Awards. The Good. The Bad. The Ugly

This came up on Facebook because a friend commented on it and wondered if maybe he was too harsh in his response.

As a former boutique shop owner (if two guys in their respective homes running a virtual shop counts) I ran into this situation many, MANY times. I’ve been to so many award shows when work I’ve done has won and I have to sit as the agency that hired us to build their concept into a living, breathing, creative and exciting site accepts the award.

In one case, we (Nemesis Group) were up against two other agencies for Canadian Agency of the Year. One of those agencies used us AND the other shop up for the award as contractors. When neither contractor shop won, the hiring shop got up, waved the award in the air and said, “thanks.”

Call it sour grapes if you want, but a shout out to the other two shops in your category who elevated your work would have been nice. Even shaking our hands after you accepted the award would have sufficed. I digress.

Anyway, this is two sides of the coin;

First in defence of hiring agencies.

And in defence of the shops who build the work.

Finally, the comments that sparked the whole conversation.