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creativity.holmesreport.com
space, that remains confidential.
Regardless, there is some
substance to the idea that credible
award shows can deliver a certain
level of creative currency within the
industry. They are not, of course,
the only measure of creativity, but
they do offer a useful benchmark for
organisations and agencies alike.
All of the work featured in this
report, furthermore, factors
effectiveness into its output. PR
campaigns, rightly, are measured
according to their results. A powerful
idea, in isolation, is irrelevant if it
does not drive relevant, measurable
outcomes.
Theorganisationsandfirmsfeatured
here should be commended for
their commitment to breakthrough
thinking. Ultimately, we hope that
this report — in particular the work it
showcases — helps to elevate and
inspire.
Arun Sudhaman
Managing editor
The Holmes Report
arun@holmesreport.com
CREATIVEINDEX
INTRODUCTION
In the public relations industry,
creativity is no longer just window
dressing. Big ideas can dramatically
reshape a company’s fortunes
and, increasingly, those ideas
are being generated through a
sophisticated understanding of
public engagement.
This report aims to celebrate the
best of these types of ideas. Like
last year’s inaugural edition, only
award-winning campaigns have
been considered. There are, of
course, any number of innovative
PR programmes that have either
not entered award shows, or have
come home empty-handed. Neither
should we overlook the regular flow
of PR work, often from the public
affairs and crisis management
METHODOLOGY
To compile these rankings the
Holmes Report first selected more
than 20 key global, regional and local
PR award shows over a 12-month
period, using the 2013 Cannes
Lions as a cut-off date. Some of the
shows included were the various
PRWeek Awards, the European
Excellence Awards, the Cannes PR
Lions, and our own SABRE Awards
programme.
Each show was then weighted
according to our knowledge of its
scope and scale, looking specifically
at its significance; geographic
remit; and, reputation within the PR
community.
Where one campaign has won
multiple awards at the same show,
points are only awarded once. If,
however, a campaign has won a
best in show award – campaign of
the year or similar – it is awarded
double points. In addition, only
campaigns that have won more than
three awards across different shows
have been considered. The tables
are created from these rankings.
Campaigns are ranked according
to overall points, not number of
awards won. However, restricting the
criteria to campaigns that had won
more than three awards prevented
campaigns that had scooped
just one award on a global scale
finishing higher than campaigns that
may have won three or four different
awards on a local or regional scale.
Agencies have been ranked based
upon how many points they have
been awarded, not how many
awards they have won. Therefore an
agency may have won less awards
overall than agencies below it, but
we believe the awards it has won are
more significant on a global scale.
The sector tables were created
using the same methodology.
Campaign Rankings ................. 3-5
Agency Rankings ................... 6-10
Network Rankings .....................11
Ogilvy PR ...The Gnome Experiment
3. 33creativity.holmesreport.com
CAMPAIGNINDEX
*Based on the Holmes Report’s Creative Index Methodology
CAMPAIGN AGENCY CLIENT MARKET SCORE*
1 The Gnome Experiment Ogilvy PR Kern & Sohn Germany 25
2(=) P&G Builds Consumer Loyalty During the London
Olympics
Marina Maher Communica-
tions/DeVries Global/H+K
Strategies
Procter & Gamble US 12
2 (=) State Within a State Nords Porter Novelli City of Ventspils Latvia 12
3 (=) FedEx Deliver Panda-monium Across the Globe Ketchum FedEx US 11
3 (=) From Conflict to Collaboration Pelham Bell Pottinger Golden-Agri Resources Singapore 11
3 (=) Mr Bao: A Virtual Sales Champion for IBM China Ogilvy PR IBM China China 11
3 (=) The '+' Project OneVoice Royal Philips Electronics Singapore 11
4 Putting Sea Containers on the Map Golden Goose PR Sea Containers UK 10
5 (=) R UV UGLY? Unity Cancer Research UK UK 8
5 (=) The Launch of Shwopping Unity M&S UK 8
6 (=) Defrost Your Swimsuit M Silver Associates Greater Fort Lauderdale
Convention &
Visitors Bureau
US 7
6 (=) From East to West and Everywhere In Between,
America's Farmers and Ranchers are Leading the Food
Dialogues
Ketchum and Maslansky &
Partners
US Farmers & Ranchers
Alliance
US 7
6 (=) Heart Rescue Project Teaches Millions How to Save a
Life
Exponent PR Medtronic Foundation US 7
6 (=) Welcome to the Global Collaboratory: Global Food
Security
Ogilvy PR DuPont US 7
TOP14CAMPAIGNS
4. 44
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CAMPAIGNINDEX
A campaign that measured minute variations in
gravity by weighing a common garden gnome has
emerged as the most awarded PR campaign in
the world, according to the Holmes Report’s 2013
Global Creative Index.
