This award celebrates the best in-house agency or team and is open to any in-house agency or team that is part of a brand’s business.

This award celebrates leadership in the in-house agency sector. It is open to any leader or other senior executive who works in a leadership role in a brand’s in-house agency. Such roles can include but are not limited to commercial, strategy, creative, production, media buying and data management. 

This award celebrates a new in-house agency or team that has launched in the last two years. It is open to an in-house agency or team that has started running campaigns for the first time since 1 January 2023. 

This category celebrates an innovation in marketing which was devised by an in-house agency and had a breakthrough or disruptive impact that benefitted the brand’s business. 

This category celebrates a single campaign which was devised by a not-for-profit organisation’s in-house agency or team and delivered behavioural change, brand, or commercial success. Entrants must clearly demonstrate how the in-house agency or team played the lead role in the campaign. While the judges will be looking primarily at the originality and quality of the creative or media idea, they will also consider how the campaign achieved outcomes for the brand with demonstrable results. It may be helpful to include, when relevant, how the in-house agency worked in partnership with any third parties such as an external agency to deliver the campaign. 

This category celebrates excellence in design for a campaign or project which was devised by an in-house agency and delivered brand or commercial success. Entrants must clearly demonstrate how the in-house agency played the lead role in the design elements of the campaign or project. While the judges will be looking primarily at the originality and quality of the design and how it supports the creative concept, they will also consider how the campaign achieved business outcomes for the brand with demonstrable results. It may be helpful to include, when relevant, how the in-house agency worked in partnership with any third parties such as an external agency to deliver the campaign.

This category celebrates copywriting excellence within a single campaign which was devised by an in-house agency and delivered brand or commercial success. Entrants must clearly demonstrate how the in-house agency played the lead role in the campaign. While the judges will be looking primarily at the originality and quality of the campaign’s copywriting and how it supports the creative concept, they will also consider how the campaign achieved business outcomes for the brand with demonstrable results. It may be helpful to include, when relevant, how the in-house agency worked in partnership with any third parties such as an external agency to deliver the campaign.

This category celebrates the creative excellence of a single campaign which was devised by an in-house agency and delivered brand or commercial success. 

This category celebrates the best use of emerging technology in marketing by an in-house agency. Such technologies can include but are not limited to artificial intelligence, creative origination and production, data management and media optimisation.

This category celebrates the creative excellence of a social media or creator-led campaign which was devised by an in-house agency and delivered brand or commercial success.

This category celebrates excellence in media planning and buying for a single campaign which was devised by an in-house agency and delivered brand or commercial success. 

This category celebrates a branded content strategy which was devised by an in-house agency and delivered brand or commercial success. 

This category celebrates a social content strategy which was devised by an in-house agency and delivered brand or commercial success. 

This category celebrates the marketing effectiveness of a campaign which was devised by an in-house agency and delivered brand or commercial success.