Oh saintly one
On Friday we paid homage to the creative lifeblood of The Partners (TP). For the second year running we have recognised the feast of St. Aziz‘s Day with an internal awards ceremony to celebrate the wonderful efforts people within The Partners go to in order to make this place so great.
Our patron saint on this auspicious day (1st June) is non-other than one of our founding partners Aziz Cami (although he’s not dead yet of course, just figuratively canonized by us for his contribution to design). We try to hold the ceremony as close to the 1st June as possible, however this year we were busy with pitches on the 5th June and as Aziz himself would have wanted it to be, we made work the priority. Always a martyr to the pursuit of design excellence, it is quoted that in his earliest scriptures he rallied dedicated followers with prophecies such as “Make us the most creative agency in the world”. This tireless ambition is still driving the agency today.
In recognition of the creative greatness The Partners has become (and the fact that we love nothing more than an excuse to finish half an hour early on a Friday, drink plenty of cava, eat some fancy nibbles, and make plenty of noise) we hand out awards to remarkable individuals within the company who have been voted up to ‘semi-saint’ status by their co-workers
There are 6 categories in total and then an overall winner of a High Priest/Priestess award for the individual deemed to have most embodied the holy spirit of The Partners over the past year.
The category candles
Several weeks ago we were all asked to make our nominations for candidates in each category (apart from the High Priest/Priestess category which is decided by the divine intervention of the Gods aka: the partners). See below for the categories and the holy winners and holy nominees:
TP Virgin of the Year – best new person, person in a new job, or person getting out of their comfort zone.
Nominees: Sam, Nathan, Leon & Dave.
WINNER – SAM
Left to right: Nathan, Sam and Dave
TP Heavenly Operator - for the most efficient, or effective, or money-making, or money-saving, or teamworky type thing.
Nominees: Andrew, Elsie, Greg & Hannah
WINNER – GREG
Left to right: Greg, Andrew, Elsie and Hannah"Greg, Andrew, Elsie and Hannah
TP Martyr of the Year – for the biggest sacrifice to TP.
Nominees: Alex, Jack, Michael & Pip
WINNER – JACK
Left to right: Michael, Jack and a bit of Pip
TP Gold is in the Detail – for the best attention to detail, management of detail, or craft.
Nominees: Claire, Miranda, Sam & Steph
WINNER – CLAIRE
Left to right: Miranda, Claire, Sam and Steph
TP Preacher of the Year – for the best performance at 2C’s, or other presentation.
Nominees: Helen, Jack, Sam, Tim & Rob (team)
WINNER – TIM & ROB
Left to right: Jack, Tim, Sam and Helen
TP Miracle of the Year – for the most creative or imaginative idea of the year
Nominees: Miranda, Nick, Pip & Tim
WINNER – PIP
Left to right: Tim, Pip, Nick and Miranda
TP High Priest/Priestess – Best in show. The thing that best embodies the holy spirit of TP.
Nominees: Claire, Greg, Jack, Pip, Sam, Tim/Rob
WINNER – GREG
If you look closely you can glimpse the tears he shed on his acceptance. Awwww bless.
We had a wonderful evening celebrating the holy spirit of TP. The cava flowed, the cheers erupted, and the tears were shed (in Greg’s case anyway).
Well done to all our winners and nominees.
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