Leo Burnett wins two grand prix at Clio Festival

MIAMI – Global advertising and marketing agency Leo Burnett and Arc Worldwide made history recently by winning two coveted Grand Prix in the Television and Outdoor categories at the Clio Awards. A dual Grand Prix win is extremely rare and this marks the first time an agency has won in these two categories.

The TV/Cinema award went to Indesit’s Ariston “Underwater World,” marking the first time in history an Italian agency has ever won a Grand Clio. The Outdoor prize went to McDonald’s “Sundial,” the global ad agency said.

In total, the agency won an impressive 29 Clios from nine offices for major clients including: Becks, Clima Bicycles, Center for Disease Control, Fiat, Heineken, Indesit, I.A.C., McDonald’s, Nestle, Nintendo, Salvation Army, Toyota and Wrigley. Additionally, the agency had two creatives named to the Future Gold | Young Competition: Pavel Vrzheshch, a junior art director from Leo Burnett, Kiev, Ukraine and Carlos Murad, another junior art director from Leo Burnett, Bogota, Colombia.