The wait is over…today, we can reveal all the talented finalists for the Prolific North Creative Awards 2025!

First launched in 2023, the Creative Awards recognises all the ambitious individuals, teams and companies across the creative sector in the North of England and Scotland.

We’ll be revealing all the winners at a live awards ceremony hosted on June 26 at Victoria Warehouse in Manchester. Early bird tickets are now on sale for this event here until 11am on June 2, where hundreds of creatives will come together to connect, see the winners revealed live, and most importantly to celebrate!

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An independent panel of industry experts from the likes of the BBC, Mark Hill Hair, Drummond Central, Social Chain and more recently came together to judge and score all entries. A major thanks to them and to our category sponsors this year: The Eastern Blok, Sun Branding, Print.com and Dentsu Creative.

Two categories are yet to be decided – Creative Rising Star and Creative Trailblazer Award. The winners of these categories will be decided by a combination of judges scores and public voting. Public vote closes at 2pm on May 30 so get casting your votes here.

Now, it’s finally time to reveal the shortlist…

The Prolific North Creative Awards 2024: The Shortlist

ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN: LARGE

Cornerstone & Pyrocalm – Get to the Heart of the Burn
McCann & Slumberdown – Searching for Sleep
McCann & Yorkshire Water – Blockages
News UK & Brown Forman – The Times Whisky Guide: A Perfect Blend
Workhouse & Interfloor – Defying Gravity with Tredaire

ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN: MEDIUM

BWP & Eldon Square – Fresh, Fearless & Fabulous
Cravens & British Cycling – Paris 2024
Leith & Irn Bru – Euros Campaign
McCann & Leeds Beckett University – Be Unlike Minded
McCann & Mayhew – Light at the end of the tunnel
Ponderosa Agency & Russell Hobbs -  A Moment of Me-Time
Sergeant Walnuts & Betfred – Pick Your Nose

BEST COLLABORATION

GAS™ Music & Leith & Luton Airport Express – 32 Minutes to Go
GAS™ Music & McCann & East Midlands Railway – Epic Train Travel!
HUB & La Redoute & Roisin Quinn – La Fleur
McCann & Testicular Cancer Society – Highlight your balls
McCann & Thomas Cook – Deflatables
McCann & Yorkshire Water – Blockages
Offended & Totally Stockport – On the Up!

BRAND LAUNCH/ACTIVATION OR EVENT

BWP Group & Eldon Square – Fresh, Fearless and Fabulous
CreativeHutch & Matrx – The Science of Seating
HUB, La Redoute & Roisin Quinn – ’La Fleur’
MadeBrave & First Bus – Fare’s Fair
Mutatio Creative Ltd & Malka Livingstone – Brand Creation
One Agency Media & ELEMIS – ELEMIS arrives in the heart of the city

HEALTHCARE CAMPAIGN

Bupa Health Clinics – Breaking the Cycle
Continuous & The Eve Appeal – Whatever gets you going
GAS™ Music, 21 Grams & Bowel Research UK – Soil Samples
Leith & Sanofi – Sanofi Meningitis Flag
McCann & Testicular Cancer Society – Highlight your balls

REBRAND

Applied Digital Marketing & Aquaspersions
CreativeHutch & Kuschall
KISS Branding & Fullers Foods – Feeding the Nation, Together
MONO & That Lifestyle Co.
Poke & National Football Museum – Football Matters
Sergeant Walnuts & Joseph Holt – Spin Doctor

REBRAND: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

EXP & Connect 2 Cleanrooms
Jam & Perfect Pet – The Pawfect
Manifest & Sonocea – The Sound of Science
MONO & Liberty Blume – Freedom to grow
Workhouse & Forbes Solicitors – More Than Law

SOCIAL IMPACT CAMPAIGN

McCann & Testicular Cancer Society – Highlight your balls
McCann & Thomas Cook – Deflatables
Offended & Totally Stockport – On the Up!
Poke Marketing & Alder Hey – Put Children First, ”The Sparks”
Sam Teale Productions – Knives Claim Lives
Sam Teale Productions & The Sisterhood – Let’s Goa!

BRANDING & VISUAL IDENTITY

Brandon Medical & Hel – Bringing Innovation to Life
CreativeHutch & S-Cape
Fishtank Agency & Magnera
Influential & The Champs Public Health Collaborative – Smoking Ends Here
Jam & Perfect Pet – The Pawfect Rebrand
McCann & Leeds Beckett University – Be Unlike Minded
Sergeant Walnuts & Manchester Building Society
Visions Design & Lemonade
Workhouse & Forbes Solicitors – More Than Law

COPYWRITING

McCann & Flymo – Easi Does it
McCann & Leeds Beckett University – Be Unlike Minded
McCann & Slumberdown – Searching for Sleep
Sergeant Walnuts & Joseph Holt – Spin Doctor

DIGITAL DESIGN

Cornerstone Design & Marketing – Cancer Research UK’s Manchester Institute
Tall – SharkNinja
Visions Design – Unreasonable Agency

DOCUMENTARY/BRANDED CONTENT

Coolbox & University of Leeds – I’m Still Me
McCann & VOOM – The Climb
Prime Video – Molly Mae: Behind It All
Workerbee – Four Kings

MOTION GRAPHICS & ANIMATION

Flow Creative & Transport for Greater Manchester – Let’s Go Summer!
Flow Creative & Trussell – Stand for Change
McGill Productions & Almanak – Launch on Legion
One Agency & Tatcha – The Dewy Skin Cream
Workhouse & Interfloor – Defying Gravity with Tredaire

OUT-OF-HOME (OOH) AD

The judges have decided the winner of this award will be announced specially on the night.

