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This category is open to any agency that has launched a new media campaign during the eligibility period. It should take into account the launches, innovation, creativity, customer insight, awareness of the brand and its values throughout the campaign, the customer proposition and showcase the results of the campaign in both quantitative and qualitative form.

The Media Idea can be of any length - it can be a continuous daily campaign or It can be created to work in bursts across the length of the campaign. To provide an accurate comparison across the board, entrants are asked to enter taking into account the large, medium and small financial criteria.

The Media Idea can be of any length - it can be a continuous daily campaign or It can be created to work in bursts across the length of the campaign. To provide an accurate comparison across the board, entrants are asked to enter taking into account the large, medium and small financial criteria.

The Media Idea can be of any length - it can be a continuous daily campaign or It can be created to work in bursts across the length of the campaign. To provide an accurate comparison across the board, entrants are asked to enter taking into account the large, medium and small financial criteria.

A project or campaign that covers three or more different international territories, including the UK, which acknowledges the importance of local media knowledge and thinking, within wider international ambitions.

This category is open to any media owner that has launched a new media campaign during the eligibility period. It should take into account the launches, innovation, creativity, customer insight, awareness of the brand and its values throughout the campaign, the customer proposition and showcase the results of the campaign in both quantitative and qualitative form.

The Media Idea can be of any length - it can be a continuous daily campaign or It can be created to work in bursts across the length of the campaign. To provide an accurate comparison across the board, entrants are asked to enter, taking into account the large, medium and small financial criteria.

The Media Idea can be of any length - it can be a continuous daily campaign or It can be created to work in bursts across the length of the campaign. To provide an accurate comparison across the board, entrants are asked to enter, taking into account the large, medium and small financial criteria.

The Media Idea can be of any length - it can be a continuous daily campaign or It can be created to work in bursts across the length of the campaign. To provide an accurate comparison across the board, entrants are asked to enter, taking into account the large, medium and small financial criteria.

Audio is becoming ever more important to advertisers. Radio listening is at near record levels, digital broadcasting, streaming and podcasting are booming and the latest developments in technology - from targeted dynamic audio through to voice interaction and voice search – are driving this channel forward at a pace. And the scale is huge. So, be it sound, voice, music or audio branding, the need for brands to have an audio strategy is gaining momentum and, at Media Week, we think it’s important to champion those brands and agencies who have capitalised on this consumer and media trend. 

This new award recognises innovation, creativity, planning, use of data and consequent business results through having an effective and smart audio strategy. The judges will be looking for examples of where an advertiser, agency or media owner has creatively, intelligently used the medium and put ambitious use of audio at the heart of a campaign.

Demonstrable use of content in all its forms to answer a specific client challenge that has helped to transform their business. Clear accountable targets and verified tracking essential.

Demonstrable use of content in all its forms to answer a specific client challenge that has helped to transform their business. Clear accountable targets and verified tracking essential.

This category is to celebrate a Media Owner/Agency’s longer-term contribution to a client’s brand or commercial success. Entrants must clearly demonstrate how insight, strategy, planning and activation have contributed to success over a minimum period of 2 years.

This award recognises the clever use of new ideas in media that deliver something tangible for an advertiser such as a clever media insight, a new digital or social networking application, a buzz or viral marketing campaign, or a new piece of technology.

This award will recognise the growing importance of creative thinking in agencies. Entries must go beyond evidence of great planning and buying, to the invention of ideas which address a business problem.

This category recognise projects or campaigns that have only been made possible by the close collaboration of one or more media agencies and/or other relevant agencies, with one or more media owners. 

This category recognises projects or campaigns that have only been made possible by the close collaboration of one or more media agencies and/or other relevant agencies, with one or more media owners. 

This award is designed to celebrate research by a media trade body that has provided credible and usable insights into how a particular medium and its advertising work. We are looking for research that is objective, has provided robust evidence and has genuinely filled knowledge gaps. Conclusions must be founded in a research methodology that stands up to scrutiny at the highest level.

*Please note you may enter more than one piece of research

Econometrics is often a part of successful Media Week Award entries – mainly as a tool of post campaign evaluation. We hope to bring the “backroom boy” of econometrics into the foreground with this specialist award.  Judges will be looking for creative or original use of econometrics to guide a campaign towards a successful result.

The judges will be looking for a research study that uncovered an insight/s that guided a successful media campaign. The research study need not necessarily be an original research technique – we are looking for the discovery of insights from research – insights that unlocked commercial advantage.

Data is the new currency of planning and buying, often described as being core to the businesses of media owners and agencies. Demonstrate how you have used data to enhance or replace traditional planning processes with a particular focus on the creation of custom segments for your client based on the use of 1,2,3rd party data and / or onboarding CRM data. We are looking for demonstration of how the new audience profiles were created and ultimately then executed across programmatic channels.

Please evidence the commercial impact of this new data driven strategy for your client on sales/leads/brand lift.

Open to Agencies, Media Owners and other media leaders.

For this category entrants can either enter themselves or be nominated. The nominees for this award must be in a senior leadership role within the media industry, where the UK is the largest market they operate in.

Each nominee will be judged in the same way. Written entries should provide evidence of business performance, leadership and growth, development of company culture and statistics on diversity and gender pay gap within the company and what the individual has done to improve these within their organisation, ability to drive transformation and contribution to the wider media industry. Entries must be no more than 500 words.

A shortlist will be reached in August and be put to the public vote via Campaign Live. The public vote will not be binding and results won’t be shared, but will be used to inform the final stage of judging.

Entrants that reach the shortlist stage must provide additional evidence in the form of a 2-minute film suggesting why the individual should win, the film doesn’t necessarily have to feature him/her. In addition to the film, shortlisted entrants will also need to supply two endorsements from staff members and two endorsements from clients and/or business partners, which should be a total of no more than 500 words.

Judges will be looking for evidence of brand development over the previous 12 months, what the brand delivers to agencies and advertisers, success within the marketplace, influence on media practice. The initial entry should be no more than one side of A4.

To enter this category, entrants must submit work into at least two other Media Owner categories. A shortlist will be reached in August, and a panel of judges will assess live presentations from all the competing teams.

Written entries should provide:

• evidence of financial success
• collaboration with agencies and clients
• innovation and an acknowledgement of advertiser needs and media owner’s target audience
• development of company culture and statistics on diversity and gender pay gap within the organisation

Initial entry can be up to 2 sides of A4.

To enter this category, entrants must submit work into at least two other Media Agency categories. A shortlist will be reached in August, and a panel of judges will assess live presentations from all the competing teams.

Written entries should provide:

• evidence of financial success
• collaboration with media owners and clients
• innovation and an acknowledgement of advertiser needs and media agency’s target audience
• development of company culture and statistics on diversity and gender pay gap within the organisation

Initial entry can be up to 2 sides of A4.

This category is open to candidates of 30 years or under working in agencies or media owners. Participants will be shortlisted by Media Week judges and invited to present in front of a panel of industry judges. The written entry must be no longer than 300 words and include - background, why they should win this award and their expectations for the future.

This category is open to candidates of 30 years or under working in agencies or media owners. Participants will be shortlisted by Media Week judges and invited to present in front of a panel of industry judges. The written entry must be no longer than 300 words and include - background, why they should win this award and their expectations for the future.

The Grand Prix will be awarded to the category winner that, in the judges' opinion, stands out above all the rest. This category cannot be entered directly.