Northridge, CA, March 27, 2009 – Advertising agency DDB Worldwide in San Francisco has been named agency of record for SOYJOY®, an all-natural, nutrient-rich snack baked with whole soy and real fruit. SOYJOY® is owned by Los Angeles-based parent company Pharmavite® LLC. DDB will begin immediately creating and executing a multimedia advertising campaign for the product.
Canton, MA, March 20, 2009 – Reebok International has appointed DDB Worldwide as its lead creative agency, Rich Prenderville, Reebok's Head of Global Brand Marketing announced today.
New York, March 3, 2009 – David Plouffe, the campaign manager behind Barack Obama's historic presidential election, will join the advertising industry for the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival in France this June.
Hong Kong, February 19, 2009 – DDB Group Asia Pacific has underlined the importance of healthcare business in the region with the appointment of James Hammond as Director of Health, Asia Pacific.
London, UK, February 13 , 2009 – Philippe Berthelot has been announced as the new Global Business Director for Lipton. He will report to Michael Bray, President of DDB Europe.
Auckland, New Zealand, January 9, 2009 - A Kiwi advertising agency has kicked off 2009 with a bang, announcing this week that DDB New Zealand has been rated the world's number one advertising agency in the 6th Annual Bestadsontv.com Rankings.
Singapore, January 5, 2009 – The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has appointed DDB Singapore its advertising agency of record to develop and manage through-the-line communications for its recruitment and corporate branding needs for the next two years.
New York, June 10, 2009 – DDB took home 12 Effie awards last night at the gala at Cipriani’s 42nd Street in New York City, a whopping four more trophies than any other agency. Additionally, DDB’s “Unsnobby Coffee” campaign for McDonald’s was one of the six finalists for the Grand Effie, the culminating honor of the evening. Impressively, every one of DDB’s six U.S. offices were award winners – the first time for DDB that an all-location sweep has occurred. The final DDB tally for the night for DDB was three golds, six silvers and three bronzes.
Hong Kong, June 10, 2009 – DDB in Hong Kong has announced the expansion of its business with Vitasoy International Holdings, having recently been asked to manage both the Vitasoy and Vita Sansui brands. DDB now handles six accounts within the Vitasoy Company, including Vita Water, Vita Juice, Vita Chrysanthemum Tea and Tsing Sum Tsan.
Dubai, May 28, 2009 – UAE-based DDB Gulf, a member of the DDB Worldwide Communications Group, today announced the launch of Luciola DDB, a telecom brand strategy team providing expertise and insights on consumer behavior to the ever-evolving telecom sector.
New York, May 7, 2009 – DDB Worldwide’s Brazil office captured the People’s Voice award this week for client Intel’s online guerilla marketing campaign “Crazy Race” (http://www.corridamaluca.com.br/eng/) at The Webby People’s Voice Awards.
Barcelona, Spain, April 30, 2009 – Juan Campmany, President of DDB Spain, was elected Best Advertising Professional of the Decade, in field research carried out by the group ASM for the trade publication El Publicista.
New York, April, 27, 2009 – DDB Worldwide Communications Group Inc. has been ranked the top consolidated agency network by Advertising Age for the second consecutive year.
Toronto and Vancouver, April 21, 2009 – Building on the success of Radar DDB in Vancouver, DDB Canada is expanding its innovative social media marketing group into Toronto. A new Radar DDB office will be providing Torontobased clients with ways to build relevant relationships between consumers and brands using an
interdisciplinary approach with Web 2.0 and emerging technologies.
Toronto, Ontario, April 09, 2009 – DDB Canada’s Toronto office has significantly increased its muscle in strategic planning. Tony Johnstone, a 25-year veteran of the advertising industry, has joined the
DDB team in Toronto as senior vice president, director of strategic planning.
