Champions Awards – 2023 Shortlist
The prolific north champions awards recognise the organisations, teams and individuals putting the north on the map in the creative and digital sectors.
The 2023 winners were revealed at our live ceremony on 18 May at Emirates Old Trafford, The Point. You can view the full list of winners here. Scroll down for the full shortlist.
Recognising Agencies & Companies
INDEPENDENT AGENCY OF THE YEAR (UP TO 25 EMPLOYEES)
- Bonded
- Entyce Creative
- Hello Earth Agency
- Hopeful Studio
- IF Agency
- SLG Agency
- The Big Bamboo Agency
- The Yorkshire Marketing Agency
- Poke
INDEPENDENT AGENCY OF THE YEAR (25+ EMPLOYEES)
- BDB
- Boutique
- Campfire
- Evoluted
- The Jargon Group
- Manifest
- We Are Syn
- Workhouse
DIGITAL AGENCY OF THE YEAR (UP TO 29 EMPLOYEES)
- Entyce Creative
- First Internet Marketing LTD
- Mosaic Digital Media
DIGITAL AGENCY OF THE YEAR (30+ EMPLOYEES)
- Campfire
- Cantarus
- CDS
- Enjoy Digital
- Evoluted
- StraightIn
INTEGRATED OF THE YEAR (UP TO 29 EMPLOYEES) - SPONSORED BY GALLOWAYS
- Bonded
- ICG Strategic Marketing Agency
- ilk Agency
- Manifest
- One Day Agency
- SLG AgencY
INTEGRATED AGENCY OF THE YEAR (30+ EMPLOYEES)
- Evoluted
- Havas Media Manchester
- One Agency
PERFORMANCE MARKETING AGENCY OF THE YEAR
- Circus PPC Agency
- Hello Earth Agency
PR AGENCY OF THE YEAR (UP TO 20 EMPLOYEES)
- Aberfield Communications
- Cause UK
- The Strong Agency
PR AGENCY OF THE YEAR (21+ EMPLOYEES)
- Brazen
- Grayling North
- JBH
- Prohibition
NEW AGENCY TO WATCH
- Argento
- Blue Moon Marketing Ltd
- Flowd
- Proof3
- The Agency Lab
PRODUCTION COMPANY OF THE YEAR
- Dead Pixel Films
- Flipbook Studio
- LA Productions
- Craft & McCann Manchester
- McGill Productions
- New Take Films
- Northern Heart Films
- Powerhouse
- The Gate Films Ltd
MADE IN THE NORTH & MAKING GLOBAL WAVES - SPONSORED BY UK ADVERTISING EXPORT GROUP
- Airship Interactive
- Corecom Consulting
- ddroidd
- Flipbook Studio
- Initiative Health
- Rainy City Agency
- StraightIn
- The Insights Family
BEST CLIENT SERVICES TEAM
- Bonded
- Brazen
- Enjoy Digital
- Force24
- ilk Agency
- Reprise
BEST IN-HOUSE MARKETING TEAM
- Airship
- Benenden Health
- Fearless Adventures
- LTE Group
- M247
- Mina
- Puddle Ducks Franchising Ltd
- Storyhouse
- The Spirit of Manchester Distillery & Three Little Words
RECOGNISING CAMPAIGNS OR CREATIVE WORK
PR CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
- Grayling North – YO! BYOG
- Influential, U+I – Mayfield Park launch
- JBH – Product Placement for NIO Cocktails DOUBLES Organic Traffic & Lands Dream Coverage
- Smoking Gun & Alton Towers – Nemesis: Campaign to close a legend
- Trafford Centre – Beauty Unfiltered
B2C CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR (LESS THAN £50,000 BUDGET)
- Grayling North – YO! Chop Value
- Modo25 & GP Racewear – Aiming for pole position
- Overclockers UK – Refract Gaming PC Range
- Smoking Gun & Alton Towers – Nemesis: Campaign to close a legend
- Wild PR & The Kid Collective – Disney Baby Names
B2C CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR (MORE THAN £50,000 BUDGET)
- Bonded & One Utility Bill – Increasing leads with paid search and social
- Cravens & Bonded – Rugby League World Cup 2021
- ilk Agency & British Land
- Immediate Media – Love Sugar Science x The Ramblers – Lets Walk Together
- JBH – Product Placement for NIO Cocktails DOUBLES Organic Traffic & Lands Dream Coverage
- Northumbrian Water – Water’s Worth Saving
- Thornton & Ross, Zoflora – 100 Years of Beautifully Clean Homes
- TrunkBBI & Halfords – Driving Exponential organic growth for Halfords’ tyres
- Wavemaker UK & Jet2holidays – That’s a VIBE by Jet2holidays
B2B CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
- Bonded & Making Moves – Transforming B2B property enquiries through Connected Search
- Entyce Creative & Zodeq – Do it your way
- First Internet X Kandy King – Sweet Growth
- Grayling North & Cummins – IAA
- SLG Agency & Polypipe Building Products – ‘Mission Max’
- Wild PR & BPI Auctions – Tool Theft Hotspots
MOST MEMORABLE CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
- Calderdale’s College
- Influential and Madame Tussauds Blackpool – Boris Johnson heads to the Job Centre
- Northumbrian Water – Bin the Wipe
- Wavemaker UK – Jet2holidays x MailMetroMedia: Holidays are go!
