McCann Ranked #1 Network At 2016 El Sol, Festival Iberoamericano de la Comunicación Publicitaria

NEW YORK, June 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- McCann Worldgroup was ranked creatively as the #1 most awarded advertising agency network in the 2016 El Sol, Festival Iberoamericano de la Comunicación Publicitaria, the prestigious creative festival for Spanish-language and Portuguese-language countries. The Festival was held in Bilbao, Spain.

McCann Worldgroup ad agencies in Latin America and Spain won a total of 33 Awards and earned a total of 1075 points. The second-place network won a total of 884 points.

The awards, by agency, are as follows:

Mercado McCann, Argentina: 4 Awards. 2 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze, for sports channel TyC Sports. 
WMcCann Brazil: 1 Silver for L'Oreal. 
McCann Colombia: 1 Gold and 1 Bronze for the Ministry of Education. 
McCann Ecuador: 1 Bronze for La Fabril household products. 
McCann Peru: 7 awards. 1 Gold and 1 Silver for Sodimac Homecenter. 2 Silvers and 1 Bronze for Instituto de la Memoria. 1 Bronze for Save The Children Peru. 1 Bronze for Red Cross Peru. 
Agencies within McCann Worldgroup Spain: 16 awards, as follows: 
          -- McCann Madrid: 1 Gold and 1 Bronze for Fundación Alzheimer. 3 Silvers for Ikea Spain. 1 Silver, 2 Bronze for Save The Children Spain. 1 Silver for Movistar. 1 Bronze for ColorAdd. 1 Bronze for Padres 2.0
            -- McCann Madrid and MRM//McCann Madrid : 3 Silvers for Ikea Spain.
            -- McCann Barcelona: 1 Silver for Jagermeister.
            -- MRM//McCann Madrid: 1 Silver for MasterCard Spain.
The Cyranos McCann, Barcelona: 1 Silver and 1 Bronze for ACCEM (NGO).

"The sustained leading performance of our agencies across our network, positioning us for the second time in a row as the Most Awarded Network of a major Iberoamerican creative award, shows that we are developing truly creative and relevant work for brands and consumers," said Fernando Fascioli, President of McCann Worldgroup Latin America & Caribbean.

McCann Worldgroup's performance at the The El Sol Festival Awards follow closely on the heels of McCann Worldgroup being ranked creatively as the most awarded network in the FIAP 2016 Awards.

About McCann Worldgroup: McCann Worldgroup, part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG), is a leading global marketing services company with 24,000 employees in more than 100 countries, comprising McCann Erickson (advertising), MRM//McCann (digital marketing/relationship management), Momentum Worldwide (total brand experience), McCann Health (professional/dtc communications), CRAFT (global adaptation and production), UM (media management), Weber Shandwick (public relations), FutureBrand (consulting/design), ChaseDesign (shopper marketing) and PMK-BNC

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