The Index analysed entries and winners from more
than 25 PR award programmes from around the
world, over a 12 month period, using the 2013
Cannes Lions as a cut-off point. Scores were
weighted according to a Holmes Report formula
that placed particular emphasis on Best of Show
winners.
The results reveal that Kern & Sohn’s Gnome
Experiment campaign, developed in conjunction
with Ogilvy PR London, took top spot, thanks to a
slew of wins at European shows. The programme
scored more than twice as many points as the
second-ranked effort, a tie between Procter &
Gamble’s Olympic PR campaign and the ‘State
Within a State’ tourism effort by the Latvian city of
Ventspils.
CONTENT UNLOCKS CREATIVITY
The results, which rank the top 15 PR campaigns,
reinforce the importance of a strong creative
idea, supported by compelling content that spurs
engagement. The Gnome Experiment, for example,
showcased the precise nature of Kern scales by
inviting scientists from around the world to take part
in the project, logging results and eventually driving
impressive sales results.
Similarly, P&G’s Olympic PR push built on the
‘Momumentary Project’, which told athlete stories
from the perspective of their mothers, utilising
60 documentary videos to foster an emotional
connection that ultimately translated into awareness
and concrete sales returns.
The City of Ventspils ‘State Within a State’
programme, meanwhile, turned the Latvian city into
an independent state that printed its own currency,
which could be earned on its ‘global online embassy’
and cashed out upon visiting the city.
The common thread running through these three
campaigns is a content-rich strategy that builds
on the core insight to develop genuine consumer
involvement, often within a realtime marketing
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context. It is a formula for creative communications
that is not always simple to follow but can, clearly,
lead to some thrilling results.
It is also an approach that illustrates how digital
and social media are helping to unlock creativity
in PR. Most of the top-ranked campaigns revolve
around a core digital platform, demonstrating how
today’s PR campaigns are genuinely integrated —
seamlessly utilising social media engagement to
spur advocacy.
Neither should the focus on genuine business
results be overlooked. The Gnome Experiment, for
example, improved sales by 22 percent, generating
1,445 new leads. P&G’s Olympics campaign is
estimated to have driven $500m in incremental
sales. And ‘State Within a State’ saw tourist
numbers to Ventspils soar during the campaign.
Many of the other campaigns within the top 15
demonstrate similar characteristics, not least
IBM China’s Mr Bao programme; ‘The Launch of
Schwopping’ by M&S; and, the Philips ‘+ Project’.
While the ranking is dominated by consumer
campaigns, it is worth noting that three of the
programmes are corporate programmes, including
the ‘Gnome Experiment’, which focused on building
Kern’s credibility among a scientific audience.
The ‘From Conflict to Collaboration’ campaign
from Golden Agri Resources helped reshape the
reputation of one of Asia’s most controversial
companies by building authentic dialogue with
NGOs that successfully communicated Golden
Agri’s efforts to improve its supply chain and
sustainability. The programme is proof that creativity
in public relations is not limited to shiny stunts, but
can just as easily revolve around honest corporate
storytelling.
GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY
There is a refreshing geographic diversity among the
top 15 campaigns, featuring work from traditional
powerhouse markets such as the US and UK, along
with eye-catching programmes from Germany,
Latvia, Singapore, China and the Netherlands.
M&S ... The Launch of SchwoppingGolden Agri...From Conflict to Collaboration Ventspils...State Within a State
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Among agencies, Ogilvy PR tops the overall Global Creative Index, thanks to a
well-balanced haul from major shows across EMEA, Asia-Pacific and the US,
led by its top-ranked Gnome Experiment effort from London. The agency placed
two other campaigns within the top 15: ‘IBM’s Mr Bao’ in China, and a DuPont
programme from the US.
After ranking second in 2012, Ogilvy leapfrogs Weber Shandwick to take top
spot this year. The latter network drops to third, with Ketchum rising to second
after ranking fourth last year.
Ketchum’s haul was led by Europe and the US, notably its FedEx ‘Pandamonium’
campaign and work for Philips. The agency’s Farmers and Ranchers Alliance
campaign in the US, meanwhile, also scored well.
Weber Shandwick also scored well, as evidenced by its recent Cannes Lions
haul, despite a paucity of campaigns within the top 15. Rounding out the top
quartet was Edelman, which dropped from third one year earlier.
MSLGroup recorded a substantial rise, from ninth in 2012 to sixth this year, while
Hill+Knowlton experienced the reverse, dropping to ninth from sixth. Sweden’s
Prime PR and global ad agency Leo Burnett both fell out of the overall top ten,
replaced by new entrants Porter Novelli and Cohn & Wolfe.
