Announcing the 2021 Ad Age Creativity Awards Finalists

Tap to close X CREATIVITY AWARD FINALISTS Ad Age presents the finalists for its 2021 Creativity Awards which recognize excellent work, outstanding people, creative companies and exceptional production in marketing, advertising and tech. The finalists were chosen by juries of the industry's brightest stars. The winners will be announced in the June 7, 2021, issue of Ad Age. CREATIVITY AWARD FINALISTS Ad Age presents the finalists for its 2021 Creativity Awards which recognize excellent work, outstanding people, creative companies and exceptional production in marketing, advertising and tech. The finalists were chosen by juries of the industry's brightest stars. The winners will be announced in the June 7, 2021, issue of Ad Age. Creativity Awards: Work Categories Content Marketing of the Year Tweet Share Adobe “Adobe Stock Film Festival” 72andSunny Apple “The Whole Working-From-Home Thing” Smuggler KFC “A Recipe for Seduction” Wieden+Kennedy Portland Wendy’s “Super Wendy’s World” VMLY&R We Transfer/RizAhmed “The Long Goodbye” Somesuch Tech Innovation of the Year Tweet Share Doritos “Cool Ranch” Goodby Silverstein & Partners Foot Locker “Endless World of Airmax” BBDO New York Michelob Ultra “Michelob Ultra Courtside” FCB New York Best Work for Good Tweet Share Burger King “Cow’s Menu” We Believers Canadian Women’s Foundation “Smells Like Inequity” VMLY&R/Taxi Courageous Conversation Global Foundation/Ad Council “Not a Gun” Goodby Silverstein & Partners Redwing “Labor Day On” Droga5 New York Royal Australian Mint “Donation Dollar” Saatchi & Saatchi Melbourne Starbucks “I Am” VMLY&R Experiential Campaign of the Year Tweet Share City of Chicago “Boards of Change” FCB Chicago Michelob Ultra “Michelob Ultra Courtside” FCB New York Oreo “Doomsday Vault” The Community Tiny But Mighty Tweet Share New York Public Library “Missing Sounds of New York” Mother New York Popeyes “That Look From Popeyes” Gut Trojan “Sext Us Instead” 72andSunny Craft of the Year Tweet Share Beats by Dre “You Love Me” Translation Burberry “Singin’ in the Rain” Moving Picture Company; Megaforce via RiffRaff Films Hennessy “Maurice and the Black Bear School” Droga5 New York; Somesuch New York Times “Life Needs Truth” Droga5 New York; Somesuch Nike “You Can’t Stop Us” Wieden + Kennedy Portland Idea of the Year Tweet Share Beats by Dre “You Love Me” Translation Burger King “Moldy Whopper” David Miami; INGO; Publicis KFC 'The World's Least Appropriate Slogan' Mother London Match “Match Made in Hell” Maximum Effort Michelob Ultra “Michelob Ultra Courtside” FCB New York Creativity Awards: People Categories Creative of the Year Tweet Share Yoshie Hozumi and Marissa Yardley Clifford Art Director and Copywriter, TBWA/Media Arts Lab Yahkeema Moffitt Creative Director (formerly Copywriter), Wieden+Kennedy Portland Jackie Jinse Moran and Ben Brown Senior Art Director and Senior Copywriter, Droga5 New York John JP Petty Head of Social, Wieden+Kennedy New York Rohit Thawani Digital Experiences Creative Lead, TBWA/Media Arts Lab Media Planner of the Year Tweet Share Edwina Morales Director, Multicultural Business Solutions, Horizon Media Ben Nilsen Group Communications Strategy Director, Droga5 New York Strategic Planner of the Year Tweet Share Kim Jimenez Director of Interactive Strategy, TBWA/Media Arts Lab Graham North Head of Brand Camp, Goodby Silverstein & Partners Zach Wootton, Jess Sartoretto, Zack Stergar Strategy Directors, Arts & Letters Creative Co. Creative Director of the Year Tweet Share Rony Castor and Anthony O’Neill Associate Creative Directors, Goodby Silverstein & Partners Larry Gordon Creative Director, Laundry Service Bianca Guimaraes and Kevin Mulroy Executive