Only a handful of agencies will grace the podium at this year’s Agency of the Year awards gala. Today, strategy released the media shops in the running.

The 2018 Media Agency of the Year shortlist contenders were decided by a panel of media and marketing experts, who spent two weeks scoring the work and narrowing down the field.

This year’s AOY awards gala will be held in Toronto on Nov. 1, when the top Media, Digital, PR, Design and Agency shops will be awarded. The remaining four AOY shortlists will be released each day this week on strategy.

For tickets and information, contact Joel Pinto at jpinto@brunico.com or 416.408.2300 ext. 650.

Media Agency of the Year shortlist

Cossette Media
Havas Canada
Initiative
Jungle Media
Media Experts
Mindshare Canada
OMD Canada
PHD Media
Touché!
UM Canada
Vizeum
Wavemaker Canada