MUMBAI: Tonic Media, India’s leading independent digital agency, has been named 2015 Social Media Agency of the Year at the Big Bang Awards organised by the Ad Club, Bangalore on Friday, the 25th of September.The agency was nominated across 10 categories with 14 shortlisted entries and bagged 12 awards including five golds, five silvers and one Bronze.

Over 987 entries were submitted across 58 categories by 72 agencies. Honorees were selected by a jury comprising of 46 Senior Advertising, Marketing, Media, PR and digital professionals from all over India, based on the nominations filed by the respective agencies. The awards re-emphasized the strengths of Tonic Media across social and creative platforms with the agency winning Best Use of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn as well as Community Development under separate campaigns.

“We are excited that Tonic has had such a successful year in terms of performance and receiving appreciation for the same.” said Chetan Asher, CEO, Tonic Media. “The awards are a testament to the pace and commitment of the Tonic team. We aim to build the best-in-class services and focus on producing better creativity year on year.”

Tonic received the following titles at The Big Bang Awards:

Winner

·     Social Media Agency of the Year

Gold

·     Best Use of Twitter for Aditya Birla Group

·     Best Use of LinkedIn for Sony Entertainment Television

·     Best Community Development for Sony Mix

·     Best Corporate Communications Campaign for Aditya Birla Group

·     Best CSR Campaign for Aditya Birla Group

Silver

·     Best Corporate Website of the Year for Little Millennium

·     Best Use of Facebook for Sony Entertainment Television

·     Best Use of Twitter for Sony Max2

·     Best Community Development for Sony PIX

·     Best Social Game/App/Contest for Aditya Birla Group

Bronze         

·     Best Use of Facebook for Sony PIX