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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
Work Categories
Content Marketing of the Year


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


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


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


City of Chicago “Boards of Change”
FCB Chicago


Michelob Ultra “Michelob Ultra Courtside”
FCB New York


Oreo “Doomsday Vault”
The Community
Tiny But Mighty


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


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
Creativity Awards:
People Categories
People Categories
Creative of the Year

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

Edwina Morales
Director, Multicultural Business Solutions, Horizon Media

Ben Nilsen
Group Communications Strategy Director, Droga5 New York
Strategic Planner of the Year

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
Business Categories
Visionary/Founder of the Year

Alix Peabody
Founder & CEO, Bev

Harvey Karp
Founder & CEO, Happiest Baby

Ryan Serhant
Founder & CEO, Serhant
Best Launch of the Year


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
Creativity Awards:
Production Categories
Production Categories
Director to Watch

Raine Allen-Miller
Somesuch

Haley Elizabeth Anderson
Pulse Films

Fenn O’Meally
Smuggler

Rubberband
Smuggler
Agency Producer of the Year

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