Nike, Procter & Gamble and Unilever win 2012 Global Effie Awards
24 May 2012 (Global Effie)
The Global Effie Awards were created to honor the year’s most effective global marketing communications ideas – ideas that work. The 2012 Global Effie’s brought together over 55 top executives from around the world to participate at judging events in Singapore, London and New York.
A Gold Global Effie was presented to Wieden+Kennedy for “Write the Future” for Nike Football (Nike). Also honored were the contributing agencies: AKQA, Mindshare and Razorfish. Grey Worldwide was awarded a Silver Global Effie for “Breathe Happy Global Campaign” for Febreze/Ambi Pur (Procter & Gamble). Possible Worldwide, G2, MSL and SMG were the contributing agencies honored for this case. Lowe Lintas and Partners took home the Bronze Global Effie for “Superfast Handwash” for Lifebuoy (Unilever Asia Private Limited).
There were four finalists acknowledged by this year’s Global Effie Competition. Ponce (Argentina) was a finalist for “Axe Dark Temptation” for Axe/Lynx (Unilever). Lola (Spain) was a finalist for their campaign “Magnum Gold?! As Good as Gold.” for Magnum/Magnum Gold (Unilever). “The Web is What you Make of it” created by BBH New York for Google Chrome (Google Inc.) also made it to the final round along with “You are the Controller” presented by twofifteenmccann for Kinect for Xbox 360 (Microsoft).
All Global Effie winners and finalists will earn points in the 2012 Effie Effectiveness Index. The Effie Index identifies and ranks the marketing communications industry’s most effective agencies, advertisers and brands by analyzing finalist and winner data from Effie Worldwide’s 40+ competitions on a yearly basis. The Effie Effectiveness Index is produced in partnership with Warc, the global marketing intelligence service. The complete list of national, regional and global rankings will be released on the Effie Effectiveness Index site, www.effieindex.com, on June 18th, 2012.
About Effie Worldwide
Effie Worldwide is a non-profit organization dedicated to honoring the most effective marketing communications ideas. Effie stands for effectiveness in marketing communications, spotlighting marketing ideas that work and encouraging thoughtful dialogue about the ever-changing marketing industry. The Effie network, including over 40+ international partner programs, works together to develop initiatives aimed at educating and recognizing effective communications throughout the world. Effie Worldwide remains committed to honoring Ideas that Work.
The Effie Awards are known globally by advertisers and agencies as the pre-eminent award in the industry, and recognize any and all forms of marketing communication that contribute to a brand’s success. Since 1968, winning an Effie has become a global symbol of achievement. Today, Effie celebrates effectiveness worldwide with 3 regional (Euro Effie, Global Effie and Middle East North Africa Effie) competitions, and over 40 national Effie programs throughout Asia, Europe, Middle East /North Africa, North America and Latin America. For more details, visit www.effie.org. Follow @effieawards on Twitter for updates on Effie information, programs and news.
The Effie Effectiveness Index, the first global ranking of marketing communications effectiveness, identifies and ranks the marketing communications industry’s most effective agencies, advertisers and brands by analyzing finalist and winner data from over 40 worldwide Effie Award competitions. The Effie Index is currently a free database and can be filtered to reveal the most effective agencies, advertisers and brands globally, regionally, in specific countries, or even in different product categories. Visit the Effie Index website (effieindex.com) to learn more about the comprehensive rankings, including detailed information surrounding the point system, and to access the complete 2011 Effie Effectiveness Index.
The 2012 Effie Effectiveness Index will be released on June 18, 2012.
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