AdNews Agency of the Year Awards for 2019 are open for entry.
The list of categories has been modified this year to cater to the ever-changing nature of the business.
New categories include: State Campaign of the Year; Best Use of Data in Planning; Innovation in Media Award; Marketing Team of the Year and Trading Team of the Year.
As is standard, AdNews will select the Hall of Fame recipient and call on a panel to inform the choice of 2019's Agency of the Year.
Entries close: 4pm, Friday 31 January 2020. A full entry kit can be downloaded here.
The relevant eligibility period is between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2019 unless otherwise stated in the entry kit.
The AdNews Agency of the Year Awards event will take place over a Long Lunch at the Ivy, Sydney on Wednesday April 1.
AdNews is seeking commercial partners for the event, who will be able to take advantage of a substantial media package across all AdNews channels, as well as the event itself. For more information contact Event BDM Amanda Wilson.
AdNews would like to thank our current partners SpotX, Ive and AdStream.
Judging will take place in February 2020. As ever, our judges are all marketers at brands, publishers and tech firms.
The full list of categories:
A. Creative Agency of the Year
B. Media Agency of the Year
C. Independent Agency of the Year
D. Small Agency of the Year (Network)
E. Digital Agency of the Year
F. PR Agency of the Year
G. Content Agency of the Year
H. Production Company of the Year
I. Ad Campaign of the Year
J. State Campaign of the Year
K. Media Campaign of the Year
L. Small Budget Media Campaign of the Year (Less than $500,000)
M. Social Media Campaign of the Year
N. Best Use of Data in Planning
O. Best Use of Content
P. Brand Partnership Award
Q. Social Responsibility/Pro Bono Award
R. Emerging Leader of the Year (selected from our list of 20)
S. Employer of the Year (headcount over 75)
T. Employer of the Year (headcount under 75)
U. Innovation in Media Award
V. Marketing Team of the Year
W. Media Trading Team of the Year
X. The AdNews Effectiveness Award
A list of last year's winners can be found here.
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