Best Team in Performance Marketing

About the Award

This award celebrates outstanding teams that have earned the trust and admiration of their clients across diverse audiences.

Great teams drive industry progress, and the PMAs are proud to recognise those who excel in collaboration and consistently optimise client performance and potential.

Open to teams from all areas of the performance marketing industry, including both internal and client-facing teams.

2026 Gold Winner

Transform to Perform

Transform to Perform

By: Performics @ Starcom

The Challenge

Transforming a 300+ person performance marketing operation into a unified, future-ready team capable of delivering enterprise-level digital transformation — across search, social, commerce and first-party data — as machine learning platforms and privacy shifts rapidly reshaped the landscape.

The Strategy

Performics restructured around a client-tailored dynamic, integrating search, social, commerce and first-party data into a unified system.

Execution and Innovation

Key initiatives included L’Oréal’s One Search model, LEGO’s global media buying hub and an AI Readiness Scorecard developed in partnership with Google, supported by training programmes including Google Strive and Meta Horizon to equip teams for evolving client needs.

Results

Growth in billings, near-perfect client retention, and significant new business wins, including LEGO and Verizon — alongside an ROAS increase for Samsung UK.

Judges’ Verdict

*”A benchmark-setting entry that defines the best-in-class performance team of the future, genuinely innovative in AI integration with second-to-none client retention rates.“*

*”When high-level expertise is blended with an authentic commitment to employee welfare, the result is a powerhouse team capable of delivering exceptionally strong output for the world’s most demanding brands.“*

2026 Silver Winner

Genie’s Winning Team: How Investing In People Delivered A Record Year

By: Genie Ventures

2026 Bronze Winner

CJ UK Performance Team

By: CJ

2026 Finalists

  • Architects of Growth: The SaaS + Service Performance Powerhouse

    By: Partnerize
  • Atolls: Championing Growth for Partners and People

    By: Atolls
  • Bridging Cultures, Building Performance: The Webgains China Team Story

    By: WebgainsClient/Partner: Webgains China Growth & Partnerships Team
  • CJ UK Performance Team

    By: CJ
  • Genie’s Winning Team: How Investing In People Delivered A Record Year

    By: Genie Ventures
  • Guardians of Growth: The Compliance Team Elevating Performance Marketing

    By: Rakuten Advertising
  • HSBC UK – Affiliate Marketing team – A tiny team refusing to settle for “good enough”

    By: HSBC UK
  • Resilience, Innovation, and Record Growth in a Year of Transformation

    By: Cardlytics
  • Transform to Perform

    By: Performics @ Starcom
  • Visualsoft: Collaborative Excellence & Exponential Results

    By: Visualsoft
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