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O&M wins a black & max Kyoorius blues, FCB, BBDO, BBH & DDB bag a handful
MUMBAI: Kyoorius announced the winners of the Kyoorius Creative Awards 2017 at DOME@NSCI in Mumbai on 2 June.
The 4th edition of Kyoorius Awards was attended by more than 1200 professionals including CEOs, marketing directors, brand managers, creative and media gurus from the advertising, digital and media industries from across India. A total of five black elephants and 96 blue elephants were awarded across advertising, digital and media categories.
Black Elephant winners:
• Ogilvy & Mather for: Savlon Healthy Hands Chalk Sticks
• Early Man Films Pvt. Ltd. for: The Hindu
• Kinetic Worldwide for: Mukhota – The life saving mask
• FCB Interface for: World’s 1st Streets Named after Street Kids
• Response India for: Fat Feed Fashion | Instagram to Insta-fashion
Black Elephants are set aside for work that signifies the best of the best, work that takes risks, creates a new conversation with the audience or has a lasting effect on the industry.
Ogilvy & Mather won the maximum blue elephants. After the jury session in which participated Sonal Dabral, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer at DDB Mudra, Josy Paul ,Chairman & Chief Creative Officer at BBDO India, Shashi Sinha Chief Executive Officer at IPG Mediabrands and Fergus O’Hare Director APAC Facebook Creative Shop, 307 entries were shortlisted as winners of a baby elephant (in- book winners).
Kyoorius founder & CEO Rajesh Kejriwal said, “I am happy with the response that we have got for having a transparent open jury process and we shall continue to do so. I personally feel that many studios/agencies have done brilliant work this year. The Jury’s exceptional calibre and experience, acknowledge the significance of our awards and its place in the creative arts.”
This spectacular show of Creativity was presented by Colors, powered by The Times of India and includes ABP News, Google,92.7 FM, Happy Finish & Kinetic as main partners.
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