AMES Honours 2015 Winners

SINGAPORE, June 3, 2015 - (ACN Newswire) - After a full day of strategy and insights showcasing Asia Pacific's most successful brands, the AMES Conference & Awards 2015 ended on a high note at the Grand Hyatt Singapore with a celebration of the most effective marketing campaigns in the region. The AMES Awards applauded a total of 144 winners across 10 countries with 3 Platinum, 26 Gold, 44 Silver and 70 Bronze trophies at the awards ceremony in the evening. India led the region with 31 trophies, followed closely by China, Australia and New Zealand.Saatchi & Saatchi Australia swept 2 Platinum and 3 Gold trophies for their "Penny the Pirate" campaign for Luxottica. BBDO Pakistan collected 4 Gold awards for the "Not A Bug Splat" campaign for Reprieve/Foundation for Fundamental Rights, while MRM//McCANN Singapore took home 3 Gold trophies for the Singapore Red Cross campaign.The Effectiveness jury selected 9 Gold, 18 Silver and 34 Bronze winners from the shortlisted entries. "The best work at AMES this year did not respect 'discipline' boundaries such as advertising, digital, or experiential, but instead integrated them into campaigns based on how consumers live," said Jury President James Thompson, Managing Director, Global Reserve, Diageo. "I was pleased to see more independent, smaller Asian agency work especially from India, China, Vietnam and Cambodia, but my provocation is we need to be open-minded to much more. To continue to push the limits of marketing, we need to create a much clearer understanding of the drivers for success, clarity on return on investment, and importantly, use the dynamic cultural nuances in Asia to develop great creative work that is effective."The Media Strategy jury, chaired by Rahul Welde, Vice President of Media at Unilever Asia, awarded 1 Platinum, 8 Gold, 9 Silver and 12 Bronze trophies. Rahul says, "The jury was very impressed by the standard of the entries. We were pleased to see many campaigns that focused on delivering value for both the brand and consumers. They demonstrated real, quantifiable commercial results from solid strategic thinking and great creative execution."Headed by Jayant Murty, Marketing Director for Intel, the Digital Strategy jury gave out 1 Platinum, 7 Gold, 15 Silver and 12 Bronze awards. Jayant says, "There was range of entries starting from local executions of global strategies to local reinterpretation of global strategies to completely local strategies to make it more resonant in the market. They ranged from attempting to grow market share and markets to share of voice and share of mind. The entries that captured the imagination and the attention of the jury this year were broadly in 4 areas. First, remarkably simple and effective but unhindered by executional complexity. Second physical met digital in interesting ways, Third where content and response was agile and personal and Fourth where the strategy and execution was social by design."Dr Elaine Rodrigo, Global Director of Consumer Insights & Strategy in Biscuits Category, Mondelez International led the Data & Analytics and e-Commerce jury which picked out 1 Platinum, 2 Gold, 2 Silver and 9 Bronze awards for Data & Analytics, and another Silver and 3 Bronze awards for e-Commerce. Elaine says, "I was very encouraged to see so much interest in the Data & Analytics track, which is only in its second year in AMES. My fellow judges and I were impressed at the quality and breadth of submissions, particularly in the areas of mobile, digital ROI, and e-Commerce, all which are burgeoning areas of interest in the world today."Commenting on the awards, Andrea Hayes, Festivals Director, says, "It is incredibly exciting to see the breadth of the entries in this year's AMES Awards, and the winners are all exemplary cases of value creation for their businesses through their marketing strategies. I would like to thank our distinguished jury members for their time, insights and dedication to the Awards, and congratulations once again to the winners."Please visit www.ames.asia for the full list of winners.About Asian Marketing Effectiveness & Strategy (AMES)The Asian Marketing Effectiveness & Strategy Awards are Asia Pacific's foremost awards honouring clients and their agencies for marketing strategies that deliver solid results to transform businesses and brands. The annual awards are judged by a panel of top client and agency professionals who review the submissions against stringent criteria to determine the winners of the prestigious Asian Marketing Effectiveness & Strategy awards. The Asian Marketing Effectiveness & Strategy Awards are organised by Lions Festivals and Haymarket Media Group. www.ames.asia.Haymarket Media GroupThe Haymarket Media Group established in 1957 is the largest privately-owned magazine publisher in the UK, and one of the fastest growing media companies globally. The principal business is centred around its consumer, business, professional and customer publications. These are complemented by digital platforms and live events, including extensive exhibitions, conferences and awards. The Group's global expansion comes from wholly owned subsidiaries, joint ventures and extensive licensing of key magazines to other publishers. In Asia from their offices in Hong Kong, Mumbai and Singapore, Haymarket Media Ltd publish market-leading titles Campaign Asia-Pacific, Finance Asia, Asian Investor, CEI Asia Pacific and Campaign India. In addition Haymarket organise a number of the region's leading industry awards and conferences relating to the communications and finance sectors. For more information about the Haymarket Media Group see www.haymarket.com.Lions FestivalsLions Festivals is the organiser of Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and Eurobest as well as co-organisers, with its joint venture partners, of Dubai Lynx International Festival of Creativity, Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity, Festival of Asian Marketing Effectiveness, and the Digital Asia Festival. Lions Festivals is powered by Top Right Group. www.lionsfestivals.com.Contact:

Regina Low
Festivals Marketing and Relationships Manager
T: +65 6579 0543
E: [email protected]
U: www.ames.asia

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