Publicis Shanghai, Dentsu and Cheil Worldwide named Clio Agency of the Year Country winners for China, Japan and South Korea
The CLIO Awards, esteemed international advertising, design and communications competition, has announced the inaugural Agency of the Year X Country winners, comprising the top performing agencies during the 2015 CLIO Awards season.
From Asia, CLIO honors Publicis Shanghai, Dentsu and Cheil Worldwide who have been named named Clio Agency of the Year for China, Japan and South Korea.
Agency of the Year X Country, introduced this year, emphasizes the brand’s global focus. The ceremony for the 2015 CLIO Awards was held on Wednesday, September 30, in New York City.
Agency of the Year X Country is presented to those scoring the most statue points across all medium types, and is awarded in each of CLIO’s top 15 entrant countries. In alphabetical order by country, the 2015 winners are:
Argentina
Leo Burnett, Buenos Aires
Australia
M&C Saatchi, Sydney
Brazil
F/Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi, Sao Paulo
Canada
lg2, Quebec
China
Publicis, Shanghai
Colombia
Sancho BBDO, Bogota
France
BETC, Paris
Germany
Grabarz & Partner, Hamburg
Japan
Dentsu Inc. Tokyo
Netherlands
J. Walter Thompson, Amsterdam
South Korea
Cheil Worldwide, Seoul
Spain
The Cyranos//McCann, Barcelona
Sweden
Forsman & Bodenfors, Gothenburg
United Arab Emirates
Memac Ogilvy, Dubai
United Kingdom
Ogilvy & Mather, London
Says Nicoel Purcell, president, CLIO: “Our 2015 CLIO season was such a success, with inspiring work from all over the world elevated to the global stage. We are proud to end on such a high note, and celebrate the agencies producing the most-winning content this year.”
The CLIO Awards will begin a global tour at the end of 2015, visiting some of the Agency of the Year X Country winners, and dedicating content on clios.com and across social channels to each country, agency and winning work.
Upcoming milestones for CLIO in 2015 include The CLIO Key Art Awards on Thursday, October 22, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles (keyartaward.com); and the opening of entries for 2016 CLIO Image on November 9 (clioimage.com).