CHANNEL AND CAMPAIGN AWARDS
Best Performance Marketing Innovation
Winner:
Nucleus by Affinity Global Inc: Maximising Publisher Revenue The Power of Multiple Bidders
Highly Commended:
John Lewis, Silverbean & Revlifter: Innovating the Customer Experience to Recapture Deal-Seeking Customers
Highly Commended:
MG OMD: Creating Difference that Matters with SpecsTech
Finalists
Link Scanner from Affluent by impact.com
Making Science UK & LiveScore: Improving Performance Through Data Intervention
MediaVision & New Look
OMD UK: Channel 4 Hollyoaks – Maxine’s Long Walk Home
VEVE & HelloFresh: Performance Marketing Innovation for F&B
Best Programmatic Campaign
Winner:
EssenceMediacom, GroupM Nexus, & Choreograph: Cancer Research UK
Highly Commended:
PHD UK & Volkswagen ID.5: Have We Got Your Attention?
Finalists
OMD UK: Lidl’s Christmas Digital Magazine
Best Programme Launch or Migration
Winner:
Optimise & AVIVA Life
Highly Commended:
Watchfinder, Co. & CJ: Delivering A Luxury Launch
Finalists
Awin & Ann Summers: Hopping On Board and Revealing Revenue
Partnerize & Bloom & Wild’s: Partnership Strategy Blossoms Following Dual-Provider Software & Services Migration
Partnerize & Selfridges: Success In The Bag Thanks to Dual SaaS & Service Offering
Partnerize, Karen Millen & Coast: Dressed Up For Success
Performics @ Starcom & Contiki: Taking Off for SEO Success with a Managed Migration
Tesco, Silverbean & Impact: Achieving Incremental Growth Through Successful Network Migration
Best Social Commerce Campaign
Winner:
Stellar Global & Sage Appliances : Black Friday TikTok Live
Highly Commended:
The Pharm (EssenceMediacom & VMLY&R) for Boots Christmas, Joy For All AR Lens
Finalists
LTK & Oasis
Performics @ Starcom & Samsung: From Screen to Green Launching UK’s 1st Shoppable Livestream Event
Best Lead Generation Campaign
Winner:
learndirect Digital Group: Utilising User-Generated Content to Promote Online Learning
Highly Commended:
Bullet Digital Media & Ten Health & Fitness: Generating fitter lives in LondonBullet Digital Media
Highly Commended:
Itineris & Avado: Capturing Attention and Causing Disruption
Finalists
Auto Trader & CJ: Driving High Quality Leads
Awin & Samsung UK: Leading the next Samsung Galaxy Generation
M.i. Media & Happy Hour: Leading MyDieselClaim to World Cup Glory
StrategiQ & Jacada: Selling The True Experience With 2,736% ROAS
Best Paid Search Campaign
Winner:
MG OMD: Creating Difference that Matters with SpecsTech
Highly Commended:
MG OMD: Managing Capacity on LNER with 1PD
Highly Commended:
Pets at Home & Increasingly: Showcasing Value for Consumers Amidst Global Cost of Living Crisis
Finalists
GR0: Using a Full Funnel Google Ads Approach to Acquire Customers for Tax Season
OMD UK: Barclays Home Insurance
PHD UK: Sailing Princess Cruises into Calmer Waters with the Adaption of GOA
Protect Line
Summit: All the right ingredients for business growth
t&s creative communications & Somerset Care: Optimising for Conversions Effectively
Total Media
Best Use of Data and Insights
Winner:
Incubeta & Love Theatre: The Play That Goes Right
Highly Commended:
Maaji & Increasingly: The Power of Human Insight with Data-Led On-Site Merchandising
Highly Commended:
