AdNews Agency of the Year Awards has moved to a virtual celebration this year.
The ceremony will be held via a livestream on AdNews, free for all to view, on Thursday, September 3, to ensure we are still able to recognise the best of adland from 2019 safely.
Winners from the finalists revealed earlier in the year will be announced during the livestream.
There is no doubt that 2020 has been an unprecedented year full of surprises, twists and turns.
With most of us forced to work from home during this period, the COVID-19 pandemic has flipped our daily lives upside down.
Here at AdNews, we began to work remotely in late March, and like many have found ourselves fast becoming experts (well... almost!) in the world of video conferencing.
Over the past couple of months, we have also enjoyed sharing what you have been up to and how adland has adjusted to this "new normal" in our series, The WFH Diaries.
In recognition of all the curveballs being thrown into the mix throughout 2020, we have launched two new special awards for you to enter at no extra cost.
The awards aim to recognise both team spirit and the work produced by adland during the pandemic. Entries for both awards will be judged by the AdNews team and presented at this year’s virtual celebration.
The Resilience Award recognises how agencies have bounced back throughout the pandemic. Agencies are required to share positive initiatives they have undertaken to keep both the business and their teams thriving.
The Campaign Pivot of the Year Award recognises the work you have done to help a client navigate COVID-19 by delivering an effective campaign under extraordinary circumstances. Campaigns must have run between March 1 and June 30, 2020.
Read more on the criteria HERE and to enter the awards please do so HERE. Entries are now open until 11.59pm on Wednesday August 19.
The finalists and winners will be revealed during the livestream.
Please note: Two De Force will be in contact with anyone who previously purchased tickets to the award ceremony earlier in the year to arrange refunds.
AdNews is delighted to partner with Google, PubMatic, Outdoor Media Association, SpotX, NOVA Entertainment, IVE and Adstream for the AdNews Agency of the Year. AdNews would also like to thank Andrew Sherman, founder and CEO of The Transition Coach, for offering the winner of the Emerging Leader award an Executive Coaching program of eight coaching sessions.
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