The WARC Media Awards 2019 has announced the winners for Best Use of Data, Starcom and MRY USA win Grand Prix for Vans.
In addition, Campaigns for a wide range of brands, including Booking.com, Nike, TalkTalk and Uber are among the winners of the Best Use of Data category of WARC’s Media Awards 2019, a global case study competition recognising communications planning which has made a positive impact on business results.
A total of nine winners – one Grand Prix, two Golds, three Silvers and three Bronzes – have been awarded in the Best Use of Data category that highlights the role of data in an effective communications strategy. Bronze Metal by ZEE5 and Publics Media happens to be the only award-winning campaign from India that was for Using Google Search ads as a real-time news portal.
The jury, chaired by Scott Marsden, SVP, Head of Marketing, Parachute, also awarded three Special Awards for particular areas of expertise: the Personalisation Award, for the best example of a campaign that used data to segment effectively; the Attribution Award, for the best example of a channel attribution model; and the Data-Driven Insight Award, for a campaign where data helped to identify the right audience at scale.
The Grand Prix, as well as the Personalisation Award,has been awarded to Starcom and MRY in the US for the ‘Not Just One Creator’ campaign for footwear and clothing brand Vans.
The full winners list of the 2019 WARC Media Awards – Best Use of Data category is:
Grand Prix
- Not Just One Creator · Vans · VF Corporation · Starcom, MRY · United States+ Personalisation Award
Gold
- Next% – Speed is your currency · Nike · Mindshare China · China + Data-Driven Insight Award
- Digital Window Shopping · Sport Chek · FGL Sports · Touché! · Canada
Silver
- Econometrics optimisation · TalkTalk · m/SIX, The&Partnership · United Kingdom+ Attribution Award
- From Couch to Coast · Central Coast · Tourism Central Coast · AFFINITY · Australia
- Uber Legends · Uber · FP7 McCann Dubai · Jordan, United Arab Emirates
Bronze
- Real-Time Infection Alert System · Lifebuoy · Unilever · Mindshare Vietnam · Vietnam
- Data-proofed social campaign · Booking.com · Mindshare · China
- Using Google Search ads as a real-time news portal · ZEE5 · ZEE Entertainment Enterprise Ltd · Publicis Media, Equinox Digital · India
More information on this year’s WARC Media Awards – Best Use of Data winners is available here.
