Starcom MediaVest Group named Dubai Lynx Media Agency of the Year

Dubai, UAE, March 17 2013: Leading media agency Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) has won the coveted Media Agency of the Year title at the seventh annual Dubai Lynx Awards – which took place on 13 March, 2013. The win – which marks the third time in the span of five years that SMG MENA garners this prestigious accolade – further cements the group’s status as the top media buying and planning network in the Middle East. Moreover, SMG was the only media agency to win Gold in the media category.

“We are deeply honored to have received such esteemed recognition by the Dubai Lynx – the Middle East’s leading awards festival for creative excellence in advertising and media,” said John Antoniades, Chief Executive Officer of SMG MENA. “We would like to thank our clients and agency partners for their continued support, loyalty and business. At SMG, we have long believed in the power of collaboration, teamwork and partnership – a vision that continues to serve as our guiding ethos and the gateway to our success.”

SMG’s performance at the Dubai Lynx follows an exceptional year for the agency. In 2012, SMG was named Campaign’s Media Network of the Year and Communicate’s Media Agency of The Year. In addition to having an annual billings growth of 5 percent, SMG managed to secure a total of 18 new business wins last year, including Emirates NBD, Novartis, Mango, Meydan, Savola, Lazurde, Tetley, Dubai Sports Council, Ministry Of Cabinet Affairs and Enterprise Qatar.

SMG also kicked off 2013 in full force, having successfully retained the Saudi Telecommunications Company business in January.

About Starcom MediaVest Group
Starcom MediaVest Group is the Human Experience Company. Our dream is to grow our clients’ business by transforming human behavior through uplifting, meaningful human experiences. These brand ‘experiences’ are brought to life by distinct, strategic point-of-views—Truth and Design and Space for Ideas– created and owned by SMG’s two global agency brands: MediaVest and Starcom, respectively. Ranked one of the largest brand communications groups in the world, Starcom MediaVest Group (www.smvgroup.com) encompasses an integrated network of human experience strategists, investment specialists, content creators and digital experts. With nearly 7,200 employees in 110 offices worldwide, SMG partners with the world’s leading companies including The Coca-Cola Company, Kraft, P&G, Samsung, and Microsoft. The network has enjoyed annual double-digit growth in the MENA since it launched in 2000. Among its regional clients are Procter & Gamble, Emirates Airlines, Samsung, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Almarai, Saudi Telecom, GlaxoSmithKline, Tiffany & Co., Novartis, Emirates NBD, Adidas and Kraft Foods. SMG MENA has been named the top media shop in the region in terms of billings by RECMA, the leading independent global monitoring and ranking source.