Saatchi Switzerland Wins Big at Golden Drum Festival

At the 22nd Golden Drum International Advertising Festival in Slovenia, the Vangardist Magazine HIV+ Issue - a groundbreaking campaign conceived by Saatchi & Saatchi Switzerland - won 3 Grand Prix (Branded Content, Direct & PR), and 2 Golden Drums (Innovative and Media).  Vangardist HIV+ Issue was joint first most awarded campaign at the Festival.

Saatchi & Saatchi Ukraine won a Golden Drum for BASF ‘Daily Experiment’; Saatchi & Saatchi Poland were awarded a Golden Drum for Run with Heart Foundation ‘Moving Tracks’; and Saatchi & Saatchi Russia won a Silver Drum for Ostankino Sausage Dad Can ‘Birdhouses’.   

John Pallant, Regional Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi EMEA commented:  “2015 has been our best year in the history of the Golden Drum Festival, with a total of 3 Grand Prix, 4 Gold, 1 Silver and a Golden Watch Award.  I’m proud of everyone involved in the award-winning campaigns out of Poland, Russia, Switzerland and Ukraine.”

Jason Romeyko, Executive Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi Switzerland (Global Chief Creative Officer for GSK & Deutsche Telekom) was awarded a special Golden Watch award for the Vangardist campaign HIV+ Issue, an honour that he shares with Jan Teulingx (Global Creative Director Voltaren), and John Pallant (Regional Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi EMEA).