Each year, Ad Age creates a flurry of excitement by ranking the top agencies now, the ones to watch and the agency standouts in it’s a-List, as well as its Creativity A-Lists and Production Company A-Lists.
Last year was all about Droga5. It came out on top of both The Ad Age A-List and the Creativity A-List. This year’s Agency of the Year is Anomaly and and Droga5 has slipped down to position #4. The Creative Agency of the Year is Wieden + Kennedy.
Droga5 wins twice: Ad Age Agency of the year & Creativity Agency of the Year
Colenso BBDO New Zealand has become this y ear’s Runner-up International Agency of the Year beside 72andSunny Amsterdam. The International Agency of the Year is adam&eve/DDB, London.
The Ad Age A-List top 10 agencies are:
Anomaly
McCann
R/GA
Droga5
VML
BBDO
Wieden & Kennedy
The Community
Laundry Service
Tongal
The 2017 Agency Standouts are:
360i
180LA
Mullenlowe
David Miami
Venables Bell & Partners
Momentum
Work & Co.
Weber Shandwick
72andSunny
TBWA
The Agencies to Watch are:
Hearts & Science
Vayner Media
Redscout
Carrot Creative
Preacher
CP&B
iCrossing
Hill Holliday
Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
We Believers
The Business to Business Agency of the Year is
BBDO
The Comeback Agency of the Year is:
McGarryBowen
The In-House Agency of the Year is:
Intel’s Agency Inside
The International Agency of the Year is:
adam&eve/DDB
The International Runners-up are:
Colenso BBDO
72andSunny Amsterdam
The Media Agency of the Year is:
PHD
The Media Runner-up is:
Horizon
The Multicultural Agency of the Year is:
Alma
The Creative Agency of the Year is:
Wieden & Kennedy Portland
The Creativity Innovators are:
180LA
72andSunny Amsterdam
Adam & Eve/DDB
Anomaly, New York
BBDO New York
David, Miami
Droga5, New York
Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
The Martin Agency
McCann New York
The Creativity Innovator Standouts are:
360i
Barton F. Graf
CP&B Boulder
Deeplocal
Deutsch L.A.
Edelman Deportivo
Iris London
Johannes Leonardo
Muhtayzik-Hoffer
Preacher
The Production Company Of The Year is:
Smuggler
The Production Company A-List is:
Arts & Sciences
Anonymous Content
Biscuit
MediaMonks
MJZ
O Positive
Park Pictures
Prettybird
Radical Media
Rattling Stick
Reset
RSA
Somesuch
Tool
Unit9
The Production Company Standouts are:
Bob Industries
B-Reel Films
Caviar
The Directors Bureau
Framestore
Furlined
Here Be Dragons
Landia
Moxie Pictures
Mssngpeces
The Executive of the Year is:
Wendy Clark, chief executive officer of DDB North America