JohnXHannes NY, the two-year-old creative collective begun by two Australian expats, John McKelvey and Hannes Ciatti, has capped a year of awards glory by winning the Ad Age Small Agency of the Year Award for 1-10 employees.
Funworks San Francisco was runner-up.
At this year’s Cannes, JohnXHannes collected a Grand Prix, a Gold Lion in Entertainment, two Silver Lions and another 8 shortlists, including the Titanium Lion, for Corazon – Give Your Heart.
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The agency’s Your Next Move for Squarespace with John Malkovich and Above The Noise for Beats By Dre won at D&AD, One Show and Cannes. Your Next Move, which won Silver in Integrated Campaign at the Small Agency Awards, also won an Emmy last year.
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“As the lines between advertising and entertainment continue to blur, we set our company up to be able to consistently make work people will choose to engage with,” stated Ciatti. It does that its own way – being part start-up, part consultancy and part agency, with a number of high-end production partnerships on which to draw.
Other Ad Age Small Agency of the year winners:
- Butler, Shine Stern & Partners Sausalito won the overall Ad Age Small Agency of the Year Award, with Mistress Santa Monica runner-up.
- Oberland New York won the Ad Age Small Agency of the Year Award for 11-75 employees with, Imprint Project New York runner-up.
- Phenomenon Los Angeles won the Ad Age Small Agency of the Year Award for 76 – 150 employees, with Brownstein Group Philadelphia runner-up.
- Bensimon Byrne Toronto Canada won the International Ad Age Small Agency of the Year Award, with No Fixed Address Toronto runner-up.
View all the Ad Age Small Agency Award winners here.
