Print & Publishing:
Awards favourites – Heinz (Rethink), Coca-Cola (VMLY&R), IKEA (Try As & David), Sheba (adam&eveDDB), Dove (Lola MullenLowe), Burger King (Wolf BCPP & David NY) & Change The Ref (Alma DDB) are prominent – in the print & publishing shortlist.
Featured too are Vision du Monde (Steve Paris), Reporters without Borders Sweden (Akestam Holst).
Australia has 1 finalist:
- Howatson+Company, Exhibit A-I for Maurice Blackburn Social Justice
Radio & Audio:
Colenso BBDO New Zealand has 6 finalists for Skinny in Radio & Audio – Lawyer, Ad Agency & Strip Club in B2B, as well as Phone It In in Script, Casting & Performance & Breakthrough on a Budget.
Australia has 1 finalist:
- Ogilvy Sydney, The Loudest Call for Whitelion
PR:
The US dominates by number, of course, in PR but this shortlist is a real mixed bag by country – Lebanon, Peru, Poland, Uruguay, Ukraine, Romania, Kenya, Portugal, Singapore and Turkey vie with the usual inclusions. Australia is a strong contender with 7 finalists.
Australia’s finalists are:
The Monkeys, The First Digital Nation for The Government of Tuvalu with Thrive PR + Communications x 3
- Wunderman Thompson Benelux & Wunderman Thompson Sydney, The Mammoth Meatball for VOW x 3
- TBWA\Sydney, R Plates for MyCar with Eleven Sydney
View all shortlisted entries here.
Social & Influencer:
Brazil is a strong contender in Social & Influencer with 17 finalists. Canada has 11. Australia has 8, led by Howatson + Company with 7 of them, 6 for mattress company, 10:PM.
- Australia’s finalists are:
- Howatson+Company, Exhibit-A-I for Maurice Blackburn
- Howatson+Company, Stanmore – Staph Infection, Bondi – Backpackers, Erskineville – Fur Babies, Randwick – Bedwetters, Darlinghurst Mardi Gras Queen, Parliament House – Spineless, for 10:PM
- Special Australia, Get Almost Almost Anything for Uber Eats
