GPY&R Melbourne has won three Awards at the 2013 IAB Awards including the prestigious Best in Show award for its ‘Mobile Medic’ campaign developed for Defence Force Recruiting.

The ‘Mobile Medic’ campaign was also named the winner of the Mobile Platform or App category, while its ‘Cocktail Revolution HQ’ campaign developed for Schweppes Australia won the Brand Destination Site category. GPY&R Melbourne was one of seven agencies who scooped awards tonight at the IAB Awards ceremony held at the Star Event Centre.

Leo Burnett Melbourne snared three awards for its ‘Volunteer to Promote Volunteering’ campaign for Seek Volunteer, including Brand Awareness and Positioning, Not for Profit and Direct Response and Lead Generation. Other multi-award winners include The Monkeys who won two categories with its Oak ‘Reverse Robberies’ campaign for Parmalat, and AnalogFolk who won two categories for its ‘Perfect Lager Project’ campaign for Casella Family Brewers.

Reactive was named the winner of the Creative Showcase Grand Prix award for its campaign ‘The Most Powerful Arm’ for Save our Sons and Duchenne Foundation. The campaign was developed in conjunction with Havas, Finch and Red.

GPY&R Melbourne Best in Show and Reactive’s Creative Showcase Grand Prix winning campaigns will now be entered into the US MIXX 2013 Awards with winners to be announced on 24 September in New York.

Samantha Yorke, acting CEO of IAB Australia, says “GPY&R Melbourne is to be applauded for its brave and polished mobile campaign execution. Its use of augmented reality for educational purposes was truly innovative but most importantly it delivered clear and tangible results for Defence Force Recruiting – and that is what interactive advertising is all about.”

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The full list of winners of 2013 IAB Awards by category are:

• Best in Show: ‘Mobile Medic’ by GPY&R Melbourne for Defence Force Recruiting
• Brand Awareness and Positioning: ‘Volunteer to Promote Volunteering’ by Leo Burnett Melbourne for Seek Volunteer
• Not-for-profit/Public Service: Volunteer to Promote Volunteering’ by Leo Burnett Melbourne for Seek Volunteer
• Direct Response and Lead Generation: Volunteer to Promote Volunteering’ by Leo Burnett Melbourne for Seek Volunteer
• Brand Destination Site: Cocktail Revolution HQ by GPY&R Melbourne for  Schweppes Australia
• Brand Loyalty and Retention: Oak ‘Reverse Robberies’ by The Monkeys for Parmalat
• Social Media Marketing: Oak ‘Reverse Robberies’ by The Monkeys for Parmalat
• Branded Content: Ice Break ‘Drag Race ‘Em’ by The Monkeys for Parmalat
• Cross-Platform Integration: ‘The Perfect Lager Project’ by AnalogFolk for Casella Family Brewers
• Product Launch: ‘The Perfect Lager Project’ by AnalogFolk for Casella Family Brewers
• Rich Media and Digital Video: ‘Expendables 2: Deploy & Destroy’ by Soap Creative for Roadshow Films
• Search Marketing – Organic Search: ‘MoneySmart: Helping Australians Reclaim Their Money’ by Reprise Australia for Australian Government
• Search Marketing – Paid Search: Foxtel Call Tracking by Agency M for Foxtel
• Creative Showcase Grand Prix award: ‘The Most Powerful Arm’ by Reactive for Save our Sons and Duchenne Foundation (Contributing agencies: Havas, Finch and Red).