SERVICEPLAN GERMANY WINS WEBBY AGENCY OF THE YEAR, DEPT® RECEIVES WEBBY NETWORK OF THE YEAR AND M SS NG P ECES TAKES HOME WEBBY PRODUCTION COMPANY OF THE YEAR
GOOGLE RECOGNIZED WITH INAUGURAL WEBBY BRAND OF THE YEAR
The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences (IADAS) today announced the winners for the 29th Annual Webby Awards, with Serviceplan Germany receiving the award for Webby Agency of the Year and DEPT® winning the award for Webby Network of the Year. The Academy also announced m ss ng p eces as this year’s Webby Production Company of the Year, with the most pieces celebrated across all Webby categories. Additionally, the Webby Awards will award Google with their first-ever Brand of the Year achievement with 7 Webby Wins, 9 People’s Voice Wins, 24 Nominees and 9 Honorees.
Serviceplan Germany wins Webby Agency of the year (15 Wins, 4 Nominations). DEPT® (12 Wins, 5 Nominations), TBWA\Media Arts Lab – LA (8 Wins, 10 Nominations), Wieden+Kennedy – Portland (8 Wins, 3 Nominations), We Are Social U.S. (6 Wins, 2 Nominations), and Whalar Group (2 Wins, 7 Nominations) were all in close contention. Among their recognized work is 855-HOW-TO-QUIT-(OPIOIDS), Animal Alerts, Space Trash Signs, and Rainbow Wool.
DEPT® wins Webby Network of the Year (16 Wins, 6 Nominations). Serviceplan Group (15 Wins, 4 Nominations), Wieden+Kennedy (13 Wins, 8 Nominations), TBWA Worldwide (9 Wins, 15 Nominations), Ogilvy (7 Wins, 11 Nominations), Accenture Song (4 Wins, 12 Nominations), and Stagwell (3 Wins, 14 Nominations) were also in tight competition for the Webby Network of the Year. Their recognized work includes SIGNS, Strava – Year in Sport, Sesame Grief Project, Grill’d, Behind the Scenes: Docusign Rebrand, Google Store and Gucci Ancora.
Agencies with multiple accolades include OddCommon (5 Wins, 3 Nominations), Dentsu Creative US (5 Wins, 2 Nominations), Wieden+Kennedy NY (4 Wins, 2 Nominations), fortyseven Communications (4 Wins, 2 Nominations), Ogilvy NY (4 Wins, 2 Nominations), Special US (4 Wins, 2 Nominations), Noomo Agency (4 Wins, 1 Nomination), Code and Theory (3 Wins, 5 Nominations), BBDO New York (3 Wins, 5 Nominations), Ogilvy Chicago (3 Wins, 3 Nominations), Loop (3 Wins, 2 Nominations), Hook (3 Wins, 2 Nominations), Critical Mass (3 Wins, 1 Nomination), Work & Co (3 Wins), AKQA (2 Wins, 6 Nominations), R/GA (2 Wins, 2 Nominations), and Goodby Silverstein & Partners (2 Wins, 1 Nomination).
This year’s Webbys also recognize m ss ng p eces as Production Company of the Year, with 5 Wins and 6 Nominations.
Webby Nominees are selected by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences whose members include: Todd Kaplan, CMO, Kraft Heinz; Desiree Perez, CEO, RocNation; Natalie Guzman, President & CMO of Savage X Fenty; Shu Hung, Global Chief Creative Officer, AKQA;.Matt Murphy, Global Chief Creative Officer, 72andSunny; Natalie Lam, Chief Creative Officer, APAC Publicis Groupe; Laurie Lam, Chief Brand Officer, e.l.f.; Kabir Jain, Chief Growth Officer, Erewhon; Amber Guild, Chief Executive Officer, McCann New York; Kelsey Hodgkin, Partner & CEO, Special US; Vida M. Cornelious, SVP, Creative And Strategy, The New York Times; Christoph Becker, Chief Creative Officer, Whalar; Esi Eggleston Bracey, Chief Growth and Marketing Officer, Unilever; Dan Gardner, Co-founder & CEO, Code & Theory; Omar Moore, Global Partner Marketing, PayPal; Gerald Youngblood, Chief Marketing Officer, Lenovo; and David Mogensen, VP Global Marketing, Uber Eats.
The Winners of the 29th Annual Webby Awards will be celebrated during a star-studded ceremony hosted by multi-talented writer, comedian, and actress, Ilana Glazer at Cipriani Wall Street on Monday, May 12. Fans can experience the Webbys and watch special moments including the hallmark 5-Word speeches from all the Winners by following @TheWebbyAwards across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Linkedin.
KPMG provides vote tabulation consulting for The Webby Awards. To view the full list of Winners, please visit http://webbyawards.com/winners
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