IPG Agencies Have Dominant Showing at 2017 PRWeek Awards
March 20 2017 - 11:03AM
Top Honors Include:
Weber Shandwick Named Large
Agency of the Year and Agency of the Year
Carmichael Lynch Relate Named
Outstanding Midsize Agency of the Year
Golin Wins Campaign of the Year,
Best Consumer Launch and Best in Social Media
DeVries Wins Best Product Brand
Development and Best Viral Content
MullenLowe Wins Best in
Film/Video and Creative Excellence
Weber Shandwick's Leslie
Gaines-Ross Named Outstanding Agency Professional
New York, NY - March 20, 2017 - Interpublic Group
(NYSE: IPG) announced today that its agencies had a dominant
showing at the 2017 PRWeek U.S. Awards, taking
home more than a dozen awards, more than twice the number of honors
of any other holding company. Weber Shandwick was named Agency of
the Year for the third year in a row, having also been named Large
Agency of the Year earlier in the night. Carmichael Lynch Relate
was named Midsize Agency of the Year.
Golin took home three of the top honors for client
work, including Campaign of the Year, Best Consumer Launch and Best
in Social Media, all for the Golin's work on McDonald's. DeVries
won two major awards, including Best Viral work and Best in Product
Brand Development, both for its Pantene client. MullenLowe was
recognized for Best in Creative Excellence and Best in
Broadcast/Film/Video for the JetBlue "Reach Across the Aisle"
campaign. Finally, Leslie Gaines-Ross, Chief Reputation Strategist
at Weber Shandwick, was named Outstanding Agency
Professional.
"We are very proud of the terrific showing by our
agencies at the 2017 PRWeek Awards," commented
Frank Mergenthaler, who oversees IPG's CMG Group, and is EVP and
Chief Financial Officer of IPG. "The honors include everything from
innovative PR work to social media, from viral to broadcast video
content. The breadth of the agencies and clients represented
as well as the quality of work and the depth of expertise and
longstanding partnerships are emblematic of the strength of the PR
offering at IPG. Every day, our agencies are bringing best-in-class
offerings to bear on behalf of our clients," he continued.
Given annually in nearly 40 categories, the
PRWeek Awards celebrate the very best
corporate, agency, nonprofit and education teams in the
business.
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About Interpublic
Interpublic is one of the world's leading organizations of
advertising agencies and marketing services companies. Major global
brands include BPN, Craft, FCB (Foote, Cone & Belding),
FutureBrand, Golin, Huge, Initiative, Jack Morton Worldwide, MAGNA,
McCann, Momentum, MRM//McCann, MullenLowe Group, Octagon, R/GA, UM
and Weber Shandwick. Other leading brands include Avrett Free
Ginsberg, Campbell Ewald, Carmichael Lynch, Deutsch, Hill Holliday,
ID Media and The Martin Agency. For more information, please visit
www.interpublic.com.
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Contact Information
Tom Cunningham
(Press)
(212) 704-1326
Jerry Leshne
(Analysts, Investors)
(212) 704-1439
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