Saturday, July 28, 2012

10359: Black & Latino Agencies Win Small.

Advertising Age’s Small Agency Awards included a handful of non-White advertising agencies among the winners. According to Ad Age, “This year saw an increase in entries from minority-owned shops and what are typically described as ‘multicultural’ shops. A number of such shops took home awards based on results they’re garnering not just for ethnic marketing, but for general-market marketing as well.”

Congratulations to all—especially commonground, LatinWorks, Walton Isaacson, and La Comunidad.

Baldwin&, Mono Take Top Honors at 2012 Ad Age Small Agency Awards

Akestam Holst Named International Agency of the Year

Twenty-two-person ad agency Baldwin& was named Agency of the Year in Advertising Age’s Small Agency Awards at the fourth-annual awards show. The show, along with the Small Agency Conference, was held in Minneapolis this year. Hometown agency Mono’s “Human Doing” campaign for BlueCrossBlueShield Minnesota was named Campaign of the Year.

Last year, Baldwin&, based in Raleigh, N.C., won Campaign of the Year for its “Find Your Burt” effort for Burt’s Bees.

New York-based Sub Rosa took home silver in the overall agency of the year category. Johannes Leonardo’s “Project Re: Brief” effort for Google was awarded silver for campaign of the year.

Previous overall winners include Via, in Portland, Maine; Pereira & O’Dell in San Francisco; and Rockfish Interactive, based in Rogers, Ark., which is now owned by WPP.

“The creative ideas and the strategic thinking we are seeing out of the small agency community is highly impressive,” said Ad Age Agency Editor Rupal Parekh, one of the judges. “The work these shops are doing is original, unexpected and above all has a huge impact on their clients’ bottom lines. I’d stack up any of the shops on our list this year against big agencies in terms of quality of output. They are really leveling the playing field.”

This year saw an increase in entries from minority-owned shops and what are typically described as “multicultural” shops. A number of such shops took home awards based on results they’re garnering not just for ethnic marketing, but for general-market marketing as well.

“This is our fourth Small Agency Awards and we continue to be impressed by the quality of entries, proving that size has no bearing on the ability to offer effective marketing ideas,” said Editor Abbey Klaassen. “I can confidently say that our winners exemplify creativity, entrepreneurialism and ingenuity—there’s a lot to be learned from them, no matter what your size.”

To learn more about these agencies, look out for the August 6 issue of Ad Age, which will feature profiles on each of the award-winners.

SMALL AGENCY OF THE YEAR

GOLD: Baldwin&, Raleigh, N.C.

SILVER: Sub Rosa, New York

CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR

GOLD: Mono, Minneapolis: BlueCross BlueShield’s “The Human Doing”

SILVER: Johannes Leonardo, New York: Google’s “Project Re: Brief”

INTERNATIONAL AGENCY OF THE YEAR

GOLD: Akestam Holst, Stockholm, Sweden

SMALL AGENCY OF THE YEAR: CULTURE

Glass Agency, Sacramento, Calif.

SMALL AGENCY OF THE YEAR: 1-10 EMPLOYEES

GOLD: Manifold, San Francisco

SILVER: The Distillery Project, Chicago

SMALL AGENCY OF THE YEAR: 11-75 EMPLOYEES

GOLD: Commonground, Chicago

SILVER: Mekanism, San Francisco

SMALL AGENCY OF THE YEAR: 76-150 EMPLOYEES

GOLD: LatinWorks, Austin, Texas

SILVER: Walton Isaacson, Los Angeles

SMALL AGENCY OF THE YEAR: NORTHEAST REGION

GOLD: Walrus, New York

SILVER: Cross Media, New York

SMALL AGENCY OF THE YEAR: MIDWEST REGION

GOLD: Bailey Lauerman, Lincoln, Neb.

SILVER: Modern Climate, Minneapolis

SMALL AGENCY OF THE YEAR: SOUTHEAST REGION

GOLD: JESS3, Washington, D.C.

SILVER: La Comunidad, Miami

SMALL AGENCY OF THE YEAR: SOUTHWEST REGION

GOLD: Rain, American Fork, Utah

SILVER: Proof Advertising, Austin, Texas

SMALL AGENCY OF THE YEAR: WEST REGION

GOLD: Magner Sanborn, Spokane, Wash.

SILVER: Muh-Tay-Zik Hof-fer, San Francisco

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the shout! Much appreciated.
Ahmad Islam- commonground