Motion Sickness is now ranked the world’s #3 independent agency in The One Show Global Creative Rankings.
The agency took home several pencils at this year’s event, including the Fusion Pencil for ‘Whānau Ora: the Māori roll call’. The campaign also received a Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Pencil, recognising creative work that advances the United Nations’ global framework for people and planet.
Created to drive enrolment on the Māori electoral roll, ‘The Māori roll call’ is becoming one of the most internationally recognised indigenous campaigns.
A reflection of the team
Also recognised across the evening was a Bronze Pencil in Creative Effectiveness for ‘The best place in the world to have herpes’, along with six merits across ‘Karangahape returns’, ‘The best place in the world to have herpes’ and ‘The Māori roll call’.
“To be ranked the #3 independent agency in the world is pretty hard to get your head around,” says Alex McManus, partner and general manager at Motion Sickness.
“More than anything though, I think it reflects the ambition of the clients we get to work with, and the talent of the people inside this company. The rankings are a reflection of just how good this team is. We’ve always believed Motion Sickness could stand alongside the best creative companies in the world, so seeing that recognised at The One Show, as the company continues to grow internationally, is incredibly rewarding.”
Strong APAC recognition
The global rankings also saw Motion Sickness team members recognised across the Asia Pacific region.
Sam Stuchbury was ranked the #1 Executive Creative Director in Asia Pacific, Melina Fiolitakis was ranked the #1 Creative Director in Asia Pacific, Logan Barnes #2 Strategist, Hamish Steptoe #2 Art Director and Hilary Ngan Kee #3 Head of Strategy.
For Ngan Kee, Barnes and Fiolitakis, the rankings were driven by their work across ‘The best place in the world to have herpes’ and ‘The Māori roll call’.
Stuchbury and Steptoe’s rankings were also boosted by work across those campaigns, alongside ‘Karangahape returns’, which also performed strongly at the show.
