Independent Australian media agency Match Media has struck gold at the Campaign Asia Pacific Agency of the Year Awards, while Leo Burnett won top gong for creative.

Match Media – highly commended at this year’s B&T Awards – beat out OMD and PHD to score the title of Australian Media Agency of the Year.

PHD, however, was named best media agency across the two territories of Australia and New Zealand.

Leos was named Australian Creative Agency of the Year ahead of DDB Group and The Monkeys, but it was DDB Group which won for the combined category of Australia/NZ Creative Agency of the Year.

Visual Jazz Isobar bagged gold in the Australian Digital Agency of the Year category. When it came to the combined Australia/NZ sector, the agency tied with RAPP Tribal New Zealand.

ElevenPR won for best PR agency across the two regions, while the specialist agency award went to McCann Health. 

(Pictured: John Preston, owner Match Media)

To read the full list of winners, click here.