Media Innovation - Existing Channels

This award showcases those who have the insight and creativity to change the way a particular media channel is consumed. 

2021 GOLD

Michelob ULTRA Courtside: Game-Changing Innovation Changes the Game

When COVID-19 sent the 2020 season into a tailspin, Michelob ULTRA partnered with Microsoft and the NBA to reinvent live sports forever. While other leagues scrambled to install cardboard fan cutouts, Michelob ULTRA Courtside, powered by Microsoft’s AI-driven Together Mode, digitally immersed fans in the NBA Bubble… from home. Michelob ULTRA’s sales grew 32%, due to on-bottle, scan-to-win ticket promotions and soaring cultural relevance. 81.5 million hours of NBA coverage across 124 games and 13 billion impressions expanded brand reach 31% and made Courtside the #1 sports industry topic.

Brand: Michelob ULTRA
Client: Anheuser-Busch InBev
Agency: FCB New York
Language: English

2021 GOLD

The Endless World of Air Max

As a brand facing significant disruption in their category, this campaign sought to re-establish Foot Locker as the authority in Nike Air Max, bringing sales back from other retail, direct channels, and secondary marketplaces. Tapping native behaviors of the sneakerhead subculture, we created an ever-evolving cultural hub on Google Slides, hosting events like livestreamed art sessions, Air Max Trivia, hidden prizes and more. The experience resulted in significant revenue growth vs 2019 despite projections of significant declines across the Nike Air Max category at Foot Locker.

Brand: Foot Locker
Client: Foot Locker
Agency: BBDO New York
Language: English

2020 GOLD

Stop Traffick

Atlanta is the worst place in the US for child sex trafficking, an issue set to worsen in the run up to hosting the Super Bowl. However, child sex trafficking had fallen off people's radars and had lost its stopping power.  Through the symbolism of 72 buses, representing the number of children trafficked in Georgia each year, we reframed a space associated with safety, into a symbol no one could ignore. Stop Traffick galvanized Atlantans and policy makers around this horrific issue, leading to 169 arrests before Super Bowl LIII. 

Brand: Street Grace
Client: Street Grace
Agency: BBDO Atlanta
Language: English

FINALISTS

Frosted Flakes Tony the Tiger on Twitch: The First Mascot Turned Streamer

Hyundai Hyundai Questions Everything (Right Down to Its Media Buy)

Tide Tide #LaundryNight