• by Richard Whitman , Columnist, May 14, 2017

Late last week at the 44th annual One Show Awards, Omnicom Group snagged Creative Holding Company of the Year. In all, 51 Omnicom agencies won 332 Pencils and Merits from approximately 20 different countries.

BBDO and TBWA were included among the top 5 highest-ranked networks. TBWA\Media Arts Lab was awarded the special Penta Pencil, which recognizes the successful partnership between agency and client over a five-year period, for their work for Apple. Clemenger BBDO received one of the eight Best of Discipline awards for Transport Accident Commission's "Meet Graham" in Print and Outdoor categories.

Of the wins, Omnicom President and CEO John Wren said, "Our success at this year's One Show Awards reflects both the creative excellence and collaboration of our agencies from around the world. I am extremely proud of the recognition, the work that earned it, and the people that made it happen."

These wins follow strong performances from Omnicom agencies at this year's D&AD Awards where Clemenger BBDO and adam&eveDDB were the most-awarded Pencil Winners in the advertising category coming in first and second place, respectively. BBDO New York was one of the top five most-awarded agencies at the show scoring 11 Pencils.

At the recent Festival of Global Media Awards – which highlight the best media campaigns – Touché! PHD was named Agency of the Year and
also won four Gold, three Silver and two Bronze medals. Meanwhile, OMD received six Gold, two Silver and two Bronze awards across multiple clients and categories.

And at The Webby Awards, BBDO New York was named Webby Agency of the Year.