Campaign Brief Asia 2020 Sri Lanka Creative Rankings: Leo Burnett takes out Creative Agency of the Year award with TBWA and Triad ranked #2 and #3

October 6 2020, 9:56 pm | BY Kim Shaw | No Comments

Leo Burnett Sri Lanka has moved up from their 2018 #3 ranking in the Campaign Brief Asia Sri Lanka Creative Rankings to take top position in the market this year.

Leo Burnett Sri Lanka has 185 Creative Ranking points – just 20 points in front of TBWA Sri Lanka at #2. Leo Burnett scored well at AdFest 2019 (100pts) and Campaign Brief’s The Work 2019 (75pts) whilst TBWA scored points at Spikes Asia 2019 (90pts) and Campaign Brief’s The Work 2020 (75pts). Pictured above is Leo Burnett Sri Lanka CCO Ransley Burrows.

At #3 is independent agency Triad with 75 Creative Ranking points. BBDO Sri Lanka is ranked #4.

Just 20 Creative Ranking points separates the top 10 on the Sri Lanka Hottest Creatives 2020 ranking. Five creatives share #1 – Leo Burnett’s Athula Kathriarchchi ranks equal #1 with ex Leo Burnett creatives Anthony Chelvanathan (now Leo Burnett Canada), Anusha Wijeyeratne (now Phoenix Ogilvy), Janath Gamage (now Leo Burnett Singapore) and Thuthi Gunawardena on 185 points each.

Appanna Chetranda,who has also moved to Leo Burnett Canada, ranks in #6 position.

TBWA’s Buddika Rathnayake, Chaminda Molligoda and agency ECD Shyan Gershon scored 165 points each and rank in equal #7.

Equal #10 position went to TBWA’s Nathasoruban Sivapatham, Sachithra Gunarathna and Subhash Pinnapola from Storybook.

On 75 points in equal #13 are Triad’s Ruchi Sharma and Zeeshan Saligh.

NB: The results of the 2020 Campaign Brief Asia Creative Rankings are tabulated from creative award wins at the 11 award shows included over a rolling two year and a half year period starting from AdFest 2018 (March 2018) through to Campaign Brief’s The Work 2020 (June 2020). The shows that are included in these calculations are: Ad Stars, Spikes Asia, AWARD Awards, AdFest, Campaign Brief’s THE WORK, Clio Awards, London International Awards, New York Festivals, One Show, D&AD and Cannes Lions.

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