McCann Worldgroup – Agency Network of the Year at Golden Drum 2014

Cristina Blanaru Creativity, Festivals & Awards

McCann Worldgroup won, for the second year in the row, the title of Agency Network of The Year at Golden Drum 2014.  McCann Bucharest was this year also the most awarded agency in McCann network and won 5 trophies: 1 Grand Prix, 2 Golden Drum, 2 Silver Drums and 4 nominations.

McCann CEE = Network of the Year

Agency Network of the Year is the most important distinction at GoldenDrum and the title goes to the network with the highest score for its nominated and awarded campaigns. This year, McCann Worldgroup gathered 141 points and won 3 Grand Prix, 4 Golden Drums, 7 Silver Drums, and also had 20 nominations. The countries that worked on McCann’s nominated or awarded campaigns are Romania, Turkey, Israel, Finland, Poland, Serbia, Croatia, Albania, Slovenia and Hungary.

Adrian Botan - Creative Partner McCann Bucuresti and VP Creative Excellence McCann Erickson CEE Source: McCann Erickson Bucharest
Adrian Botan – Creative Partner McCann Bucuresti and VP Creative Excellence McCann Erickson CEE
Source: McCann Erickson Bucharest

I am extremely proud that we managed to hold the Network of the Year title and, what is most important is the fact that 10 countries contributed to this result, winning a total of 14 awards. This shows that the entire network is growing from a creative point of view. Mission accomplished!

Adrian Botan,

VP Creative Excellence CEE.

Also, for the 2nd year in the last 4 years, Vodafone Romania was designated “Brand of the year”, winning 4 awards (1 Grand Prix, 2 Golden Drum, 1 Silver Drum) with  “Ghita, The Social Shepherd” and a nomination for “Digital Library Wallapaper”. Both campaigns were developed by McCann Bucuresti.

Adrian Botan and I aim 2 main things for McCann: to be exceptional partners for network’s clients and to grow both their business and McCann’s and to grow constantly from a creative point of view. From business’ point of view, all agencies in the network progressed in 2013 and continue to grow in 2014, and the fact that this year 10 countries contributed to winning Network of the Year title shows that we grew also from a creative point of view. I have no doubt that, this year, competition was even stronger, we assumed this and we tried to keep up with it. Fortunately, the jurors considered we did it very well, considering the number of prizes won

Richard Bonner-Davies,

President, Central and Eastern Europe and Nordic Countries, McCann Worldgroup.

McCann Bucharest’s campaigns and results at Golden Drum 2014:

McCann Bucuresti_Grand Prix

  • “Ghita, The Social Shepherd” for Vodafone Romania: 1 Grand Prix in Integrated Campaigns (Multi Channel); 1 Golden Drum in Digital Campaigns (Single Channel); 1 Golden Drum in Digital Campaigns (Multi Channel) & Silver Drum in PR (Multi Channel).
  • “Best Part of Pizza” for Pizza Hut: Silver Drum in Direct Campaigns (Single Channel);
  • “Radar for Good” for Coca-Cola Romania: shortlist in Mobile Campaigns (Single Channel);
  • “Digital Library Wallpaper” for Vodafone Romania: shortlist in Outdoor Campaigns (Single Channel);
  • “Prank the Prankster” for Mega Image, in Public Relations Campaigns (Multi Channel).