Australia is world’s 6th most awarded ad market

Despite a disappointing performance at Cannes last year, Australia secured a best-ever ranking in The Gunn Report 2011, a tally of the world’s major advertising awards shows.

Australia came 6th – behind Germany, Argentina, Brazil, the UK and the US, the most awarded country.

The Sydney and Melbourne offices of Leo Burnett – neither of which fared well in last year’s Mumbrella Creative Agency Review survey – emerged as Australia’s most awarded agency group.

Leo Burnett Australia ranked 7th in the table of the world’s most awarded agencies, the highest ever placing for an Australian agency in the Gunn Report. Also joint 7th was the New York office of Droga5.