{"id":19216,"date":"2017-09-01T12:24:08","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T02:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/?p=19216"},"modified":"2023-11-08T17:20:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T06:20:26","slug":"2017-effie-award-winners-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/news\/2017-effie-award-winners-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Effie Award Winners Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"button gray et_pb_button\" href=\"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2017-Effie-Award-Winners-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FULL LIST OF WINNERS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BMF named Effective Agency of the Year<\/li>\n<li>AJF Partnership awarded Grand Effie for \u201cHow not thinking straight led to long-term growth\u201d &#8211; Lion, Dare Iced Coffee<\/li>\n<li>Five Gold Effies awarded overall<\/li>\n<li>ANZ Australia is awarded Effective Advertiser of the Year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>BMF has been named Effective Agency of the Year at the 2017 Australian Effie Awards, scooping one Gold, one Silver and one Bronze for Football Federation Australia campaign \u201cYou\u2019ve gotta have a team: Bringing the next generation of fans into the Hyundai A-League\u201d, three Silver for Australian Government &#8211; Department of Social Services \u201cThe campaign that got millions of Australians to help prevent violence in future generations\u201d, two Silver for ALDI Australia\u2019s \u201cThe ALDI Christmas campaign that out-sold it\u2019s Effie winning predecessor\u201d, and one Silver for TAL Insurance campaign \u201cLaunching a brand nobody had heard of\u2026 in a category nobody likes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Two Golds were presented to Leo Burnett Melbourne for headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation campaign \u201cReword: Changing Online Bullying Behaviour\u201d, one Gold to AFFINITY for Flordis campaign \u201cDon\u2019t Ignore a Cough\u201d and one Gold to AJF Partnership for Lion \u2013 Dare Ice Coffee campaign \u201cHow not thinking straight led to long term growth\u201d, which also went on to claim the coveted Grand Effie.<\/p>\n<p>Dare successfully took on Australian iced coffee brands and international pick-me-ups by creating a new consumption occasion: becoming the habitual choice for whenever people are not thinking straight. The judges said the strategic challenge was significant given the breadth and strength of competition in the category. The objective was both clear, ambitious and delivered outstanding growth and ROI.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony which took place at ICC\u2019s Parkside Ballroom in Darling Harbour, in Sydney last night, delivered a further 22 Silver and 15 Bronze awards, bringing the total number of agencies awarded for outstanding measurable results to 25 and the number of clients to 24.<\/p>\n<p>The Effective Advertiser of the Year award was presented to ANZ Australia. The jury said, &#8220;ANZ\u2019s entry very clearly expresses the steps they take to achieve advertising effectiveness. There may be nothing unique in their processes but ANZ is a great example of a large Australian marketing team intent on achieving best practice.The effectiveness and creative awards they have achieved are testament to the culture and approach of the team at ANZ.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jaimes Leggett Chair of The Communications Council, said \u201cNow in their ninth year, the Effies have become one of the most important dates in our industry\u2019s calendar. Each year, the quality of the cases raises the bar for great creative and strategic thinking that delivers real value to clients\u2019 businesses. These awards have one of the most rigorous judging processes, led by Chairman of Judges, Colin Wilson-Brown through three stages of judging with 175 agency and marketing leaders. So, even to become an Effies finalist is a huge achievement \u2013 to take home metal is outstanding. Congratulations to all of our winners and finalists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cI\u2019d also like to thank the effectiveness godfathers, Peter Field and Les Binet, for speaking at the awards ceremony last night, and our marquee sponsor, research driven, marketing and technology development company, Think TV, for their support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The full list of Gold Effie winners by category is as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most Original Thinking<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leo Burnett Melbourne &#8211; headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation &#8211; Reword: Changing Online Bullying Behaviour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Insight &amp; Strategic Thinking<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BMF &#8211; Football Federation Australia &#8211; You\u2019ve Gotta Have a Team: bringing the next generation of fans into the Hyundai A-League<\/li>\n<li>Leo Burnett Melbourne &#8211; headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation &#8211; Reword: Changing Online Bullying Behaviour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Use of Data<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AFFINITY \u2013 Flordis &#8211; Don\u2019t Ignore a Cough<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Long Term Effects<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AJF Partnership &#8211; Lion &#8211; Dare Iced Coffee &#8211; How not thinking straight led to long-term growth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All case studies will be online\u00a0 from 1 September 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The Communications Council would like to thank its sponsors and supporters for their generous support, including: Marquee Sponsor Think TV, Displayground, Facebook, Healthcare Communications Council, Hourigan International, Shootsta, and UnLtd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}