The Grand Prix has been awarded to agency 22squared for its '7-Seconds Resumes' campaign for Grads of Life, an initiative run by the Ad Council in the US, which worked with unemployed young people to create short videos that showcased their skills, changed perceptions, and helped them into work.
A total of 13 campaigns from around the world – 1 Grand Prix, three Golds, four Silvers and five Bronzes – have been selected as winners in the Effective Innovation category which recognises innovative thinking that has transformed a business or disrupted category conventions to deliver tangible results.
Three special awards have also been given in specific areas of excellence: Channel Innovation Award – for the best example of an innovative use of media; Category Innovation Award – for the best example of a brand defying category norms or creating a new category; and Partnership Award – for the best collaboration that helped a brand rethink a solution to a business challenge.
The esteemed jury of 15 agency and client-side industry professionals chaired by Christopher Yu, vice president, integrated marketing strategy, innovation, and technology, U.S. Bank have selected the following winners:
Commenting on the winners, jury chair, Christopher Yu of U.S. Bank says: "From a field crowded with exciting initiatives, the 2018 Warc Innovation Award judges chose the very best and most ground-breaking ideas from the perspective of originality, planning, and execution. Each of this year's winners dispenses with convention and demonstrates the boldness of thinking that leads to sustainable, substantial results."
To see the winning case studies in the Effective Innovation category, please view here.
The winners of the remaining categories – Effective Content Strategy, Effective Social Strategy and Effective Use of Brand Purpose categories – will be announced shortly.
