GPY&R Melbourne + Leo Burnett Sydney lead Aussie agency pack at 2012 YoungGuns Awards

George Patterson Y&R Melbourne and Leo Burnett Sydney lead Aussie agency pack at this year’s YoungGuns Awards that celebrate the ideas and young talent across the globe.

George Patterson Y&R Melbourne walked away with one Gold, one Silver and one Bronze for the Australian Defense Force’s ‘Mobile Medic‘ campaign.

Click here to view full list of professional/student winners and finalists.

Leo Burnett Sydney scored one Silver and two Bronze for Diageo Bundaberg Red campaign, ‘Catfish‘ and ‘Catfish, Pig, Butterfly‘. Leo Burnett’s Matt Swinburne, art director, and Mike Felix, copywriter, were the highest ranking Young Talent from Australia, coming in at equal 17th place. Leo Burnett Worldwide was crowned YoungGuns 2012 “Network of the Year”.

Recent RMIT graduates, Luke Falkland-Brown and Jackson Harper, have won a silver bullet at the Young Gun International Awards. The piece, titled Donate your Data, was the only winning student entry from Australia. The duo have had a successful year, winning a D&AD Best of Year in April, and getting the chance to speak to David Droga after running a campaign to get his attention called Come Home Droga.

List of Aussie winners:

Digital Awards:

Mobile Medic – GPY&R Melbourne

SILVER – ‘Mobile Applications’ category

BRONZE – ‘Innovative Use of Technology’

Advertising Awards:

Mobile Medic – GPY&R Melbourne

GOLD – ‘Technology Innovation’ category

Creatives: Jake Barrow + Matt Lawson

Diageo Bundaberg Red Catfish Print Campaign – Leo Burnett Sydney

SILVER – ‘Art Direction Campaigns’ category

Creatives: Mike Felix + Matt Swinburne

Diagoe Bundaberg Red Catfish Print Campaign – Leo Burnett Sydney

BRONZE – ‘Cinema commercials (any length)’ category

Creatives: Mike Felix + Matt Swinburne

Experience Unseen – The Monkeys

BRONZE – ‘TV campaigns (30 sec)’ category

Creatives: Henry Kember + Bradley Averill

Diagoes Bundaberg Red Catfish Print Campaign – Leo Burnett Sydney

BRONZE – ‘TV Craft – Special Effects’ category

Creatives: Mike Felix + Matt Swinburne

NAB Stand-Ins – Clemenger BBDO Melbourne

BRONZE – ‘Integrated Campaigns’ category

Creative: Russel Fox

Virgin: Fair Go Bro – Havas Worldwide Sydney + One Green Bean

BRONZE – ‘Integrated Campaigns’

Creatives: Lucas Jatoba and Jack Nunn

Vodafone ‘Donate Your Data’ – RMIT graduates

SILVER

Creatives: Luke Falkland-Brown and Jackson Harper