Weber Shandwick named to Advertising Age's Agency A-List

Weber Shandwick was today named to Advertising Age’s esteemed agency “A-List”. As the only PR firm to make this year’s list, Advertising Age called out the firm as a “PR Powerhouse,” highlighting its continued growth with both new and organic business, big ideas, integration and the strength of its consumer and digital offerings (http://tinyurl.com/WSAList). Advertising Age noted that the criteria it used to choose this year’s winners were based on performance-driven work, a healthy new business track record and business model innovation.

“To be named to Advertising Age’s A-List is a true tribute to our people, our creativity and innovation and to the best-in-class clients we partner with every day to execute exciting brand programmes that engage and build awareness,” said Harris Diamond, CEO, Weber Shandwick. “This accolade shows that as we continue to creatively integrate traditional and social media and design strategic, attention-getting campaigns, the results are unbeatable for all of us.”

This latest Advertising Age distinction adds to Weber Shandwick’s unprecedented string of international industry awards in recent months including: ‘Agency of the Decade’ by Advertising Age, ‘Global Agency of the Year’ by The Holmes Report, PRWeek UK ‘International Agency of the Year,’ the gold medal winner for PRWeek’s 2009 ‘Global Agency Report Card,’ ‘Agency of the Year’ by the European Excellence Awards, ‘International Agency of the Year’ by the UK Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA) and an inaugural Cannes Lions Advertising Festival award for best PR-led integrated campaign.

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