OGILVY & MATHER Awarded Agency Network Of The Year; BBH LONDON, CHEIL WORLDWIDE, DIGITAL DOMAIN, JWT SAN JUAN and MARCEL WORLDWIDE Take Grand CLIO Honors

NEW YORK, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The CLIO Awards, among the world's most esteemed international advertising, design and communications competitions, today announces its 2013 award winners, recognizing creative excellence and breakthrough work in the advertising industry. Winners will be awarded at the 54^th annual CLIO Awards ceremony, taking place on May 15 at the Museum of Natural History in New York City.

The Grand CLIO Award, the jury's highest honor, is awarded to exceptional projects that push the boundaries of creativity in a given medium. The 2013 Grand CLIO award winners are BBH LONDON; CHEIL WORLDWIDE, South Korea; DIGITAL DOMAIN, Los Angeles; JWT SAN JUAN and MARCEL WORLDWIDE, Paris.

Other 2013 CLIO Awards winners include:

• Hall of Fame, Design: TURNER DUCKWORTH, San Francisco
• Hall of Fame, Film & Print: DDB NEW YORK
• Hall of Fame, Audio: THE RICHARDS GROUP, Dallas
• Agency of the Year: MARCEL WORLDWIDE, Paris
• Agency Network of the Year: OGILVY & MATHER, New York
• Production Company of the Year: BISCUIT FILMWORKS, Los Angeles
• Advertiser of the Year: GOOGLE
• Brand Icon: COCA-COLA
• Lifetime Achievement: GEORGE LOIS
• Honorary CLIO: will.i.am & PATRICIA FIELD

CLIO Awards winners represent a diversity of talents, with breakthrough work coming from over 20 countries worldwide, chosen by an elite panel of industry executives including Bill Davenport, President of Wieden & Kennedy Entertainment, and Nick Moore, EVP/CCO of Wunderman. The 2013 CLIO Awards introduces two new mediums - Branded Entertainment & Content and Engagement - and an expanded Hall of Fame that now includes honorees in Audio, Design, Out of Home and Print.

Musician, entrepreneur, content creator and philanthropist will.i.am and fashion visionary Patricia Field will accept the 2013 Honorary CLIO Awards. The award ceremony will be hosted by Eric Stonestreet, the two-time Emmy-winning actor, Modern Family, who also recently appeared in the film Identity Thief.

For more information on the upcoming CLIO Awards, please visit: http://www.clioawards.com.

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About The CLIO Awards
The CLIO Awards is one of the world's most recognized awards competitions for advertising, design and communications. The CLIO Awards has maintained its original commitment to celebrate and reward creative excellence, honoring a powerful form of communication and its impact on modern culture. At the same time, the CLIO Awards remains focused on evolving with the industry in order to acknowledge the most current, breakthrough work. To this day, CLIO's iconic statue is the most widely recognized and coveted symbol of the industry's creative accomplishments.

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