UPDATED: Romanian Effies 2015: Grand Effie went to Cohn and Jansen JWT and “Purity Test” for Aqua Carpatica (Valvis Holding)

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Romanian Effie Awards designated their winners on Tuesday evening, with CohnandJansen JWT scooping the Grand Effie with “Purity Test” for Aqua Carpatica (client: Valvis Holding).

In total, 26 Effie awards were handed to Romanian agencies and companies: a Grand Effie, 4 Golds, 9 Silvers and 12 Bronzes.

23 Communication Ideas, Cohn and Jansen JWT, DDB Romania, Digital Star, Geometry Global Romania, GMP Advertising, Graffiti BBDO, Leo Burnett Group, McCann Worldgroup Bucharest, Publicis Romania, Orange Romania and The Geeks are the winners of Romanian Effie Awards in 2015.

This year’s Romanian Effies jury was presided by Neal Davies, president and CEO Effie Worldwide.

The entries are showing that Romania has a dynamic advertising industry and I was impressed not only by the evaluated works, but also by the people who created them, although I remain with the impression that the marketing people are their toughest critics and the most severe jurors from those I’ve met

Neal Davies

CohnandJansen JWT got, besides Grand Effie, another 3 accolades: Gold in “Non-alcoholic beverages” and Bronze in “Brand Experience” for Aqua Carpatica – “Purity Test” and Silver in “Non-alcoholic beverages” for Jacobs 3ȋn1 and “Full-passion job”.

McCann Worldgroup Bucharest scooped five trophies: Gold in “Sustained Success” for Vodafone Romania and Silver in the same category for Neumarkt & “The Strong and Bitterish Taste”, Silver for ROM and “Revenge is sweet” (Snacks, confectionery and deserts) and Bronze for “Cif Cleans Romania” (Household supplies & services) and UniCredit Consumer Finance – “Personal Achievements Loan” (Financial Services).

Our main source of pride is to build brands that change category’s paradigm and get to have a cultural impact, showing creativity and efficiency in the same time. We are grateful to have ambitious, daring and dedicated clients together with which we can build such stories. And when the sustained effort is rewarded with sustained performance, we can only be happy and keep being ambitious; the two distinctions within “Sustained Success” for Vodafone and Neumarkt this year represent both recognition for vision and for business and relationship

Diana Ceausu,

Head of Strategy, McCann Bucharest

Creativity sells. And this isn’t a title from creatives’ presentations to the clients. It is the truth. We showed that in all the campaigns awarded both at Effie and in Cannes.  In the last four years, Vodafone managed to win 3 Golds and a Grand Effie. This year, naturally, it came the time for a Gold in Sustained Success. Neumarkt, ROM, Unicredit and Cif joined the list of those who celebrated with champagne last night. That means the team is working. And that makes me the happiest

Catalin Dobre,

Executive Creative Director McCann Bucharest.

GMP Advertising and Telekom’s launch – “Experiences together” were awarded two trophies: Silver in “Telecommunications Voice offers” and “Brand Experience”. The agency scooped another 2 accolades for Ciucas: Silver for Sustained Success – “Entering top 3 beers in Romania” and Bronze in “Alcoholic beverages” – Beers for Ciucas’ “Taking over economy beer leadership”.

Effie’ Gold trophies were awarded in “Telecommunication Internet & Data” to Orange Romania and “Dance with Millidge and Doig” and in “Financial Services” for “Visa – ANYTHING”, entered by Publicis Romania.

Digital Star was the only digital agency awarded during the Gala, for an exclusively digital campaign. The agency scooped a Bronze Effie within its category.

The Effie we received (…) makes us very happy because it shows that online became an important communication environment, that can bring measurable business results for companies. As its name says, this competition evaluates and awards the most efficient campaigns made in Romania, namely those who, through creativity, managed to generate significant business and communication results to the companies they were developed for

Laurentiu Dumitrescu,

Managing Director Digital Star.

The full list of winners is:

Packaged Food – no winner

Snacks, Confectionery & Deserts

• Bronze – 23 communication idea for Corso with “Of corso”
• Silver – McCann Worldgroup Bucharest for ROM with “Revenge is sweet”

Personal Care Products & Services – no winner

Household Supplies & Services

• Bronze: McCann Worldgroup Bucharest for Cif (Unilever South Central Europe) with “Cif Cleans Romania”

Alcoholic Beverages – Beers

• Bronze – GMP Advertising for Ciucas (Ursus Breweries) with “Taking over economy beer leadership”

Non-Alcoholic Beverages

• Bronze – Graffiti BBDO for Pepsi with “Be on plus”
• Silver – CohnandJansen JWT for Jacobs 3in1 (Mondelez Romania) with “Full-passion job”
• Gold – CohnandJansen JWT for Aqua Carpatica (Valvis Holding) with “Purity Test”

Durables

• Bronze- Publicis Romania for Pegas with “Urban Color”
• Silver – Graffiti BBDO for Dacia with “Success Made in Romania”

Retail

• Bronze – Digital Star for Billa Romania with “The BILLA Social Catalogue”
• Bronze – DDB Romania for Praktiker Romania with “From house to home”

Financial Services

• Bronze – Leo Burnett Group for BRD with “BRD Western Union”
• Bronze – McCann Worldgroup Bucharest for UniCredit Țiriac Bank with “Personal Achievements Loan”
• Gold: Publicis Romania for Visa Europe with “Visa-Anything”

Media & Entertainment – no winner

Telecom Voice Offers

• Silver – GMP Advertising for Telekom Romania with “Experiences together”

Telecom Internet & Data

• Gold – Wieden + Kennedy & Publicis Romania for Orange Romania with “Dance with Millidge and Doig”

Others

• Bronze – The Geeks for OLX – “Mercador become OLX”
• Silver – The Geeks for Mercador – “Place an ad on Mercador”

Sustained Success

• Silver: GMP Advertising for Ciucas with “Entering top 3 beers in Romania”
• Silver: McCann Worldgroup Bucharest for Neumarkt with “The Strong and Bitterish Taste”
• Gold: McCann Worldgroup Bucharest for Vodafone România with “Vodafone Network”

Shopper Marketing – no winner

Brand Experience 

• Bronze – CohnandJansen JWT for Aqua Carpatica (Valvis Holding) with “Purity Test”
• Silver – GMP Advertising for Telekom Romania with “Turn On Magenta”

Good Works Effie – Brands (CSR)

• Bronze – Geometry Global Romania for Observator with “The RGB News”
• Silver – Leo Burnett Group for OMV Petrom with “Tara, Tara vrem campioane!”

Media Innovation – no winner

Single Media Company Activation – no winner

Grand Effie – CohnandJansen JWT for Aqua Carpatica (Valvis Holding) with “Purity Test”