All Entries Tagged With: "JWT"
Y&R Dubai crowned agency of the year for third year in a row
Y&R Dubai has won the Dubai Lynx agency of the year title for the third year in a row. The agency is now the most awarded in Dubai Lynx history in terms of major awards, with last night’s awards show seeing it win the design grand prix for Land Rover’s ‘Personal Extinction Prevention Book’ and [...]
Y&R leads in Dubai Lynx shortlists
The majority of shortlists for this Wednesday’s Dubai Lynx awards have been released, with Y&R, JWT, Leo Burnett and Memac Ogilvy clocking up the most nominations. Y&R Dubai has the highest number of shortlists in the print, print & poster craft, design, radio and direct categories, making it a front runner to retain its agency [...]
Dubai Lynx names Roy Haddad ‘Advertising Person of the Year’
Roy Haddad has been named this year’s Dubai Lynx ‘Advertising Person of the Year’. Haddad, who became WPP’s first ever director for the Middle East and North Africa in July last year, will receive the accolade at the Dubai Lynx on 13 March. The honorary award is presented to an individual who has made “significant [...]
Leo Burnett Beirut and JWT take top honours at Cristals
Leo Burnett Beirut has been named agency of the year and JWT network of the year at the MENA Cristal Festival’s final awards night. The Beirut office of Leo Burnett was helped to its title by the integrated grand Cristal for Cafe Super Brasil’s ‘Read the country’s fortune’, while JWT built on last night’s performance [...]
Mindshare named media agency and network of the year
Mindshare was named both media agency of the year and media network of the year at the MENA Cristal Festival in Lebanon last night. At a packed awards ceremony at the Intercontinental hotel in Mzaar, the media agency (pictured above) picked up the two titles thanks to one Cristal and a raft of silvers and [...]
Two agencies shortlisted in Egypt Tourism pitch
JWT and Saatchi & Saatchi have been shortlisted for Egypt Tourism Authority’s global advertising account. The review of the business began at the tail end of last year, with Egypt looking for marketing support as the country attempts to rebuild its tourism industry. The incumbent on the business is JWT. The account is one of [...]
CSR is a front for awards ambition
Ramsey Naja is chief creative officer, JWT MEA “I wonder sometimes whether we, as advertising agencies, take ourselves too seriously. This is not some angst-ridden, finger-chewing phase I’m going through. It is simply the fact that, in touch as we are with a large body of people that we can influence, we sometimes feel we [...]
The daily grind buys daily bread
Ramsey Naja is chief creative officer at JWT MEA “One of the weird things about our industry is that we often find ourselves performing two jobs. On the one hand, there is the quest for recognition, glory, notoriety and endless plaudits, be it amongst the public at large or in the narrow confines of award [...]
I’ll take a pass on the steroid burger
Ramsey Naja is chief creative officer at JWT MEA “As the final prizes were being distributed at the MENA Cristal awards recently, my thoughts somehow drifted to Ben Johnson. Now, regardless if, like me, your knowledge of athletics is a pub quiz liability, one thing is certain: the moment you say “Ben Johnson” people fall [...]
Leo Burnett heads Cristals shortlist
Leo Burnett has received the most shortlisted pieces of work following the first two days of judging at the MENA Cristal Festival in Lebanon. The network has a total of 77 shortlists in the film, print, print craft, radio, outdoor and integrated categories, with Impact BBDO the second highest at 56. The FP7 network has [...]
