Mindshare, a part of WPP, a media agency network helping clients to make collaborative and adaptive decisions across their paid, owned, and earned marketing in real-time. has won 17 awards at the Mena Cristal Festival 2014-15 recently.

Its Middle East and North Africa (Mena) operations was recognised across the board for the team’s outstanding accomplishments and creative campaigns in the region and representing a broad array of industries, said a statement.

It received seven Cristal (gold), seven Sapphire (silver) and three Emerald (bronze) prizes across segments like cultural, integrated, launch, branded and environment campaigns, and also included the ‘Media Network of the Year 2015.’

The judges’ panel honoured Mindshare Mena for work representing a broad list of clients including Tunisie Telecom, Egypt’s National Initiative for Energy Conservation, Infiniti, Nissan, Dubai Shopping Festival, Sancella Tunisie and Gandour.

Samir Ayoub, chief executive officer, said: “I am thrilled at Mindshare Mena’s exceptional performance at Mena Cristal Festival. We are happy to be recognised for such a diverse range of campaigns, and particularly excited to be selected as the ‘Media Network of the Year.’ This achievement would not be possible without the hard work and innovative spirit of our entire regional team as well as the support of our clients.”

Hosted in Dubai this year for the event’s 10th anniversary edition, the festival has drawn large crowds of notable agency representatives every year.

The awards show brought together the region’s most renowned agencies and respected experts in the marketing and advertising industry not only for the awards show but also for a special anniversary dinner and party. - TradeArabia News Service