Howorth Honoured in Global PR Awards

Howorth was an honourable finalist for the Livewire launch campaign in the category of community relations at the 2009 Platinum PR Awards held in New York yesterday.

The Platinum PR Awards provide PR professionals the opportunity to showcase their best communications initiatives of the year and salute outstanding performance by individuals. Presented by PR News, the highly competitive program honours the best PR campaigns and initiatives of the year.

In the same awards, Ogilvy PR was named 2009 Large Agency of the Year. This award evaluated agencies against four key criteria: business development, people, network initiatives and cohesion, and external thought leadership. Ogilvy was recognised for its strong performance in a tough economy, impressive new business wins across multiple markets, and innovative and award-winning work for clients. This accolade follows on the heels of an impressive year of recognitions including being named Large Agency of the Year by The Holmes Report, PRWeek’s Editor’s Choice “Agency to Watch” and Bronze Award for PRWeek Global Firm of the Year.

Howorth shortlisted for Platinum PR Award

Howorth has been shortlisted in the 2009 Platinum PR Awards. The nomination is for Howorth’s Livewire launch campaign, in the category of community relations.

The Platinum PR Awards provide PR professionals the opportunity to showcase their best communications initiatives of the year and salute outstanding performance by individuals. Presented by PR News, the highly competitive program honors the best PR campaigns and initiatives of the year.

The award winners will be announced at an October 21, 2009 awards luncheon at the Grand Hyatt in New York City and in PR News’ Platinum PR Awards special issue in October. But for more information on the awards or to check out the details, click here.

Howorth shortlisted for Asian Marketing Effectiveness Award

Howorth has been shortlisted in the 2009 Asian Marketing Effectiveness Awards. The nomination is for Howorth’s Livewire campaign, in the ‘Most Effective Use of PR’ category.

The Asian Marketing Effectiveness Awards seek to identify the region’s top creators, and reward insightful strategies that add value to consumers, and truly define and build habits.

The shortlisting for the award is the latest acknowledgment for Howorth’s work. Livewire is an initiative of the Starlight Children’s Foundation and the Howorth campaign, titled ‘new social network is a real Livewire for Australia’s sickest youths‘, has been hailed a massive success by media and health care professionals, Livewire member parents and the Starlight Children’s Foundation.

Winners will be announced on the 26th of May, 2009, but for more information on the awards or to check out the details, click here.