Qatar Airways & CJ: Ringfencing Every Affiliate Interaction to Deliver Increased ROI
Finalists
Circus PPC & Miele: Collecting Dust (& Revenue)
Moonpull: Revealing the Real Cost of Broken Tracking
Outbrain Brand Studio & Elvie: Engaging By Design
Reward & Bicester Village: Using CAMEO Segmentation Targeting To Drive New Consumers
StrategiQ & Jacada: Selling The True Experience With 2,736% ROAS
Zenith Media & Aviva: measurement without the cookies
Best Paid Social Campaign
Winner:
PHD UK: Using the ‘Force’ to Create Buzz for the VW ID. Buzz
Highly Commended:
CHS & Petplan UK: Providing Bite-Sized Best Care to the UK’s Pet Owners
Highly Commended:
OMD UK: The launch of Derry Girls season 3
Finalists
MG OMD: The career fair from the future
The Pharm (EssenceMediacom & VMLY&R) for Boots Christmas, Joy For All AR Lens
Best Managed Affiliate Programme - Enterprise
Winner:
Optimise Media & Go.Compare
Highly Commended:
Gen3 Marketing & Kwik Fit: Driving Forward in 2022
Finalists
26 & UGG: Building Brand Heat Through Affiliate Partnerships
Awin & M&S: This Is Not Just Any Affiliate Programme, This Is The M&S Affiliate Programme
DEPT® & G-Star RAW: Creating and Managing Sustainable Growth for Affiliate
LetsGetChecked & impact.com: The Story After The Growth
Partnerize & Selfridges: Success In The Bag Achieved With Dual SaaS & Services
Philips & iO: A Holistic Approach to Affiliate Marketing
Summit: Printing money for WTTB
Best Managed Affiliate Programme - SME
Winner:
Gen3 Marketing & tails.com: Supercharging the Growth of the Affiliate Channel
Highly Commended:
Customer First Digital & Rakuten Advertising: Launching new D2C brand Threadbare
Finalists
Best Western GB, Acceleration Partners & Awin: Driving Cost-Effective Growth
Check My Body Health, SYYCO & impact.com: How To Have a Healthy Programme
Dollar Shave Club: The Specialist Works Boost Customer Retention & Create Smooth Route for Customer Acquisition on the Partnerize Platform
Raging Bull & Genie Goals: Accelerating Growth on a Mature Programme
Sage Appliances & Silverbean: Exceeding Growth Targets Via A Full-Funnel Affiliate Strategy
Best Use of Content Commerce
Winner:
LTK & Warehouse (May – December 2022 Partnership)
Highly Commended:
Ralph Lauren & Silverbean: Creating Awareness for Ralph Lauren’s Polo ID collection through luxury content
Finalists
LTK, Abercrombie & Fitch Cyber Week Campaign
Best Use of Influencer Marketing
Winner:
Pepper Studio & The FT Edit: Influencing Installs
Highly Commended:
FKC London Ltd & Wash & Go: World Cup Fan Park
Finalists
CHS & Petplan UK: Providing Bite-Sized Best Care to the UK’s Pet Owners
LTK, Abercrombie & Fitch: Cyber Week Campaign
Platform 195 & TUI Blue #BlueDecide
The Body Shop & Silverbean: Building an Influencer Partnership Platform Focusing on Lasting Relationships and Driving Long-Term Success
Wavemaker UK: Fruittella’s Halloween Hotel
Best Integrated Performance Campaign
Winner:
M.i. Media & Happy Hour: Leading MyDieselClaim to World Cup Glory
Highly Commended:
LTK & Oasis
Highly Commended:
Pepper Studio & The FT Edit: Influencing Installs
Finalists
CHS & HSBC UK: How HSBC Empowered Students to Take Control of their Financial Future, their way
CHS & Hyperoptic: Ready to Reach Hyperspeed?