Creative Directors, Mischief @ No Fixed Address Maria Lee Associate Creative Director, Goodby Silverstein & Partners Jean “Zampa” Zamprogno and Fernando “Zaro” Pellizzaro Executive Creative Directors, David Miami Diversity and Inclusion Champion of the Year Tweet Share Kerstin Emhoff, Ali Brown and Shari Holly Founder, Prettybird/Pipelines; President, Prettybird; Director of Operations, Pipelines Aaron Francois Integrated Media Supervisor, MediaCom Walter Geer III Executive Creative Director, Experience Design, VMLY&R Trevor Robinson, OBE Founder and Executive Creative Director, Quiet Storm Glenn Singleton CEO and Founder, Courageous Conversation Global Foundation Debora Yeh Chief Marketing Officer, Sephora Account Manager of the Year Tweet Share Monique Beauchamp Estrella Account Director, Gut Kaley Lambeth Lead Account Director, Partner, Highdive Brandon Pracht Group Account Director, McDonald’s, Wieden+Kennedy New York Kate Rutkowski Brand Director, Wieden+Kennedy Portland Erik Wade Brand Director, Wieden+Kennedy Portland Brand Manager of the Year Tweet Share Jennifer “JJ” Healan VP-U.S. Marketing, Brand Content and Engagement, McDonald’s Justin Parnell Senior Director of Brand, Oreo, Mondelez International Marissa Solis Sr. VP-Portfolio Marketing, Media and Partnerships, Frito-Lay North America Chief Strategy Officer of the Year Tweet Share Paula Bloodworth Global Strategy Director, Nike account, Wieden+Kennedy Christine Chen Partner, Head of Communications Strategy, Goodby Silverstein & Partners Jeff McCrory Chief Strategy Officer, Mischief @ No Fixed Address Elizabeth Paul Chief Strategy Officer, The Martin Agency Chief Creative Officer of the Year Tweet Share Pancho Cassis Partner and Chief Creative Officer, David Tim Gordon and Felix Richter Co-Chief Creative Officers, Droga5 New York Greg Hahn Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Mischief @ No Fixed Address Margaret Johnson Chief Creative Officer, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners Tiffany Rolfe Global Chief Creative Officer, R/GA Creativity Awards: Business Categories Visionary/Founder of the Year Tweet Share Alix Peabody Founder & CEO, Bev Harvey Karp Founder & CEO, Happiest Baby Ryan Serhant Founder & CEO, Serhant Best Launch of the Year Tweet Share Ford Bronco “The Bronco Series” Stept Studios Ford Mustang Mach-E Launch BBDO New York King C. Gillette Beard Care Brand Circus Maximus Twix Kicks Weber Shandwick D-to-C Brand of the Year Tweet Share Headspace Hims & Hers Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams Best ROI: Work that Works Tweet Share DoorDash “Open for Delivery” The Martin Agency Kraft Mac & Cheese “Send Noods” Mischief @ No Fixed Address McDonald’s “Famous Orders—The Travis Scott Meal” Wieden+Kennedy New York; The Narrative Group Samsung “Results Within Results” Adam&Eve/DDB Creativity Awards: Production Categories Editorial Company of the Year Tweet Share Cut+Run Final Cut Whitehouse Post VFX Company of the Year Tweet Share Framestore Moving Picture Company Music and Sound Company of the Year Tweet Share Barking Owl Squeak E. Clean Studios Director to Watch Tweet Share Raine Allen-Miller Somesuch Haley Elizabeth Anderson Pulse Films Fenn O’Meally Smuggler Rubberband Smuggler Agency Producer of the Year Tweet Share Nicole Haase Group Production Director, 72andSunny Los Angeles Mike Hasinoff Executive Producer, Droga5 New York Ian Kelly Senior Producer, TBWA/Media Arts Lab Jen Passaniti Head of Production, Highdive Director of the Year Tweet Share Kim Gehrig Somesuch Melina Matsoukas Prettybird Andreas Nilsson Biscuit Filmworks Steve Rogers Revolver

Announcing the 2021 Ad Age Creativity Awards Finalists

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