2023 Shortlist

Congratulations to our 2023 European Paid Media Awards finalists.

Finalist Assets

Display Campaign of the Year

Arvo Partners & Finlayson

— Weaving Success with a Flash Sale Display Campaign

s360 & Nordisk Film Distribution

— How to sell 480,204 cinema tickets in 35 days with Display & Video

The Think Tank & BSI

— The Power of Standards Campaign

Traffic Builders & LeaseplanBank

— Real Time Buyer Persona Optimization

Paid Media Agency Led Campaign of the Year

56K digital & Wayke AB

— Intent Matchmaker: How we Achieved All-Time-High Results by Matching Campaigns with Goals & Search Intent"

Hallam & WEX

— Great WEX-pectations: fuelling paid media growth with an omnichannel approach

s360 & Nordisk Film Distribution

— How to sell 480,204 cinema tickets in 35 days with Display & Video

StrategiQ & Featurespace

— How To Generate 500 Quality Leads

The Think Tank & Asendia

— Industries campaign

The Think Tank & BSI

— Promoting Standards Campaign

The Think Tank & BSI

— The Power of Standards Campaign

The Think Tank & Iris Business Software

— Time to Grow Campaign

Paid Social Campaign of the Year

56K Digital & Wayke Sweden AB

— Facebook Boosts Wayke's Traffic by 120%: Now Accounts for 75% of Total Visits!

dentsu & LinkedIn & 84 Paris

— Breaking the Mould: An innovative approach to ‘Always On’ brand marketing on social

dentsu Ireland & IKEA Ireland

— Dynamic Rooms

DWF Workforce & Garkony

— Taking Garkony to Unprecedented Digital Marketing Success

Havas Media & Kia

— The new Kia NiroEV

Mindshare Ireland / 123.ie

— 123 Daith

s360 & Harklinikken

— +3.000.000 higher reach without compromising sales or increasing ad spend

Traffic Builders & Refurbished

— combining AI and social automation for hyper relevant targeting

Shopping Ads Campaign of the Year

Adhere Digital & Topline Heavins & Euronics

— Spending Less to Make More - Pmax Magic

dentsu Ireland & IKEA Ireland

— Dynamic Rooms

DWF & Nemira

— Black Friday on a tight budget

DWF Workforce & Autobon

— Performance and quality in all seasons.

DWF Workforce & BabyNeeds

— Mărțișor(a traditional Romanian symbol associated with the arrival of spring)

DWF Workforce & Barhat

— A success story of a low budget Black Friday Campaign

DWF Workforce & EvoMAG

— Black Friday 2022

DWF Workforce & Garkony

— Taking Garkony to Unprecedented Digital Marketing Success

Peak Ace & SharkNinja Spain

— Cleaning Spanish houses since 2020

Paid Search Campaign of the Year

56K digital & Wayke AB

— Intent Matchmaker: How we Achieved All-Time-High Results by Matching Campaigns with Goals & Search Intent"

Arvo Partners - Veke

— Planting Success in the Furniture Market Garden

Climbing Trees & ACCO Brands

— Pan-European Always-On Wins Leitz Shredder Market Share

Fingerspitz & Cortina

— Brand term advertising on Google... do or don't?

Jack.tm & LeaseLoco

— Doubling Gross Profit with the Power of Automation

Peak Ace & Concardis

— Tracking the way to higher card acceptance in Germany

Peak Ace & SharkNinja Spain

— Cleaning Spanish houses since 2020

RocketMill & The Telegraph

— Increasing subscriptions by 209% with article-specific ads

Springbok Agency & Partou

— Location-Based Advertising

StrategiQ & Oak Tree Mobility

— The Aid Of The Ads

The Media Image & Kendo

— Fenty Paid Search Restructure

Traffic Builders & Mediq

— Ensuring insurance switchers

Travel / Leisure Campaign of the Year

Dinetix & Terme Olimia

— Beauty pampering

Havas Media & Shannon Airport

— Summer Season 22

Impression & Norse Atlantic Airways

— The sky'sthe limit

StrategiQ & Jacada Travel

— Flying High With 3,949% ROAS

Retail Campaign of the Year

Arke Agency & Shay & Blue

— The Scent of Success

DWF & Nemira

— Black Friday on a tight budget

DWF Workforce & Autobon

— Performance and quality in all seasons.

DWF Workforce & BabyNeeds

— Mărțișor(a traditional Romanian symbol associated with the arrival of spring)

DWF Workforce & Barhat

— A success story of a low budget Black Friday Campaign

DWF Workforce & EvoMAG

— Black Friday 2022

DWF Workforce & Garkony

— Taking Garkony to Unprecedented Digital Marketing Success

Peak Ace & SharkNinja Spain

— Cleaning Spanish houses since 2020

Finance Campaign of the Year

Digital Ethos & Flutterwave

— Send in a heartbeat

DWF Workforce & Keez

— Have your entire business at your fingertips

INTREN & CHERRISK

— Are you sure you're prepared for awkward situations?

