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Marketing Awards – 2023 Winners

The prolific north MARKETING awards recognise the organisations, teams and individuals putting the north on the map in the creative and digital sectors.

We are proud to celebrate the winners of the 2023 Marketing Awards! These awards are a testament to the brilliance, creativity and hard work of all of our winners. Huge congratulations to all!

Scroll below to the reveal the full list!

Recognising Agencies & Companies

BEST SMALL AGENCY

  • WINNER: Argento

BEST midsize agency - sponsored by sedulo

  • WINNER: Mustard Media
  • HIGHLY COMMENDED: Boutique

best large agency

  • WINNER: connective3

best in-house marketing team - sponsored by hub

  • WINNER: Calderdale College

Recognising campaigns

best b2c campaign

  • WINNER: OPC, MojoFuel, O Agency & Universal McCann + FENTIMANS – ‘7 Days of Botanical Brewing’

best b2b campaign

  • WINNER: Stein IAS – Suspecting Cushing’s

best small budget campaign - sponsored by tall

  • WINNER: Catapult PR – No 1 World Topiary Garden

best large budget campaign

  • WINNER: Bonded & Rugby League World Cup – Bringing rugby to new audiences

best social purpose campaign

  • WINNER: Manifest x Girlguiding – Girls Are Made Of
  • HIGHLY COMMENDED: ThisGeneration Communications (TGC) – Football For Change

best search marketing campaign

  • WINNER: connective3 & Sinful – Bringing the kink to link building

best pr campaign

  • WINNER: Be Broadcast & The Peter Tatchell Foundation – World’s First Human Rights Protest In Qatar
  • HIGHLY COMMENDED: Smoking Gun & Alton Towers Resort – Nemesis: Campaign to close a legend

best response to change

  • WINNER: Cumbria Tourism – Culture in South Lakes

best integrated campaign

  • WINNER: Smoking Gun, TBWA\MCR & Alton Towers Resort – Nemesis: Campaign to close a legend

best use of data & insights - sponsored by Awin

  • WINNER: Herd & Motorpoint – solving the brand incrementality conundrum to drive record-breaking paid search results

best brand building campaign - sponsored by sky history

  • WINNER: Ponderosa and KCOM – Hello Good Stuff

best social media campaign - sponsored by ponderosa

  • WINNER: Mustard Media & Bada Bingo – How we disrupted the market with a brand new bingo rave

Recognising sector specific campaigns

best tourism & leisure campaign

  • WINNER: Smoking Gun, TBWA\MCR & Alton Towers Resort – Nemesis: Campaign to close a legend
  • HIGHLY COMMENDED: Route & First Bus: The things you love for free

best health campaign

  • WINNER: Dream Agility – Cure for Infant Neuroblastoma (Cancer) Trial
  • HIGHLY COMMENDED: EssenceMediacom North & Benenden Health – Time for a Check-In

best education campaign

  • WINNER: Lucky North & Composite Prime – Message in a Bottle Top

best property & construction campaign

  • WINNER: Select Property x Clicky – One Port Street

best e-commerce / retail campaign - sponsored by boutique

  • WINNER: Drummond Central – Greggs Value

best not-for-profit campaign

  • WINNER: Be Broadcast & The Peter Tatchell Foundation – World’s First Human Rights Protest In Qatar

Recognising individuals

marketer of the year - sponsored by Wpp

  • WINNER: Kristian Bentham – Aqueous Digital

Our Sponsors

Embryo

Digitaloft

Drummond Central

First Event

Powerhouse

Sky History