, Global CEO, IPG
Mediabrands, awarded 13 gold, 24 silver and 54 bronze trophies. McCann Lima,
a creative agency in Peru, took the Grand Prix award for their Happy ID
campaign for The Coca-Cola Company. Starcom MediaVest was awarded Media
Network of the Year, an accolade given to the media agency which obtains the
highest score for entries in the Media Lions section.
FCB Brasil, a creative agency based in Sao Paulo, was awarded the Grand Prix in
the Mobile category for their Protection Ad campaign for Nivea. Jaime Robinson,
Executive Creative Director, Pereira and O’Dell chaired the mobile jury and
presented 11 gold, 18 silver and 24 bronze awards out of 1187 entries.
Out of 5660 campaigns in the outdoor category Jury head Jose Miguel Sokoloff,
President of Lowe Global Creative Council and CCO Lowe SSP3 Colombia,
awarded 18 gold, 40 silver and 70 bronze trophies. The Melbourne based
Whybin\TBWA Group received the Grand Prix for the ANZ GayTMs campaign
which they created for ANZ. The 2014 Media Person of the Year Award was
presented to Richard Plepler, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HBO, for
his management of the world’s most successful pay TV service. His contribution
included the creation of highly acclaimed and award-winning shows such as True
Blood, Game of Thrones and True Detective.
Visit the Cannes Lions website (www.canneslions.com ) for more information.
