DDB Group Singapore prevails at IAS Advertising Hall of Fame Awards 2011

ASIA-PACIFIC – SINGAPORE, DECEMBER 1, 2011: With five of the eight individual awards, two of the six campaign awards, and the prestigious Advertising Agency of the Year Award tucked under its belt, DDB Group Singapore swept the Singapore Advertising Hall of Fame Awards 2011 held at Marina Bay Sands on November 29, 2011.

 

Organized by the Institute of Advertising Singapore (IAS), the Hall of Fame Awards has 17 categories divided into individual, company and campaign awards. New additions this year are the Client Marketer of the Year, Digital Creative Director of the Year and Digital Campaign of the Year categories.

 

The company awardees were unchanged from the 2010 lineup: OMD Singapore also repeated its Media Agency of the Year win; Health Promotion Board was again Advertiser of the Year. 

 

The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to DDB Group Singapore CEO David Tang. Other DDB awardees include Sim Yunying, Young Professional of the Year; Wendy Ong, Strategic Planner of the Year; Thomas Yang, Creative Director; and Vernon Vasu, Client Marketer of the Year. Individual awards also went to ZenithOptimedia’s Susan Chee, Media Planner of the Year; JWT/XM Executive Creative Director Valerie Change, Digital Creative Director of the Year; and Grey Group CEO Subbaraju Alluri, Agency Professional of the Year.

 

DDB bagged the Campaign of the Year Award for the "Hub It!" campaign for StarHub and the Print Campaign of the Year for "Are You Obsessed with the Right Things?" for client Breast Cancer Foundation. The TV Campaign of the Year was presented to Ministry of Education’s "Mrs Chong" by UP Brand Buzz. ZenithOptimedia’s "Because no one gets your closer" for BBC Earth won International Media Plan of the Year. BBH Asia Pacific took home two awards, both for its work for Singapore Tourism Board : Most Effective Media Campaign Plan of the Year for "Can you serve Season 2" and Digital Campaign of the Year for "The World’s First Digital Tip Jar".

 

 

Susan Chee – Senior Manager ZenithOptimedia 

 

Sim Yunying – Account Executive Tribal DDB 

Valerie Cheng – Executive Creative Director JWT Advertising / XM Singapore 

 

Wendy Ong – Chief Strategy Officer DDB Group Singapore 

 

Thomas Yang – Creative Director DDB Group Singapore 

 

Client Marketer of the Year Award  

Vernon Vasu (Health Promotion Board) DDB Group Singapore 

 

Subbaraju Alluri – CEO, Grey Group Grey Group 

 

David Tang – CEO, DDB Group Singapore DDB Group Singapore 

 

OMD OMD 

Health Promotion Board Ogilvy & Mather Advertising / DDB Group 

 

DDB Group Singapore DDB Group Singapore 

Ministry of Education – Mrs Chong UP BrandBuzz 

 

Breast Cancer Foundation – Are You Obsessed With the Right Things? DDB Group Singapore 

 

BBC Worldwide Channels Asia – BBC Earth on BBC Knowledge- Because no one gets 

you closer ZenithOptimedia 

Singapore Tourism Board – Can you serve Season 2 – The next order BBH Asia Pacific 

 

Singapore Tourism Board – The World’s First Digital Tip Jar BBH Asia Pacific 

 

StarHub Ltd – Hub It! Campaign DDB Group Singapore