The Comms Council has today officially launched the entry call for 2018 Effie Awards, in association with TVNZ.
The blurb reads: “Since 1968, an Effie Award has been recognised by advertisers and agencies worldwide as representing the pinnacle in advertising effectiveness. It identifies the most significant achievement in marketing communications: ideas that work. Winning an Effie Award is about meeting a challenge and succeeding.
“The 2018 Effie Awards will recognise the ‘The Effie Effect’ – the positive effects for everyone involved in a win: agency, client and, most importantly, brand. Part of this is joining The Effie Effectiveness Index, a global ranking of the marketing communications industry’s most effective agencies, advertisers and brands, based on finalist and winner data from worldwide Effie Award competitions.
“Brands and the ideas that power them are business assets. They require vision to be built. The value of these assets pay back over years to come.”
Effies 2018 convenor David McIndoe, head of strategy at Saatchi & Saatchi, says those entries deserving of an Effie will illustrate the deep connections that brands can make when the minds of agency and client are aligned.
“Brands and the ideas that power them are business assets. They require vision to be built, they need to be deliberately maintained, jealously guarded, and leveraged with care. The value of these assets pay back over many years to come. We look forward to another year celebrating world class thinking from New Zealand.”
Entry details are now available online (see below) and will close on 14th August. Winners and finalists will be celebrated and awarded at a Gala dinner in Auckland on Thursday 18th October 2018.
IMPORTANT DATES
Entry Writing Workshop: Thursday 21 June (9am to 11am) at TVNZ
Entries close: Tuesday 14 August @ 4pm
Late penalty deadline: Thursday 16 August @4pm
Preliminary Judging: Auckland Tuesday 4 September, Wellington Thursday 6 September
Category Judging: Wednesday 26 September
Executive Judging: Wednesday 10 October (Auckland)
Effectiveness Function: Tuesday 16 October
Effie Awards Show: Thursday 18 October (Shed 10)
The 2018 New Zealand Effie Awards in association with TVNZ are proudly sponsored by commercial partner NZME, along with Nielsen, The Radio Bureau, Bauer Media, Adshel, Google and SOAR print. The Comms Council has asked M+AD to thank them for their support.
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