Outside the top ten, major risers included Unity and Waggener Edstrom.
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Score
2012
Score
AGENCY SCORE
1 2 Ogilvy PR 125
2 4 Ketchum* 113
3 1 Weber Shandwick 103
4 3 Edelman 93
5 5 Burson-Marsteller 68
6 9 MSLGroup 61
7 10 FleishmanHillard* 53
8 12 (=) Porter Novelli 42
9 6 Hill+Knowlton Strategies 34
10 22 Cohn & Wolfe 29
11 8 Prime 26
12 28 Unity 23
13 25 Waggener Edstrom 20
14 12 (=) Grayling 19
15 189 RF|Binder 18
TOP15OVERALLAGENCIES
*Points for OneVoice campaigns for Philips have been split between
Fleishman-Hillard and Ketchum
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Unity... Cancer Research
While networks dominate the overall table, because of their volume of awards,
a better measure of agency creativity comes from weighting agency scores
according to their staff size. Accordingly, the Holmes Report has this year
introduced a points per head table that identifies which are, ‘pound for pound’,
the most creative PR agencies in the world.
The top of the table is dominated by single-market boutique agencies. UK firm
Unity comes out on top, after placing two campaigns within the top 15 - the
‘Launch of Shwopping’ for M&S; and ‘R UV UGLY’ for Cancer Research UK.
Unity’s stellar haul was produced by just 21 staff members, helping it earn EMEA
Consumer Consultancy of the Year at the last SABRE Awards.
In second spot is Sweden’s Jung Relations, thanks to award-winning work for
Blocket, Volvo and Absolut. Perennial awards darling Prime, also from Sweden,
ranks fourth, with US agency RF|Binder taking third spot.
The top five is rounded out by New York’s Marina Maher, the agency that led
P&G’s Olympic PR work. Blue Rubicon, a UK firm that has begun to expand
internationally, ranks sixth, before the first global network — Ogilvy PR — makes
an appearance at seventh.
Jung Relations... Absolut Unique
AGENCY SCORE*
1 Unity UK 1095
2 Jung Relations Sweden 311
3 RF|Binder US 240
4 Prime Sweden 200
5 Marina Maher Communications US 128
6 Blue Rubicon UK 107
7 Ogilvy PR Global 56
8 Ketchum* Global 45
9 (=) Weber Shandwick Global 34
9 (=) Burson-Marsteller Global 29
*Points per head—sees agency scores weighted according to staff size.
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11 Porter Novelli 28
12 Cohn & Wolfe 26
13 Waggener Edstrom 22
14 FleishmanHillard* 21
15 Grayling 19
16 Edelman 18
17 Hill+Knowlton Strategies 17
18 MSLGroup 16
19 Havas PR 12
20 DraftFCB 2
The results would appear to confirm the notion that creativity is not a function of
agency size. They should, furthermore, support the argument that strong local
firms are, easily, a match for bigger global networks.
KEY MARKETS
In geographic terms, three countries dominate the top of the pound for pound
table: the UK, Sweden and the US. Sweden’s emergence as a highly creative
PR industry has been documented in detail by the Holmes Report, while the US
and UK are home to the world’s two largest PR markets.
Perhaps the key finding here is that single-market agencies dominate the top of
this table, ahead of the multinational agencies. On this evidence, at least, local
players cannot be beat when it comes to creativity. The results would suggest
that agility trumps scale when it comes creativity, re-igniting the debate about
whether small agencies are more creative than larger ones.
Ventspils State Within a State
Ketchum...FedEx
*Points per head—sees agency scores weighted according to staff size.
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1 Ogilvy PR 29
2 BlueFocus PR Consulting 8
3 (=) 1000Heads 6
3 (=) FleishmanHillard 6
3 (=) Prime 6
TOP5TECHAGENCIES
AGENCY SCORE
1 Ketchum 46
2 Edelman 39
3 Weber Shandwick 38
4 MSLGroup 35
5 Ogilvy PR 29
6 Burson-Marsteller 25
TOP6CONSUMERAGENCIES
Philips ...Your Health and Wellbeing
IBM China ... Mr BAO
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WPP’s reign at the top of the holding group table will come under
serious threat once the Publicis Omnicom merger is complete. The
latter group, which will have the world’s largest set of PR operations,
would have outranked WPP this year according to a total Creative
Index score of 342.
Elsewhere, Havas catches the eye, boosted by a strong showing
from Havas PR and firms such as Cake and the Red Agency.
NETWORK TOTAL
AWARDS
TOTAL
POINTS
1 WPP 101 297
2 Omnicom 85 249
3 Interpublic 52 156
4 Publicis Groupe 29 93
5 Havas 14 42
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