DDB Germany is World's Top-Ranked Agency In ADC 100th Annual Awards

Jun. 15, 2021

After winning a number of highest honors in the historic ADC 100th Annual Awards, DDB Group Germany Berlin is the top-ranked agency in the world, according to the ADC 100th Annual Awards Global Creative Rankings released today by The One Club for Creativity.

DDB Group Germany was awarded the highly-coveted ADC Black Cube for Best of Show for “The Uncensored Library”, working with MediaMonks Hilversum and Blockworks London on behalf of Reporters Without Borders.  The work also received five Gold Cubes, one Bronze, a Best of Discipline win in Experiential Design and the ADC Designism Cube for the entry that best encourages positive societal and political change. 

The ADC 100th Annual Awards Global Creative Rankings are determined by the cumulative point totals of eligible Cubes and Merits won. The rankings can be sorted and viewed by Agency, Client/Brand, Internal/In-House Agency, Production Company, Music & Sound Company, Network, Creative, Highest-Ranked Work, Country and Region using dropdown menus.   

The complete rankings can be viewed here, highlights include:

ADC 100th Annual Awards Global Creative Ranking, Agency

1.  DDB Group Germany Berlin

2.  The New York Times Magazine New York

3.  BBDO Group Germany Düsseldorf

4.  The Bloc New York

5.  McCann New York

6.  Jones Knowles Ritchie New York

7.  BBDO New York

8.  Bruketa&Zinic&Grey Zagreb (tie)

8.  DADADA Studio/Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Vilnius (Lithuania) (tie)

8.  Goodby Silverstein & Partners San Francisco (tie)

(Note: The New York Times Magazine is entered as a design firm, rankings consolidate agencies and design firms under one “agency” listing.)

ADC 100th Annual Awards Global Creative Ranking, Highest Ranked Work

1.  “The Uncensored Library” by DDB Group Germany Berlin with MediaMonks Hilversum and Blockworks London for Reporters Without Borders

2.  “Alone with Me” by Spotify In-House New York for Spotify

3.  “Moldy Whopper” by INGO Stockholm, DAVID Miami and Publicis Bucharest

 for Burger King

4.  “True Name” by McCann New York with Hungry Man Productions Los Angeles and JSM Music New York for Mastercard

Nine winners tied for fifth place

ADC 100th Annual Awards Global Creative Ranking, Network

1.  DDB Worldwide

2.  BBDO Worldwide

3.  FCB 

4.  Ogilvy Group

5.  Dentsu

ADC 100th Annual Awards Global Creative Ranking, Client/Brand

1.  The New York Times

2.  Reporters Without Borders

3.  Burger King

4.  Spotify

5.  The New Yorker

ADC 100th Annual Awards Global Creative Ranking, Internal/In-House Agency

1.  Spotify In-House New York

2.  Squarespace New York

3.  Verizon Creative Marketing New York

4.  Tencent Shenzhen

5.  Google Brand Studio San Francisco

ADC 100th Annual Awards Global Creative Ranking, Production Company

1.  MediaMonks Hilversum

2.  Blockworks London

3.  Hungry Man Productions Los Angeles

4.  BWGTBLD Berlin

5.  LDE Belzner Holmes Stuttgart

ADC 100th Annual Awards Global Creative Ranking, Music & Sound Company

1.  JSM Music New York

2.  Machine London

3.  Loft Studios Berlin

4.  Barking Owl Los Angeles

5.  One Thousand Birds New York

The ADC 100th Annual Awards Global Creative Ranking by title are as follows (companies listed reflect where the creatives were when the work was created) :

