Fortune Promoseven Doha hit the Gold twice at Cannes Lions 2008

Fortune Promoseven Doha (FP7 Doha) swept 3 awards at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival 2008 - 2 Gold & 1 Silver. According to their press release, FP7 had the highest number of shortlisted campaigns at the festival among all global agencies, over 30 pieces of work submitted by the agency were shortlisted.

The Medal of Honor campaign brought luck to FP7 as it won Gold in both Press and Outdoor, back in April, this campaign won the Print Grand Prix award at Dubai Lynx 2008. Fortune Promoseven Dubai won a Silver Press award for their Sony Microvault campaign. Below is the winning work, congratulations to FP!

Brand: EA Games
Advertising Agency: FP7 Doha, Qatar
Creative Director: Fadi Yaish
Copywriter/Art Director: Kalpesh Patankar

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Discover the secrets of successful direct marketing with Andy Owen

This should be an interesting Direct Marketing Masterclass, IAA Jordan is organizing a DM workshop with one the world’s most respected direct marketers - Andy Owen, this guy is amazing, I found his presentation last year at the IAA Box Basics conference very inspiring and insightful.

The event will be on Monday 16th of June 2008 between 9 am - 5 pm at Zara Expo, for registration and more details contact IAA Jordan on 593-5004.

Video interview with Steve Harrison at Dubai Lynx

Back during Dubai Lynx advertising festival I enjoyed a presentation by Mr. Steve Harrison, he was talking about creating a creative environment in advertising agencies, you can read more about his presentation at Farrukh Naeem’s blog. I had the chance to interview him, watch out the video.