Winning for the third consecutive year at Sri
Lanka's Advertising Awards, the Chillies 2008, Triad once again
proved its creative supremacy by topping the medal tally at last
evening's award ceremony.
Undoubtedly placing itself as the "hottest" in
the Sri Lankan advertising industry, after dominating the
Chillies advertising awards since its inception in 2006, it is
thought that Triad's performance is not only a record breaking
feat in Sri Lankan but also probably within the region.
Dilith Jayaweera, Jt. Managing Director speaking
on the agency's winning streak noted; "at Triad we credit our
success, not only at Chillies but also in building strong and
solid brands, to a team spirit which characterizes the spirit of
the agency. So in essence our creative product is a result of
good teamwork".
Triad, an agency started by two law graduates
Dilith Jayaweera and Varuni Amunugama Fernando created history
by growing a fledgling agency to one with an annual billing in
excess of Rs. 1 billion in a short span of fifteen years.
Pitched to celebrate 15 years of operations in 2008, Varuni
Amunugama Fernando, Jt. Managing Director noted the reasons for
the agency's success. "Triad is an agency that believes in
ethics, principles and professional integrity". Strategically
positioned as Sri Lanka's truly local agency, Triad has
refrained from accepting invitations from multinational agencies
who over the years have offered proposals for partnership. Triad
leverages on local insight based advertising and counts this as
one of its key competencies.
Anton Thanapathy, Creative Director noted his
satisfaction at this years win. He stated "the most encouraging
thing about this years win is that not only have we done it for
the 3rd consecutive time but also in the light of the fact that
this year's judging panel is one of the most eminent, composed
of creative personalities who have global recognition and
therefore, a stringent eye for excellence".
The Gold award was for the Ambient entry by Triad in the
Integrated category for its entry titled "Make up" where a
number of dilapidated and neglected street walls used as garbage
dumping sites were given a "new look" as a part of a campaign to
help keep the city clean and the streets free from fly ridden
reeking garbage. This campaign was done for the Environmental
Foundation. Triad also won two Bronze awards for Heladiv and
Volvo, in the Integrated and Print categories respectively