Awards
2019 Agency of the Year: Small Agency
The category’s inaugural winners are finding strength in their size when it comes to delivering the best work.
2019 Small AOY Bronze: Arrivals + Departures takes off
The shop is working with startups to explore the ins and outs of building a brand from the ground up while also pushing into health and wellness.
2019 Small AOY Silver: 123w pitches its best players
How a top-heavy creative director structure has helped the Vancouver agency hit major runs with clients big and small.
2019 Small AOY Gold: Target stays on its mark
The east coast shop finds success in not being a carbon copy of larger agencies and sticking to what it does best.
2019 Agency of the Year: Media
Dig into the profiles behind the winning agencies and their investment strategies.
2019 Design AOY Bronze: DDB brings design to the forefront
Going far beyond visual graphics, the agency is now more deeply involved in the strategic development of branding projects.
2019 Media AOY Bronze: Touche!’s people-based planning
How the media agency is using its data source platform Omni to change the way it looks at media.
2019 Media AOY Silver: UM’s courage pays off
To achieve results, the agency works alongside brave clients like Oh! Henry to program bold media plans.
2019 Media AOY Gold: Initiative flips the script
How the shop is rejecting traditional adversarial relationships with media companies to create more collaborative programs.
2019 Design AOY Silver: Lg2 influences subjective design
Killer design is infiltrating every office of the independent shop, which was built with the craft at its core.
What propelled this year’s 2019 Agency of the Year winners
How the country’s top shops are taking new perspectives on creative work and planning for continued success.
2019 AOY Bronze: John St. is an Agency of the Year
The agency “brand thinker” is also collaborating with clients in a new rapid-fire creative process.
2019 AOY Silver: BBDO dissects creativity
How the Toronto shop is inspiring creativity via a “Factory” workshop to come up with work that uniquely addresses business challenges.
2019 AOY Gold, Design Gold and Silver Digital: Rethink rethinks its future
The 20-year old shop, which bagged three awards for work across disciplines, is gearing up for a future without its founders at the helm.
Rethink is the 2019 Agency of the Year
The agency also won a Gold in Design and Silver in Digital, a category where FCB continued its winning streak.
