Winners revealed: Campaign Global Agency of the Year Awards
More than 200 guests from around the world attended the Campaign Global Agency of the Year Awards yesterday at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower hotel in London.
A record number of entries – 117 companies from 27 countries – was received for this year's Campaign Global Agency of the Year Awards.
The Middle East celebrates with a haul of six big wins across five categories in Gold, Silver and Bronze.
Leaders at Publicis Groupe Middle East & Turkey won two leadership category awards. The Gold award for Head of Agency went to the network's CEO Bassel Kakish.
Tahaab Rais took home Strategic Planning Leader of The Year 2024 as the Gold winner in the category.
Along with these wins, TBWA celebrates three, with TBWA\RAAD clinching Gold for Best Place to Work: Individual Shop & Network, along with Romy Abdelnour winning Gold for Corporate Communications/Marketing Person of The Year 2024.
The agency also won Bronze in the Best Network: Middle East & Africa category, while Publicis Groupe's Saatchi & Saatchi Middle East took the lead in this category with a Silver win.
Here is a full breakdown of the Middle East winners:
Head of Agency of the Year 2024: Bassel Kakish, Publicis Groupe ME&T
Best Place to Work: Individual Shop/Network of the Year 2024: TBWA\RAAD (UAE)
Strategic Planning Leader of The Year 2024: Tahaab Rais, Publicis Groupe ME&T
Corporate Communications/Marketing Person of The Year 2024: Romy Abdelnour, TBWA\RAAD
Network of the Year (Middle East and Africa) 2024 – Silver: Saatchi & Saatchi Middle East
Network of the Year (Middle East and Africa) 2024 – Bronze: TBWA
Click here for the full list of winners.
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