YoungGuns reveals Colenso BBDO, Auckland heads Top 10 Agencies of the Decade chart

Colenso BBDO New Zealand has been named the number one agency in the world for emerging and young creatives, topping the YoungGuns Top 10 rankings of the most Awarded Agencies of the past decade.

The Top 10 Agencies ranking identifies the individual agencies that have produced the most awarded creative talent in the 10 years since the YoungGuns were founded. Work from these agencies can be found at http://www.ygaward.com/10years.

Of the YoungGuns 10th Birthday rankings only two remain before 2010Entry deadline (October 15) which are the Top 10 Innovative Ideas andthe Top 10 Young Creatives of the Decade.

The Top 10 list features agencies from the USA, UK, Argentina, Indiaand Australia. ColensoBBDO is the only New Zealand agency in the top10.

TBWA\Chiat\Day New York features second, followed by Crispin Porter +Bogusky. Del Campo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi in Argentina took 4thposition.

Three UK agencies made the list – Mother London in 5th, DDB London in8th and Saatchi & Saatchi London in 9th. Ogilvy & Mather Mumbaimade 7th and Saatchi & Saatchi Australia rounded out the list in10th spot.

Co-founderof YoungGuns, Michael Kean, says winning the YoungGuns Agency of theDecade title is a great and well deserved achievement for the team atColenso BBDO: “YoungGuns was founded in 2001 and over the last nineyears, Colenso BBDO has consistently set the global benchmark for youngcreative talent; competing and winning against the world’s mostreputable agencies and young creatives spanning 50+ countries annually.

“As an agency, Colenso BBDO has long been a top performer onthe global stage, so this latest recognition is a true credit toColenso BBDO’s leadership in their clear desire to foster and developthe next generation of world class creative leaders,” says Michael Kean.

SaysColenso BBDO executive creative director Nick Worthington: “These guysare the future of our industry and the contribution they have made toour agency over the last ten years has been massive. To be recognisedas the best in the world for nurturing young talent is awesome and willreinforce New Zealand’s reputation as a breeding ground for some of theworld’s hottest creative talent.”

Colenso BBDO has been theonly advertising agency to win YoungGuns Agency of the Year twice inboth 2001 and 2008. Some of the campaigns that picked up Gold Bulletsby Colenso BBDO include the exploding billboard on Nelson Street topromote Deadline Couriers and Yellow Treehouse – where an everyday Kiwiwas challenged to build a restaurant up a tree using only businessesfound in the Yellow Pages directory to get the job done.

Theagency has further cause to celebrate its success as this award followsthe recent crowning of BBDO as Network of the Decade by YoungGuns,having also won Network of the Year in 2001, 2004 and 2008.

Entries close on Friday October 15 for the world’s best youngprofessionals and students to enter this year’s awards, which recognizeemerging creative talent in a number of fields and are the premierglobal platform for defining creative talent: http://www.ygaward.com

YoungGuns has opened 2 NEW DIVISIONS in 2010 – YoungGuns PR and YoungGuns Design.

The 2010 YoungGuns Jury will consist of all the previous jury memberssince 2001. The talent and experience in this jury is outstanding andtruly global in its representation and we are delighted for ourentrants in this 10th year.