OWB Win Double at the First Midland Marketing Awards

OWB won big at the first even Midland Marketing Awards last week.

The agency won two trophies; the Not-for-Profit Campaign prize for the teams marketing work for Cure Leukaemia that saw the blood cancer charity raise £3million in three years and Andy Wilkinson winning Marketing Leader of the Year.

Andy was celebrated for his work with OWB and his wider leadership initiatives across the business community, including IoD, co-founding the Digital-in-Birmingham network and work with Birmingham Tech Week, UCB and support for the Midlands business scene to name a few.

Andy said: “We are delighted to receive recognition for the positive impact made by our team for Cure Leukaemia, a charity with a fantastic mission and who we have supported over many years to inform and engage more people about their work than ever before. The highlights included our work for Tour 21, the charity’s headline fundraising drive which sees a team of 18 non-professional riders ride 3400km on the full 21 stages of the Tour de France, which has raised £3m over the last three years and will return in 2024.

How mega to have my individual performance recognised but I must pay tribute to fantastic team I have
Andy Wilkinson

“How mega to have my individual performance recognised but I must pay tribute to the fantastic team I have around me and the support of our clients, who have all enabled me to achieve the results honoured with this prize.”

Shari Bryan adds: “As a proud West Midlands agency, it means a great deal to be recognised through the Midlands Marketing Awards, which honoured the very best of our region. We have worked hard to build our reputation as a marketing agency with a wealth of knowledge and know-how for creating campaigns to achieve results for a wide range of clients, so it’s fab to have our continued efforts celebrated through these awards, and I’m doubly proud of Andy for winning Marketing Leader of the Year – a truly inspirational business partner who is a joy to work with.”

Around 150 marketing professionals attended the Midlands Marketing Awards ceremony, which saw eight prizes presented to winners on Tuesday 26 September.

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