The winners of 2018 Jay Chiat Awards for Strategic Excellence were announced at the 4A’s StratFest conference in New York City. The Grand Prix, which is selected from the Gold award winners, was awarded to McCann Worldgroup India for its “5 Words That Make Toilets India’s New Status Symbol.” The agency won a total of five awards at this year’s presentation, including the Agency of the Year, a new award in 2018.

The 4A’s will host its 23rd annual strategy festival, StratFest, on October 9-11 at Convene at 32 Old Slip in New York City. This year’s conference will mark the 50th anniversary since the planning discipline was first introduced to the advertising industry.

Havas Worldwide announced today the appointment of Sarita Bhatt to Director of Global Strategy, where she will work with the network’s global clients on strategic and creative solutions, focusing on the challenges of digital and social marketing.

Who has the most power to effect change today? If you think it’s the world’s political leaders, you’re in the minority. According to a new study from Havas Worldwide, the single greatest agent of change is “the people, empowered by social media.”

Following their recent successful rebranding, Havas Worldwide announced today that Matt Weiss will join the network as Global Chief Marketing Officer.

Havas Worldwide Duesseldorf combined with Havas Media Frankfurt (MPG) were the successful bidders of a public tender launched by the European Central Bank in Frankfurt in July 2011.

Award-winning creative Roger Camp and brand strategist Jamie King have re-joined forces to, in collaboration with Havas Worldwide, launch Camp+King-a new agency focused on creating Conversation-swell for brands.

The Havas Worldwide agency incorporates an industry leading team of technologists and a network of content creators to deliver a first-ever social agency model to clients.