Written by Shona Smith on Aug 1, 2019. Posted in Awards and Festivals

The first edition of the Gerety Awards reveals its winners

After the Executive jury sessions which took place in 10 capital cities the Grand jury have now chosen the final winners.

Only sixty entries reached the score to be awarded this year’s Gerety Awards. Jury member Angela Natividad, CCO and Co founder of Hurrah.gg comments “There were plenty of woman-oriented ads, but that’s just the ad industry right now. What better focus group than Gerety to distinguish truly empowering works from femvertising? I also think some agencies believed that, because the jury is all women, work targeting women would stand a better chance. Not so. The winning brands from this year’s Gerety Awards draw from a range of industries and persuasions and are a testament to the discernment of a diverse and qualitative jury.”

Co Founder Lucía Ongay said “the highly acclaimed and respected Gerety Awards Jury and the winners they have chosen clearly sets the benchmark for the very highest standard of creativity.”

Grand Prix were awarded to LOLA MullenLowe for HIDDEN FLAG (pictured), McCann New York for Changing the Game, VMLY&R Warsaw for The Last Ever Issue and two Grand Prix were awarded to AMVBBDO for Viva La Vulva.

BBDO New York were awarded agency of the Year with 2 Silvers, 4 Bronze and 8 shortlisted. Winning work included #DefyTheName for Monica Lewinsky, Care-E for KLM and Nurses Save Lives for Johnson&Johnson.

BBDO Worldwide were awarded network of the Year with 2 Grand Prix, 1 Gold, 3 Silvers, 4 Bronze and 17 Shortlists. Winning work included Viva La Vulva from AMVBBDO and AT&T “Train” from BBDO New York.

There were winners from: Australia, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, France, Lebanon, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the most awarded countries include the USA, UK, Germany and Spain.

The full list of winners can be found here.