SHORTLIST
After an intense day of judging, we are pleased to officially announce the shortlist of finalists for the MPA Inspiration Awards 2021.
It has been fantastic to see the boundaries once again pushed in terms of quality and content, as well as seeing many new faces getting involved.
Your shortlist is as follows:
- BEST DIGITAL CAMPAIGN
St Tropez Brand Ambassador Campaign UK and USA - Captify
Raffolux - Media Agency Group
Remington - Hearst Beauty Week - Hearst UK
AYM Studios Turn off the Lights - Circulate Digital
Biddle Sawyer Silks SEO: Establishing dominant Google rankings - Pixel Kicks Ltd
- BEST CREATIVE CAMPAIGN
Mental Health Awareness Week 2021, for The Mental Health Foundation - Flow Creative
WWF - #WorldWithoutNature - One Minute Briefs
- BEST B2B CAMPAIGN
Rebelleon - Luma Marketing
"Let's Talk." Global Campaign - Upp and DHL Supply Chain
- BEST MEDIA CAMPAIGN
A Great British Bake Off - Channel 4 Sales, McCann Manchester & Aldi
Vets4Pets - Blis
- BEST SALES TEAM CAMPAIGN
Say Hello to Jura - Jura Whisky and Channel 4
Solving the location conundrum in a lockdown - Roberts Radio & Mobsta
- BEST SOCIAL CAMPAIGN
Tommee Tippee - The Boob Life campaign - The Gate Films
WWF - #WorldWithoutNature - One Minute Briefs
- BEST INTEGRATED CAMPAIGN
Knowsley Safari Park - Media Agency Group
Unseen Kingdoms - The Body Shop & Channel 4
NHS and Medtronic - PillCam COLON Capsule Cancer Screening - C21
- BEST ANIMATION
Only one company was shortlisted for this category and the winner will be announced at the Awards ceremony.
- BEST VIDEO
The Boob Life - The Gate Films
The Great British Bloom Off - Smoking Gun for Interflora
Tradition is Boring - Chief Productions
- BEST PODCAST
AWNTY (Are We Nearly There Yet?) by Professor Andrew Sherry, The University of Manchester and Marick Communications
We Didn't Start The Fire - Crowd Network
Armchair Adventures - Made By Mortals
Roland Dransfield's "We Built This City" - Roland Dransfield
Please note, for all Of the Year entries you will be judged alongside companies of the same/similar size as you. We will be using the numbers stated on your entry form.
- DIGITAL AGENCY OF THE YEAR
(16+ employees)
Only one company was shortlisted for this category and the winner will be announced at the Awards ceremony.
- DIGITAL AGENCY OF THE YEAR
(Up to 16 employees)
Pixel Kicks Ltd
Tao Digital Marketing
- CREATIVE AGENCY OF THE YEAR
One Minute Briefs
Flow Creative
- MEDIA AGENCY OF THE YEAR
Wavemaker UK
Media Agency Group
- MEDIA SALES TEAM OF THE YEAR
Up to 5 employees
Captify
Mobsta
6 - 15 employees
Immediate Media
Reach PLC
Teads Manchester
16+ employees
Only one company was shortlisted for this category and the winner will be announced at the Awards ceremony.
- PR AGENCY OF THE YEAR
Smoking Gun
Roland Dransfield
- INTEGRATED AGENCY OF THE YEAR
Only one company was shortlisted for this category and the winner will be announced at the Awards ceremony.
- NEW START UP OF THE YEAR
Only one company was shortlisted for this category and the winner will be announced at the Awards ceremony.
- BIG BANG
The Fed National TV Appeal - MillK Media Ltd
Driving success for Butcher's - Reach Solutions & Love, Sugar, Science
UnitedCity - Roland Dransfield
SOS: Save Our Pools - Smoking Gun
- COLLABORATION
The Co-op App - Apadmi and Co-op
Working together for Bupa Mental Health campaign - MillK Media Ltd and Dinosaur
The perfect recipe for Collaboration - Wavemaker UK, Immediate and Dr Oetker
- APPRENTICE AWARD
Thomas Jones, Manchester Metropolitan University
Megan Preece, The Juice Academy
- RISING STAR
Charlotte Ahern, Channel 4 Sales
James Hargrave, The Future Factory
Liam Murray, Wavemaker North
- STUDENT AWARD
Katie Hyland - Manchester Metropolitan University
Bryony Gavaghan - Manchester Metropolitan University
Rachael Radford - Manchester Metropolitan University
Elisha Horobin - Manchester Metropolitan University
- FREELANCE HERO AWARD
Jen White
Matt Davies
Marjolaine Lebrasseur