Equator + The Belfry Hotel & Resort: Driving Results with Integrated Marketing
MG OMD: Home Office Violence Against Women And Girls
PHD UK: A Little More Conversation Driving Awareness of Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Amongst Younger Cinemagoers
Vodafone: Standing Out From The Crowd to Win in the Market
Best Brand Engagement Campaign
Sponsored By
Cardlytics is a digital advertising platform. We partner with financial institutions to run their banking rewards programs that promote customer loyalty and deepen banking relationships.
In turn, we have a secure view into where and when consumers are spending their money. We use these insights to help marketers identify, reach, and influence likely buyers at scale, as well as measure the true sales impact of marketing campaigns. Headquartered in Atlanta, Cardlytics has offices in Palo Alto, Los Angeles, New York, and London. Learn more at www.cardlytics.com.
Winner:
Kitlocker & Easyfundraising: Supporting Communities and Winning Customers
Highly Commended:
Medialab & Alzheimer’s Society: ‘It’s not called getting old. It’s called getting ill.’ Dementia Action Week 2022
Highly Commended:
Outbrain, Brand Studio & Elvie: Engaging by Design
Finalists
GSG & eBay: A Bespoke Approach to Brand Awareness
Incubeta: Jack of all trades, Master of Malt
OMD UK: Barclays Protections
PHD UK: Delivering Electric Performance With The Volkswagen ID.5
Rocket and Madame Tussauds London
The Kite Factory & LTA: #YourCourtYourRules; Tackling Perceptions of Tennis to Turn Engagement into Action
TEAMS, TEAMWORK & AGENCIES AWARDS
Best Affiliate & Partnership Marketing Agency
Winner:
Acceleration Partners: Create What’s Next
Highly Commended:
Gen3 Marketing: One Brand, Global Reach
Highly Commended:
Silverbean: Curating The Culture for Global Excellence & Innovation
Partnership for Good
Winner:
Kepler and PHD: HSBC UK’s ‘Safe Spaces’ campaign for those people experiencing financial abuse
Highly Commended:
Asda & Blue Light Card: Supermarket Savings When They’re Most Needed
Finalists
Awin & Currys: Going Greener with The Independent and Evening Standard
Bravo Savings Network: Cleaning Up Marine Waste with “Bravo for Oceans”
Smithfield Agency: Hospitality Rising’s ‘Rise Fast, Work Young’
Wavemaker UK and Irwin Mitchell – The Human Touch
Together We Solved That
Winner:
Rakuten Advertising Strategic Launch Package: Slashing Implementation Time by 3x
Highly Commended:
Awin & TalkTalk: Leading The Way: FTTC to FTTP
Finalists
Argos & CJ: Integrating Custom Data to Optimise Commission and Drive ROI
impact.com, Skyscanner & Skiplagged Solved That
Post For Rent & The Hello Group: First Chief Rabbi-certified Synagogue in the Metaverse
Sky & intent.ly: Steps to solving Incrementality
Best Team in Performance Marketing
Sponsored By
VEVE is a technology-based performance and brand marketing platform that enables brands to connect with 500 MN+ unique users across various mobile handsets (OEMs), Internet Browsers, App stores and Premium Apps across the globe. The strong collaboration enables brands to access 36% of smartphone and desktop users in North America and 50% across Europe. The massive reach along with the novelty of the VEVE’s on-device ad formats helps brands drive clicks, visits, new user acquisitions, sales, subscriptions, and app installs.
