Ogilvy Australia named Regional Agency of the Year at LIA 2022; Howatson+Company named ANZ Regional Independent AOY; Special named Regional Independent Network OTY; FINCH named Regional Production Company of the Year

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Ogilvy Australia named Regional Agency of the Year at LIA 2022; Howatson+Company named ANZ Regional Independent AOY; Special named Regional Independent Network OTY; FINCH named Regional Production Company of the Year

The London International Awards (LIA) has revealed its 2022 Global and Regional of the Year Winners.

 

LIA has the highest calibre of jurors from across the globe. All rounds of judging were done onsite in Las Vegas. Our judging process has no pre-judging. Each juror sees every piece of work in their respective Categories. Each jury, along with their President, convened in their judging room to discuss and debate thoroughly before deciding on the Winners. This ensures that all work was judged equally through careful deliberations and robust discussions.

Of The Year Awards are calculated based on a point system allocated to the winning work chosen by the Juries across all competitions. LIA uses the creative credits that are input at the time of entry to award those points, regardless of the entrant.

Special wins Regional Independent Network of The Year for Australia and New Zealand points attained came from their winning work entered for Motor Neurone Disease New Zealand titled “David’s Unusables” and winning work entered by Flux Animation, Auckland and AIRBAG Melbourne/Sydney.

Ogilvy Australia was named Regional Agency of The Year for Australia and New Zealand they were also awarded three Bronze LIAs and three Finalists. These wins contributed to Ogilvy being named Global Network of The Year.

Ogilvy Australia named Regional Agency of the Year at LIA 2022; Howatson+Company named ANZ Regional Independent AOY; Special named Regional Independent Network OTY; FINCH named Regional Production Company of the Year

Howatson+Company was named Regional Independent Agency of The Year for Australia and New Zealand, winning the Ambient & Activation Grand LIA for Matilda Bay titled “Rejected Ales”. This piece of work also won three Gold LIAs, one Silver, two Bronze and two Finalists. They were also awarded a Bronze LIA for Belong “Second Life Phones”. These awards plus a silver statue that Howatson+Company worked on, entered by Eardrum Australia all contributed to them receiving this prestigious award.

FINCH was named Regional Production Company of The Year, points attained came from their winning work entered for UNHCR and NRMA Insurance and winning work entered by Flux Animation, Auckland and The Tuesday Club, Auckland.

Eardrum, Sydney was named Regional Radio & Audio Company of The Year and Regional Music & Sound Company of The Year.

Says Barbara Levy, president of LIA: “We have always had very strong work from Australia and New Zealand. This year is no exception. The work from this region, as a whole, is always distinctive and has the highest creative standard. To all our Australian and New Zealand winners, The LIA staff sends our congratulations and we look forward to seeing more great work in 2023.”

The following companies were honored with the 2022 Global of The Year Awards:

Global Network of The Year: Ogilvy
Global Independent Network of The Year: SERVICEPLAN
Global Client of The Year: Dole
Global Agency of The Year: alma DDB, Miami
Global Independent Agency of The Year: L&C, New York, New York
Global In-House Agency of The Year: draftLine
Global Health & Pharma Network of The Year: IPG Health
Global Health Agency of The Year: AREA 23, an IPG Health Company, New York
Global Pharma Agency of The Year: AREA 23, an IPG Health Company, New York
Global Independent Health & Pharma Network of The Year: Real Chemistry
Global Health & Pharma Client of The Year: Hip Hop Public Health
Global Production Company of The Year: The Pack, Mumbai
Global Post-Production Company of The Year: The Mill
Global Music & Sound Company of The Year: Canja Audio Culture
Global Design Company of The Year: L&C New York, New York
Global Radio & Audio Company of The Year: JSM, New York

In total, 754 LIA statues and 230 finalists were awarded to 45 countries with the United States leading with 254 wins, followed by Germany with 87, the United Kingdom with 53 and India with 37 statue winners.

To view all the Winners and Finalists with media and full creative credits, visit https://www.liaentries.com/winners