Adweek and Campaign Magazines Name BBDO Worldwide 2011 Global Agency Network of the Year

NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BBDO Worldwide was, this week, named Global Advertising Agency Network of the Year by Adweek and Campaign magazines, two of the industry's leading publications and the only ones that present Global Network of the Year awards.

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In naming BBDO, both magazines cited BBDO's "stunning" new business success, which included winning every global pitch it was in, the deepening of its relationships with key clients, and its outstanding performance across a wide range of industry award shows.  BBDO Worldwide was Network of the Year for the fifth year in a row at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and was named the Most Effective Agency Network in the world by Effie Worldwide in its inaugural Effie Effectiveness Index.

This is the fourth time in the past seven years that Campaign has bestowed Advertising Network of the Year honors on BBDO and the second time in the past five years that Adweek has named BBDO its Global Agency of the Year.

"This is a testimony to the exceptional work being done by exceptional people, agency by agency, client by client, campaign by campaign, and day by day," said Andrew Robertson, President and CEO, BBDO Worldwide.  "My thanks go out to each and every one of them and our wonderful client partners, who made this possible." 

ABOUT BBDO
BBDO's mantra is "The Work. The Work. The Work."  Every day, people in 288 offices in 80 countries work job by job and client by client to create and deliver the world's most compelling commercial content.  Today, BBDO is recognized as both the world's most creative and effective agency network.  For the past five years, BBDO has been Network of the Year at Cannes as well as the world's most awarded agency network in The Gunn Report.  In addition, BBDO is the number one ranked network across all marketing communication platforms in The Big Won report.  And Effie Worldwide named BBDO the world's Most Effective Agency Network in its inaugural Effie Effectiveness Index, released this year.

BBDO is part of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE-OMC) (www.omnicomgroup.com), a leading global marketing and corporate communications company. Omnicom's branded networks and numerous specialty firms provide advertising, strategic media planning and buying, digital and interactive marketing, direct and promotional marketing, public relations and other specialty communications services to over 5,000 clients in more than 100 countries.

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