Winner:
Acceleration Partners Client Services Team: Helping Brands Unlock Growth Through Partnerships
Highly Commended:
Performics @ Zenith Media: FORGET IN-HOUSE vs. IN-AGENCY IT’S ONE TEAM
Highly Commended:
Redbrain Team
Highly Commended:
tails.com Affiliates & Partnerships Team: Driving Outstanding Performance Together
Finalists
Partnerize: The Power of One for SaaS and Services A Better Way to Partner
Partnerships @ Blue Light Card: ‘Alone We Can Do So Little, Together We Can Do So Much’
Rakuten Advertising DealMaker team powers thousands of in-person connections
TopCashback Team
Best Performance Marketing Agency
Winner:
Performics Going From Strength To Strength
Highly Commended:
Loud Mouth Media: Reimagining Performance Excellence
Finalists
Medialab Group: data-driven outcomes for clients we believe in
Affiliate Network or SaaS of the Year
Winner:
Awin: Faster, Smarter, Simpler Awin’s Recipe for Success
Highly Commended:
CJ: The Win, Win, Win Ecosystem
Finalists
impact.com
Partnerize: Software + Services A Better Way to Partner
Rakuten Advertising Leads by Delivering the 3 Essentials for Affiliate Success
Webgains: Smarter Connections Made Easy Pushing the Boundaries with AI & ML Power Suite
Publisher of the Year
Winner:
Blue Light Card: There For Those, Who Are There For All Of Us
Highly Commended:
Reward: Changing Buying Behaviour Through Precision Personalised-Card-Linked-Offers
Finalists
Bravo Savings Network: “Fast, Flexible & Responsive”
GSG: Driving The Change In The Way People Work (And Buy)
TopCashback
VEVE: Performance Marketing Innovation on Browsers
Industry Rising Star
Winner:
Sophie Van Der Veken, tails.com
Finalists
Alex Webb, Partnerize
Chloe Heavisides, VoucherCodes
Michaela Carr, TopCashback
Rebecca Clarke, Blue Light Card
Toby Glander, intent.ly
Partnership of the Year
Winner:
LTK & Abercrombie & Fitch: Cyber Week Campaign
Highly Commended:
Adidas & Blue Light Card: Data-Inspired Partnership Success
Finalists
Admitad & Revolut: Bringing 30K New Users and Increased User Acquisition by 1300%
Amazon Grocery (Fresh & Morrisons on Amazon) & Cardlytics
Awin: The Sky’s The Limit
PayPal Honey & Boots UK
Value Retail (Bicester Village) & Cardlytics Partnership
VEVE & TUI: Performance Marketing Innovation for Travel
TECHNOLOGY AWARDS
Best Technology for Retailers
Sponsored By
We help turn more of your clicks into customers with data driven, performance-based advertising. Every day our global network of publishers and media connects businesses with millions of new customers across Finance, Travel and Retail verticals. Whether your goal is increased sales, leads, app installs or web traffic, or bigger market share in the cashback channel, we give you the tools to unlock it through our Affiliate Network, Performance Analytics and Incentive Marketing solutions. Over 1,000 of the world’s most successful businesses choose Optimise to deliver the highest-value customers from their ad spend.
Winner:
Live Ramp’s Safe Haven Drives Highly Personalised Experiences
Highly Commended:
Measured: Incrementality Platform for Media Optimization
Finalists
Envolve Tech & OPI Wella: Driving Sales Through Conversations
Pets at Home & Increasingly: Showcasing Value for Consumers Amidst Global Cost of Living Crisis
RevLifter: Intelligent Offers Personalisation
Uplift Ads Retail Media Platform by Platform 195
Valuedynamx & IAG Loyalty
Best Performance Marketing Technology
Sponsored By
Gen3 Marketing is the largest affiliate marketing agency in the world and were honoured with the “2023 Agency of the Year” award by Awin and have maintained their position as the #1 Affiliate Agency in the Digital Commerce 360 Top 1000 Leading Vendors Report for the seventh consecutive year.
As the most awarded affiliate marketing agency, we leverage our 16+ years of relationship management expertise and data-driven capabilities to transform businesses. From premium content to deals and loyalty, we build and maintain full-funnel programs that drive consistent customer acquisition and revenue growth.
