Euro RSCG Worldwide PR is the Winningest Company Overall at the 2011 Golden Bridge Awards, Capped Off with PR Agency of the Year

NEW YORK, Aug. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Last night, Euro RSCG Worldwide PR won nine awards, the most of any company, at the third-annual Golden Bridge Awards:

• PR Agency of the Year
• Campaigns: Community Awareness/Outreach (Sanofi S.T.A.N.D.—Start Taking Action Now for Diabetes)
• Campaigns: Pharmaceuticals (Sanofi "Diabetes Co-Stars")
• Campaigns: Public Affairs (Wyclef Jean for President)
• Campaigns: Social Media (Campaign Money Watch "TheyWinULose")
• Mentor of the Year (Ana Cano Nennig, executive vice president and global brand director)
• Management Team of the Year (Donna Murphy, worldwide co-managing partner, Euro RSCG Life and Havas Health; Marian Salzman, CEO, ERWW PR; and Lisa Rosenberg, president, ERWW PR)
• Blogger of the Year (Marian Salzman)
• Lifetime Achievement (Marian Salzman)

ERWW PR was also named a finalist in four categories: Creative Excellence (for the marketing postcards it created for Wyclef Jean's campaign for the presidency of Haiti and the agency's Sisterhood initiative that's by, for and about teen girls), Campaigns: Small-Budget Marketing Campaigns (for Wyclef for President), Campaigns: Community Awareness Outreach (for Euro RSCG's global One Young World initiative) and Women Helping Women (Beth Kitzinger, senior vice president and director of the agency's new Buzz Group).

"In addition to feeling very proud of our nine winning submissions and four finalists, what's really exciting is that our awards cover such a wide spectrum," said Lisa Rosenberg, president of Euro RSCG Worldwide PR. "I am thrilled to have joined an agency committed to award-winning work. And of course we all recognize that what's most important is the outstanding work we've done for clients—which we couldn't have done without our amazing staff and the innovative initiatives they've created to inform all of our campaigns."

The Golden Bridges encompass the world's best in organizational performance, products and services, executives and management teams, women in business and the professions, innovations, case studies, product management, public relations and marketing campaigns, and customer satisfaction programs from every major industry in the world. Organizations from around the world are eligible to submit nominations, including public and private, for-profit and nonprofit, largest (Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs received the top executive honors) to smallest and new startups.

More than 40 judges from a broad range of industry voices from around the world participated, and their average scores determined the 2011 winners, who were announced at a dinner attended by finalists, industry leaders and judges.

Euro RSCG Worldwide PR has also been honored with six finalist spots in the PR News Platinum PR Awards, which acknowledges the year's most outstanding communications initiatives and programs:

• Midsize Firm of the Year
• Anniversary Campaign (Sears "Fifty for Five")
• Global PR (Wyclef for President)
• Multicultural Campaign (Transitions Optical Meeting the Eye Health Needs of Culturally Diverse Groups)
• Research & Measurement (Transitions Optical Championing Eye Health Education with the 2010 Employee Perceptions of Vision Benefits Survey)
• Blog (Marian Salzman's Four-Part Brain Series in the Huffington Post)

PR News Platinum PR winners will be announced at a luncheon on Sept. 14 in New York City.

With 54 wins and finalist certificates in the 2010–2011 awards cycle, Euro RSCG Worldwide PR is cementing its status as one of the most-awarded public relations agencies of its size in the United States.

About Euro RSCG Worldwide PR

We call ourselves @erwwpr; we're the North American earned-media and buzz boutique (#bethenews) within French holding company Havas. Headquartered in New York City, with Pittsburgh and Chicago offices, we've seen 30 percent growth in the last two years and become one of the most-awarded PR agencies of our size for work including #wyclefforpresident (global scope), @theywinulose (Campaign Money Watch; against big money in elections), the first-ever teenage girl SoMe lab (The Sisterhood; industry innovation) and Ford's Warriors in Pink (#welovecause). We're grounded in media, strategy, client service and community to ensure that we message in straight talk and real time. For more information: eurorscgpr.com.

About the Golden Bridge Awards

Golden Bridge Awards are an annual industry and peers recognition program honoring best companies in every major industry from large to small and new start-ups in North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin America, plus Best New Products and Services, Best Innovations, Management and Teams, Women in Business and the Professions, Case Studies, Customer Satisfaction, and PR and Marketing Campaigns from all over the world. Learn more about the Golden Bridge Awards at www.goldenbridgeawards.com.

Contact:
Lisa Gruber
Global Communications Manager
Euro RSCG Worldwide
T +1 212-886-2018
[email protected]

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