Year 2014 in Azerbaijan brought a big novelty to the advertising world – the Golden Crown Awards, the only competition celebrating excellence in marketing and communications in Azerbaijan. Organized by the PWorld, the awards ceremony took place at The Fairmont Baku Hotel on the evening of April 11.
Artgroup Bruketa&Zinic OM Baku was nominated in 9 categories with a total of 19 nominations, and took home three Golden Crown Awards. Also, the agency’s Director Helena Rosandić was a finalist for the Marketer of the Year Award.
Helena Rosandić, Artgroup Bruketa&Zinic OM Director (the first from the right) with the other finalists for the Marketer of the Year Award.
Members of the jury were Steffen Ruebke (managing director of Henkel Beauty Care, Germany), Jonathan Wilson (professor of Marketing and Communications, Greenwich University, UK), Patrick Jephson (private secretary to Princess Diana and The New York Times bestselling author, UK), Mary Jo Jacobi (former Presidential advisor and former CCO, BP America/Royal Dutch Shell/Lehman Brothers/HSBC), Hubert Grealish (former Marketing and Communications Director of Phillips/Tom Tom/Diageo, Netherlands), Jesse Ringham (Social Media Director of Tate Museum London, UK), Justin Hanneman (Global VP Marketing Ecommerce/WorldPay), and Wendy Gold (former Marketing and Communicatons Director of Microsoft International/GE Power Conversion). The President of the jury was Oliver Kempkens from Adapt or Die agency in Germany.