Winner:
TrafficGuard: PPC Protect
Highly Commended:
RevLifter: Intelligent Offers Personalisation
Finalists
Addesu: Bringing Trust Back To Advertising Partnerships
Danone and Amazon: Wavemaker’s Audience Galaxy delivers out-of-this-world performance
impact.com
MediaVision Metis
MG OMD: Creating Difference that Matters with SpecsTech
Nucleus Links – Automation Platform for Affiliate Publishers
By: Nucleus LinksClient/Partner: Demand.ioPropellerAds
Sopro
Squared.io & Google Ads Automated
UpSellit UK: Turning Window Shoppers into Lifetime Customers
INDUSTRY & VERTICAL AWARDS
Best Retail and eCommerce Campaign
Winner:
Performics @ Starcom: Styling a New Digital Wardrobe with Data
Highly Commended:
Reward & Deliveroo: Utilising the Football World Cup to Drive New Revenue
Finalists
Awin & Nike: A Summer of Women’s Football
dentsu X & Heineken: Bringing Together Four Teams with Online and Offline Data to Drive Value
GSG & Lovehoney: Driving Brand O-wareness
JBL & iO: Utilize the Potential of the Affiliate Channel
RevLifter, boohoo, & Awin
Reward & Harvey Nichols: Aligning Omnichannel Sales to Drive Revenue and Loyalty
Best B2B Campaign
Sponsored By
FinanceAds International is the leading performance-based marketing agency and affiliate network in the financial sector. Our team of experts specializes in promoting financial service companies online through effective and results-driven affiliate marketing campaigns. As the award-winning network for banks, insurance and Fintech companies, we have established ourselves as the go-to experts in this field.
Winner:
Itineris & Bristows: Turning Creativity into Business Value and Growth
Highly Commended:
NIQ: Achieving More With Less
Highly Commended:
Performics @ Starcom & abrdn: Boosting Global Brand Awareness with Search
Finalists
CHS & HSBC UK: HSBC Kinetic makes small business banking simpler and faster
Digitas & E.ON: Decarbonising Newham
Square’s multichannel leap into digital ABM with Modern
Best Finance Campaign
Winner:
Optimise Media & HSBC Group UK
Highly Commended:
Awin & RAC: The Road to Recovery
Highly Commended:
CAKE, OMD and Barclaycard: Streamlining the journey, and personalising the product…a first for finance in affiliates!
Highly Commended:
Finder & eToro: Taking the leap Empowering Consumers to Start their Investing Journey
Highly Commended:
OMD UK : Barclays Home Insurance
Finalists
CHS & HSBC UK: How HSBC Reconnected with Customers on Moments That Matter
Loud Mouth Media & The AA Ireland: ‘Insuring’ Digital Growth
MG & Intuit QuickBooks – Leveraging Paid Search Data To Win MTD Search And Inform Online And ATB Media strategies
Revolut, financeAds International & impact.com
Best Technology and Telecoms Campaign
Winner:
UNiDAYS, Samsung & Awin: Book2School Campaign
Highly Commended:
UpSellit & Samsung: Driving Incremental Growth During Flagship Launches
Highly Commended:
VOXI: Winning big on YouTube through innovation and testing
Finalists
Awin & Sky: Growing A Mature Affiliate Programme
CHS & Hyperoptic: Ready to Reach Hyperspeed?
Vodafone & Awin: Getting It Done Together The Vodafone way
Best Leisure, Lifestyle and Wellness Campaign
Winner:
Medialab Group & National Trust: Bringing A Much-Needed Dose of Autumnal Joy to Thousands of Families
Highly Commended:
SitePlug & Skyscanner: Leveraging Alternative Search Strategies
Finalists
Exclusive Experiences for the Blue Light Card Community with Merlin Entertainments
MG OMD Managing Capacity on LNER with 1PD
Qatar Airways & CJ: Ringfencing Every Affiliate Interaction to Deliver Increased ROI
Reward & LNER: Driving Customer Acquisition Through Flash PCLO Campaigns
StrategiQ & Jacada: Selling The True Experience With 2,736% ROAS
TUI & impact.com: Multi-Dimensional Growth
VEVE & TUI: Performance Marketing Innovation for Travel