Effie Australia’s 2014 Awards Gala

September 4, 2014—AJF Partnership was awarded the 2014 Grand Effie award for the Australian National Preventive Health Agency (ANPHA) at this year’s Australian Effie Awards run by The Communications Council.

Finding a new way to help people quit smoking, the campaign dramatizes the long-term suffering that a smoker and their family endure due to a smoking-related illness, compared with the short-term pain of quitting. Approximately 180,000 smokers made a quit attempt as a direct result of seeing the National Tobacco Campaign.

Continuing its success, AJF Partnership was also presented Effective Agency of the Year after claiming an additional Gold for the ANPHA campaign, a silver for Officeworks and two bronze awards for iSelect and Lion.
 
Seven Gold Effies were presented in total, with three awarded to Clemenger BBDO Melbourne for BONDS, and the final three were given to 303Lowe for Challenger, Host for The Coca-Cola Company, and WhybinTBWADAN Sydney for RaboDirect.

The ceremony, held at the City Recital Hall in Sydney, also delivered 14 silver and 17 bronze trophies, awarding a total of 18 agencies and 23 clients.

Chairman of the Australian Effie Awards, Matthew Melhuish said: “I’d like to thank and congratulate all of this year’s winners and finalists for sharing their brilliant work with us. It is inspiring to be exposed to the world class strategies demonstrated in this year’s showcase. This awards program really matters because it is about celebrating the proof that excellent strategic thinking and bold creative ideas can deliver exponentially. The bar for entries is also extremely high, making a win all the sweeter for that.”
The full list of Gold Effie winners by category is as follows:

Beverages

  • Host – The Coca-Cola Company – How “Just Adding Zero” Sold Millions

 
Other Consumer Goods

  • Clemenger BBDO Melbourne – BONDS – How BOOBS Made BONDS Serious

Financial Services

  • 303Lowe – Challenger – Challenger Retirement on Paper

Government, Corporate and Social Services

  • AJF Partnership – Australian National Preventative Health Agency – How Suffering Made People Quit

 
Most Original Thinking

  • Clemenger BBDO Melbourne – BONDS – How BOOBS Made BONDS Serious

 
New Product or Service

  • Clemenger BBDO Melbourne – BONDS – How BOOBS Made BONDS Serious

 
Long Term Effects

  • WhybinTBWADAN Sydney – RaboDirect – Steal Back Your Dreams

 
All case studies will be online at www.effies.com.au from tomorrow.
The Communications Council would like to thank its sponsors and supporters for their generous support, including: Millward Brown, Healthcare Communications Council, The Digital Edge, Trapdoor Productions, B&T, and UN LTD.

 
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