NOT-FOR-PROFIT CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR - SPONSORED BY MUSTARD RESEARCH
- Blush & Eurogroup for Animals – Fur Free Europe
- Carat UK & StepChange – Captify Brand Awareness Campaign
- Doodledo – Caritas Salford Homeless Appeal
- Havas Lynx Group & The Lady Garden Foundation – Give Your Fanny Five
- ilk Agency & Couch To Fitness
- Journey Further & The Donkey Sanctuary – ‘Adopt a Donkey This Christmas’
- Platinum Live & Gary McKee – 365 Challenge
- Waterfall & UUKi – #TwinForHope
- Wriggle Marketing – A Better U
AUDIO PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR
- 7digital Creative (BBC Radio 2) – 21st Century Folk
- This Is Distorted & Virgin Radio Pride – Living Authentically; Trans Truths
- What’s the Story Sounds – Con Juan
BROADCAST PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR
- BBC Breakfast – Rob Burrow: Living With MND
- Coronation Street (ITV Studios) – Super Soap Week 2022
- Lizardfish TV – BBC Bitesize The Otherside of the Story
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
- Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service
- Chief & M&S – Eat Well, Play Well
- Entyce & SIMIAN – Women in Construction – Rianne’s LASC Journey
- Lizardfish TV & BBC Bitesize – Bad Careers Advisor
- Lizardfish TV & BBC Bitesize – Comedians Get Real Jobs – Russell Kane
WBE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OF THE YEAR - SPONSORED BY ENJOY DIGITAL
- Bubble Design & Marketing Ltd (Polypipe Building Products) – Polypipe Underfloor Heating Website Re-Design
- Evoluted & Carmats.co.uk – Car Reg Lookup
- First Internet X Advantage Resourcing / Crone Corkill brand site relaunch
- The Bigger Boat & ANDYSMANCLUB – New ANDYSMANCLUB website
- Workhouse & Peldon Rose
RECOGNISING TECH DRIVEN CAMPAIGNS OR WORK
SMALL TECH COMPANY OF THE YEAR (UP TO £5M TURNOVER ACROSS ALL SECTORS)
- Dizplai
- Mina
- Oddsphere – Shipster
MEDIUM TECH COMPANY OF THE YEAR (BETWEEN £5M AND £20M TURNOVER ACROSS ALL SECTORS)
- BrightHR
- Nimble Approach
tech for good award
- BT/EE
- clinix by AnonyMind
- CHAPERHOME LTD – Walksafe
- Mathematical Services Limited & Paul Foy
- One Tribe – Climate Action
- SteamaCo – Empowering the Light of the Nation
- The Bigger Boat & ANDYSMANCLUB – ANDYSMANCLUB New Website
- Yardd – Revolutionise the Equestrian Industry
tech innovation of the year - sponsored by sedulo
- GigPig
- Mina & EV Report
- RecodeXR Studio & ITV – Coronation Street – Super Soap week
RECOGNISING individuals
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTOR TO THE NORTH
- Steven Underwood – Bonded
- James Torry – Doodledo
- Amy Wild – The Fearless Academy
- Ashley Tate – Mina
- SocialNorth – Connecting the Digital Communities of the North
- Yasmin De Nardo – KPMG
- Vikki Rutter
- Paul White – Patch App UK
The winner of this category is decided by a combination of judges scores and public voting. Voting has now closed.
outstanding young rising star award
- Ashleigh Holmes – Flowd
- Calum MacDonald Ball – McCann Manchester
- Charlie Lord – Six & Flow Ltd
- Chloe Fletcher – Boutique
- Conor Walsh – Patch App UK
- Elliot Chaim – Mina
- Fiona Bradley – FB Comms
- Freya Anderson – The Mancunion
- Jack Lynch – Chief TV
- Kirstie Jones – Entyce Creative
- Laura Lewis – FB Comms
- Lauren Hughes – Social Trinity
- Leo Pizarro – Lunio
- Mitch Clayton – Flowd
- Nisha Mardania – Six & Flow Ltd
- Noah Chebouli – Westhoughton Films
- Raegan Doherty – LDM UK
- Sarah Bell – Bonded
- Saskia Starritt – EssenceMediaCom
- Sophia Rimmer – Salience
The winner of this category is decided by a combination of judges scores and public voting. Voting has now closed.
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