Auckland, New Zealand, April 9, 2009 - DDB New Zealand successfully held back all
other competing agencies to win the top medal tally with an impressive 27 awards at the
2009 New Zealand CAANZ Axis Awards.
New York, NY, April 6, 2009 - Against a background of economic uncertainty, people across the globe are beginning to feel vulnerable, not only in terms of their wealth but also their health, according to a study by DDB Health, the global healthcare practice of DDB Worldwide Communications Group Inc.
New York, April 1, 2009 – DDB has learned that it will take home eleven Effie awards this year, a whopping five more trophies than any other agency network. Impressively, every one of DDB’s five U.S. offices are award winners – the first time for DDB that an all-location sweep has occurred.
March 30, 2009, Istanbul – In the third local bi-annual Effie awards, DDB Group here won three of the five Gold Effies awarded in the competition. Those Gold Effies, along with two Bronze, gave DDB the most awards of any agency at the awards show.
Kansas City/Chicago, June 19, 2009 – H&R Block announced today that it has selected DDB US as its agency partner for advertising and marketing, effective immediately. DDB will help reposition the H&R Block brand nationally and demonstrate the company’s tax expertise through marketing communications.
Hong Kong, June 26, 2009 – DDB Hong Kong has announced it has promoted Jeffry Gamble to Executive Creative Director of DDB Hong Kong, managing a team of more than 30 creatives.
Cannes, France, June 29, 2009—The International Advertising Festival at Cannes announced that the top prize, the 2009 Film Grand Prix, was awarded to leading digital agency Tribal DDB Worldwide for “Carousel,” created for the debut of Philips’ Cinema 21:9 television.
Hong Kong, June 28, 2009 – DDB Group Hong Kong has appointed Eric Phu as Managing Director of Tribal DDB Hong Kong. Boasting a wealth of knowledge in the digital arena, Eric will be responsible for all Tribal DDB related clients, including McDonalds, KLM, Reebok and Philips.
London, June 12, 2009 – DDB proved that there was still hot creative talent in the UK on Thursday night, at the 2009 D&AD Awards, winning two yellow pencils for the “Wallace and Gromit” campaign for Harvey Nichols.
Vancouver and Toronto, June 10, 2009 – DDB Canada continues its medal haul, bringing home 14 awards from last night’s Marketing Awards. Celebrating their 87th anniversary, the Marketing Awards remains one of the most coveted domestic prizes in the Canadian advertising industry.
Singapore, 6 July, 2009 – In putting together the best practices of branding, digital and data as collaborative marketing solutions, DDB Singapore Group has promoted Neil Johnson to Chief Creative
Officer, and appointed Joji Jacob as its new Executive Creative Director.
Johannesburg, South Africa, 3 August, 2009 – First National Bank of South Africa (FNB) has concluded its review of advertising agencies and has awarded its main advertising contracts to two agencies, DDB South Africa and Metropolitan Republic. The two beat the two largest agencies in South Africa, Ogilvy and Draft FCB.
Boston, October 20, 2009 – Last night at the MAA Globe Awards, DDB China Groups Cheer for China campaign for McDonald’s was awarded the most prestigious prize: the GLOBE for the Best of the
Best in the World.
New York, November 30, 2009 – DDB Worldwide’s European operations captured Network of the Year at the 2009 Eurobest awards held in Amsterdam on November 27, 2009.
New York, December 9, 2009 – DDB Group Germany has become the first network agency in German advertising history to top the 2009 creative rankings of Horizont and W&V magazines. In addition, DDB has held onto the record for the top ranking amongst all German agencies in The Gunn Report.
Hong Kong, December 15, 2009 – Tribal DDB Asia Pacific was named Digital Agency of the
Year at Media Asia’s annual awards event. Accepting the award on behalf of the entire Tribal DDB network were Amanda King, President of Tribal DDB Asia Pacific, and Dirk Eschenbacher, Executive Creative Director of the region.
Boston, October 20, 2009 – Last night at the MAA Globe Awards, DDB China Groups Cheer for China campaign for
McDonald’s was awarded the most prestigious prize: the GLOBE for the Best of the
Best in the World.
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