Carat wins Media Week Agency of the Year

Manning Gottlieb OMD won the Grand Prix for its Police Community Support Officers campaign for the Home Office, which also won Media Idea Large.

Sky Media won the prestigious Sales Team of the Year category, beating Emap2, the Evening Standard, Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions and Times Media.

This year’s awards attracted more than 400 entries, and 1,600 people attended the evening ceremony, held to honour the best media thinking of 2007.

Other winning campaigns included MediaVest’s John Smith’s People’s Race for Scottish & Newcastle and ZenithOptimedia’s Don’t Hide It strategy for the NSPCC.

[Bullet point] Getmemedia.com, sponsor of the Innovation awards category, has set up a Rogues Gallery featuring hundreds of photos from the night. Go to www.getmemedia.com to view from today [Friday].


The winners in full:

Grand Prix
Manning Gottlieb OMD
Home Office
Police Community Support Officers

Media Agency of the Year
Carat

Media Idea Large
Manning Gottlieb OMD
Home Office
Police Community Support Officers

Media Idea Medium
ZenithOptimedia
NSPCC
Don’t Hide It

Media Idea Niche
MediaVest
Scottish & Newcastle
John Smith’s People’s Race

Sales Team of the Year
Sky Media

Sales Pitch Large
Emap2, GCap, Chrysalis and TalkSport
Vodafone
The Big Idea

Sales Pitch Medium
CBS Outdoor
CBS Outdoor
Going Up

Sales Pitch Niche
Virgin Radio
Churchill Insurance
Challenge Churchill

Media Innovation
I-Level
COI/Home Office
Talk to Frankbot

International Campaign
MediaCom
Shell
Corporate Image

Best Research Initiative
Guardian News & Media
Total Audience UK

Collaboration
Carat with Leo Burnett and MTV
DfT Think!
Ad-Idol

Media Brand of the Year
GCap Media
Xfm

Rising Star
Rachel Wilson
Feather Brooksbank