Mullen Lowe Group Leads in Double Grand Clio Sweep at the 2015 Clio Awards

The Mullen Lowe Group network took home 2 Grand Clios for Engagement/Experiential and Innovation at this year’s Clio Awards, held in New York City on September 30th, for GGH Lowe’s ‘Nazis Against Nazis’ campaign. The work was also awarded an additional 3 Gold Clios, 3 Silver Clios, and 1 Bronze Clio making ‘Nazis Against Nazis’ one of the most awarded campaigns of the night. Mullen Lowe Group network agencies LOLA (Spain), also won a Silver Clio and DLKW Lowe (UK) was awarded a Bronze Clio. Collectively, Mullen Lowe Group took home a total of 11 Clio awards. You can view all winning work by clicking here.

The campaign transformed a Neo-Nazi demonstration into an involuntary charity walk. With every step the Neo-Nazis took they unwittingly made a stand against right-wing extremism – €10  per step was donated to Exit Deutschland, a charitable organization that helps people leave neo-Nazi groups. GGH Lowe worked on the campaign in collaboration with fellow German  agency Grabarz & Partner.

“If you use force, you never change anything. You have to convince someone without force, by being intelligent, by being clever. ‘Nazis against Nazis’ is an example of an initiative that tries to address an issue without being forceful,”  comments Jose Miguel Sokoloff, Global President of Mullen Lowe Group Creative Council.

Benedikt Holtappels, CEO of GGH Lowe comments: “I am extremely proud of the ‘Nazis against Nazis’ campaign. It has not only generated huge creative success, but has proved to be extremely effective in doing what great advertising should do: Drive social change”.

‘Nazis Against Nazis’ was awarded the following Clio awards this year:

· Grand: Engagement/Experiential

· Grand: Innovation

· Gold: Branded Content

· Gold: Direct

· Gold: Integrated Campaign

· Silver: Ambient/Engagement

· Silver: Ambient/OOH

· Silver: Social/Social Media

· Bronze: Special Event/PR

The Clios success builds on numerous awards wins, with ‘Nazis Against Nazis’ proving to be one of the world’s most awarded campaigns of 2015:

· Fourth most awarded campaign at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity

· Four Gold Pencils and one Silver Pencil at The One Show

· Five Pencils at the D&AD Awards, including a Yellow Pencil, and a White Pencil (which recognizes sustainable and ethical advertising and design)

· The WARC Social Strategy Gold prize

· Grand Prize awarded at the New York Festivals

· Most awarded campaign in the history of the German Art Directors Club

At the Clios, Mullen Lowe Group was also awarded for the work from their Spanish agency, LOLA, which helped independent football and life style magazine Libero explain life through football. The campaign propelled an unknown magazine into the forefront of Spain’s pop culture with ‘If They Explain it With Football, You Get It’.  The wining spot, ‘Ab Machine’, was part of the first ever advertising campaign for Libero, and went viral upon its launch.

‘If They Explain it With Football, You Get It’ was awarded the following Clio award this year:

· Silver – Commercials (between 30 second and 60 seconds)

DLKW Lowe also won at the Clios this year for the Domestos, ‘Holidays Over Selfie’ campaign. People tend to respond differently to the visualization of germs, so the campaign created print executions with the right balance between humor and charm without compromising the icky truth of germs.

‘Holidays Over Selfie’ was awarded the following Clio award this year:

· Bronze – Print technique