ADC 100th Annual Awards Global Creative Ranking, CCO

1.  Dennis May, DDB Group Germany Berlin

2.  Eduardo Marques, Publicis Amsterdam (tie)

2.  Jorg Riommi, Publicis Bucharest (tie)

4.  Till Diestel, BBDO Group Germany Düsseldorf

5.  Kristoffer Heilemann, BBDO Group Germany Düsseldorf

ADC 100th Annual Awards Global Creative Ranking, ECD

1.  Kristine Holzhausen, DDB Group Germany Berlin

2.  Pablo Dachefsky, Publicis Madrid (tie)

2.  Bjorn Stahl, INGO Stockholm (tie)

4.  John Bleeden, FCB Chicago

5.  Michael Plueckhahn, BBDO Group Germany Düsseldorf

ADC 100th Annual Awards Global Creative Ranking, Art Director

1.  Sirena Grace Martinelli, DDB Group Germany Berlin

2.  Ben Grandgenett, The New York Times Magazine New York

3.  Camilo Jiménez, DAVID Madrid (tie)

3.  Ivan Montebello, Publicis Milan (tie)

3.  Max Hultberg, INGO Stockholm (tie)

3.  Sergio Takahata, DAVID Miami (tie)

ADC 100th Annual Awards Global Creative Ranking, Writer

1.  Christian Korntheuer, BBDO Group Germany Düsseldorf

2.  Matthaeus Kania, BBDO Group Germany Düsseldorf (tie)

2.  Rytis Juodeika,  DADADA Studio/Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Vilnius (Lithuania) (tie)

4.  Marco Alves, BBDO Group Germany Düsseldorf

5.  Kevin Batory, CENTER Brooklyn

ADC 100th Annual Awards Global Creative Ranking, Designer

1.  Jackie Rodriguez, Jones Knowles Ritchie New York

2.  Caleb Bennett, New York

3.  Oleksandr Rogovets, DADADA Studio/Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Vilnius (Lithuania) (tie)

3.  Milda Šiulyte, DADADA Studio/Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Vilnius (Lithuania) (tie)

5.  Jack Fleming, FCB Chicago

ADC 100th Annual Awards Global Creative Ranking, Director

1.  Jared Knecht, Prettybird Los Angeles

2.  Niklas Lemburg, CraftWork Düsseldorf

3.  Diego Llorente Aguilera, Veni.tv Madrid (tie)

3.  Oscar Hudson, Pulse Films (tie)

5.  Alberto Mielgo, Pinkman.tv Paris (tie)

5.  Guto Terni, Roof Studio Santa Monica (tie)

ADC 100th Annual Awards Global Creative Ranking, Freelancer

1.  Kadir Nelson Los Angeles

2.  Yuzhao Huang London (tie)

2.  Ben Johnston Toronto (tie)

2.  Amy Sherald Baltimore (tie)

5.  Benoit Berger, Paris

ADC 100th Annual Awards Global Creative Ranking, Country

1.  United States

2.  Germany

3.  United Kingdom

4.  China

5.  Canada

ADC 100th Annual Awards Global Creative Ranking, Region

1.  North America

2.  Europe

3.  Asia Pacific

4.  Latin America

5.  Middle East & Africa

ADC 100th Annual Awards Global Creative Rankings methodology

Rankings in each category are calculated by the company that garners the most points overall for winning entries based on ADC Cubes, Merits and Special Awards, allocated as follows: Gold Cube 15 points, Silver 7, Bronze 3, Merit 1, Fusion 30, Designism and Best of Discipline 45 each and Best of Show 90. 

If the same entry wins multiple awards within a discipline, the points for the one highest award in that discipline is counted towards “of the Year” awards.

Points are only awarded to agencies listed as Primary and Secondary on entries.  If several agencies are listed under Primary and Secondary, the points are divided among them.  

All ADC 100th Annual Awards Cube and Merit winners were announced last week during the global Creative Week 2021, and can be viewed in the winners showcase here.  

The One Club awards shows each have their distinct focus. The One Show judges focus on creativity of ideas and quality of execution, while juries for the ADC Annual Awards, now in its historic 100th year, maintain their long-running concentration as the champion for craft, design and innovation.

The One Show 2021 Global Creative Rankings were announced yesterday.  The One Club Global Creative Rankings, combining results from The One Show 2021 and ADC 100th Annual Awards, will be announced later this week.