SOCIAL CONTENT

McCann & Flymo – Easi Does it
McCann & Testicular Cancer Society – Highlight your balls
McGill Productions & Protein Works – Soundtrack to Your Summer

SOUND DESIGN & AUDIO BRANDING

344 Audio & ThunderHawk Studio – Craft & Instinct
GAS™ Music & 21 Grams – Soil Samples
McGill Productions & Protein Works – Soundtrack to Your Summer
This Is Distorted & LNER – Routes

STORYTELLING

Cravens & First Bus – First Bus Storybook
Leith & EFPIA – Chris Roberts Alzheimer’s Story
McCann & VOOM – The Climb
Offended & Totally Stockport – On the Up!
OneTwo & Joint Security and Resilience Centre – CityWatch: Streets of Tomorrow – a live, immersive experience
Sam Teale Productions & The Sisterhood – Let’s Goa!
Smoking Gun & Alton Towers Resort – Nemesis Reborn: Back with a vengeance
The Avenue Agency & Saint Lucia Tourism Authority – Saint Lucia Stories

VIDEO/FILM/AD

Coolbox, Creed Comms & G4S – Women In Security
McCann & VOOM – The Climb
Picture Lock Films & Barrie Wells Trust – Box4Kids
The Chase Films & Zyxel Networks – Zero to IT Hero – A Tale of Two Offices’
Workhouse & Interfloor – Defying Gravity with Tredaire

BEST USE OF HUMOUR AWARD

McCann & Slumberdown – Searching for Sleep
McCann & Testicular Cancer Society – Highlight your balls
McCann & VOOM – The Climb
Sergeant Walnuts & Joseph Holt – Spin Doctor

CREATIVE FOR GOOD AWARD – LARGE BUDGET

Flow Creative & Trussell – Stand for Change
Leith, Campaign for Better Transport & Fossil Free Football – Carbon Boot
MadeBrave & Catherine McEwan Foundation – Shooting the Sh*t for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
McCann & Testicular Cancer Society – Highlight your balls
McCann & Yorkshire Water – Blockages
npd & Safepoint – Callie: From Concept to Life-Saving Jewellery
One6th – Two Black Boys in Paradise
Think & Once Upon a Smile – Brings a Smile

CREATIVE FOR GOOD AWARD – MEDIUM BUDGET

Films Not Words & Manchester Women’s Aid & The Pankhurst Trust – Kate’s Story: Transforming the Lives of Women In Refuge
Fishtank Agency & Stripes – Purpose Over Profit
Gemma Downes – Music Of The Future
Gumpo Digital Marketing & The Castle – Fundraiser for Chester Womens Aid
McCann & Mayhew – Light at the end of the tunnel
McCann & Thomas Cook – Deflatables
NDIM – Bringing Neurodiversity to the forefront of media employer consideration
Sam Teale Productions & The Sisterhood – Let’s Goa!
ThinkPR & Autism and Neurodiversity North Scotland – The Think Different Dinner

CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY AWARD

OneTwo & Joint Security and Resilience Centre – CityWatch: Streets of Tomorrow – a live, immersive experience
Ponderosa Agency, Tungsten Media & Russell Hobbs – A Moment of Me-Time
Printworks & ADI – Europe’s Largest Digital Ceiling
Proof3 – Content personalisation using historical order data

DATA-DRIVEN CREATIVITY AWARD

McCann & Slumberdown – Searching for Sleep
McCann & Yorkshire Water – Blockages
XSEM & SIG Roofing – SIG Roofing Rewards

MOST MEMORABLE CAMPAIGN AWARD – SPONSORED BY THE EASTERN BLOK

McCann & Slumberdown – Searching for Sleep
McCann & Thomas Cook – Deflatables
McCann & VOOM – The Climb
Workhouse & Interfloor – Defying Gravity with Tredaire

CREATIVE AGENCY

Add People
Cornerstone DM
MadeBrave
Mutatio Creative Ltd
Poke Marketing
Sun Branding
Tall

CREATIVE STUDIO – SPONSORED BY SUN BRANDING

Flow Creative
npd
OBI Studio
One Agency Media

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Coolbox
Revolution Productions/Aime Leon Dore/Porsche
Sam Teale Productions
Workerbee

CREATIVE RISING STAR – SPONSORED BY DENTSU CREATIVE

Erin Ingram – ThinkPR
Evie Logue – Peter Tyson
Jennifer Davies – Interactive Investor
Jessica Baillie – Coolbox
Laufey Guðnadóttir – One Agency
Millie Graham – Tall

This award is decided by a combination of judge’s scores and public vote. Voting is now open here!

CREATIVE TRAILBLAZER AWARD

Anastasiia Komarnytska – AK-EXPERIENCE
Audrey Hall – The Safe Space Sisterhood CI
Eve Young – SocialChain
Mark Blundell – BPM Rehab
Samuel Marriott-Dowding – Marriott Communications