Mediaworks & Metro Bank

— Leveraging Digital to Become a High-Street Leader

Mindshare Ireland / 123.ie

— 123 Daith

Peak Ace & Concardis

— Tracking the way to higher card acceptance in Germany

Traffic Builders & LeaseplanBank

— Real Time Buyer Persona Optimization

Hospitality Campaign of the Year

There is no shortlist for the category, the winner will be announced on Monday 7th July 2023

Charity Campaign of the Year

Havas Media & Focus Ireland

— Christmas 22 Campaign

Impression & Cancer Research UK

— An innovative approach to testing

SmartYou & Zrzutka.pl

— how we boosted Poland's largest annual fundraising campaign with Meta Ads

Best Integrated Paid Media Campaign

Digital Ethos & Flutterwave

— Send in a heartbeat

DWF & Nemira

— Black Friday on a tight budget

DWF Workforce & Barhat

— A success story of a low budget Black Friday Campaign

DWF Workforce & EvoMAG

— Black Friday 2022

Lounge Group & Szerencsejáték Zrt.

— Tippmix and TippmixPro campaign

The Think Tank & IRIS

Traffic Builders & Mediq

— Switching Campaigns -50% Cost Per Lead

Best Use of LinkedIn Ads

There is no shortlist for the category, the winner will be announced on Monday 7th July 2023

Best Use of Facebook / Instagram Ads

56K Digital & Boob Design

— A case study of how we lowered COS from 58% to 11%

56K Digital & Wayke Sweden AB

— Facebook Boosts Wayke's Traffic by 120%: Now Accounts for 75% of Total Visits!

Arvo Partners & PaaPii

— Fashioning Success through Customer Data Empowerment

dentsu & LinkedIn & 84 Paris

— Breaking the Mould: An innovative approach to ‘Always On’ brand marketing on social

INTREN & Provident

— How to improve your lead's quality while halving the CPA?

s360 & Harklinikken

— +3.000.000 higher reach without compromising sales or increasing ad spend

SmartYou & Casu

— How to increase revenue with iOS users

Traffic Builders & Refurbished

— combining AI and social automation for hyper relevant targeting

Best Use of Amazon Ads

There is no shortlist for the category, the winner will be announced on Monday 7th July 2023

Best Use of Snapchat Ads

denstu Ireland and Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC)

— Don't let Crypto Currency be your Kryptonite

dentsu Ireland & Apache Pizza

— A Really Big Deal

RocketMill & Party Casino

— Unlocking the value of Snapchat: Transforming a once abandoned channel into a key media player

Best Use of TikTok Ads

Havas Media & Studio Canal

— Evil Dead Rise Launch

Lounge Group & STABILO International GmbH Hungarian Branch

— Colour with words feat. VALMAR

Mindshare Ireland / 123.ie

— 123 Daith

Best Use of Video

dentsu & LinkedIn & 84 Paris

— Breaking the Mould: An innovative approach to ‘Always On’ brand marketing on social

dentsu Ireland & Birra Moretti Ireland

— Live Italian Series

DWF

— in The Godfather Effect: Unveiling the Art of PPC Video Campaigns

Mindshare Ireland / 123.ie -123 Daith

— 123 Daith

Best Use of Data

56K digital & Wayke AB

— Intent Matchmaker: How we Achieved All-Time-High Results by Matching Campaigns with Goals & Search Intent"

Arvo Partners & Lumise

— Transforming Profitability and illuminating the High-Profit Margin Products

Booster Box & GriffeShop

— Improving Shopping performance with Product Feed clustered by Performance

Impression & Fire Seals Direct

— A trailblazing approach to data analysis

INTREN & E.ON

— SolarHome

Jack.tm & LeaseLoco

— Doubling Gross Profit with the Power of Automation

Peak Ace & Concardis

— Tracking the way to higher card acceptance in Germany

Peak Ace & SharkNinja Spain

— Cleaning Spanish houses since 2020

Performics

— Categorising 200k Keywords in ~5 Minutes with IBP

StrategiQ & Jacada Travel

— Flying High With 3,949% ROAS

Best Use of Attribution

Peak Ace & Concardis

— Tracking the way to higher card acceptance in Germany

StrategiQ & Jacada Travel

— Flying High With 3,949% ROAS

StrategiQ & Oak Tree Mobility

— The Aid Of The Ads

Best Use of Automation

Contiki x SmartlyIO

— Automated Top Trips Ads

Jack.tm & LeaseLoco

— Doubling Gross Profit with the Power of Automation

Peak Ace & Concardis

— Tracking the way to higher card acceptance in Germany

Peak Ace & SharkNinja Spain

— Cleaning Spanish houses since 2020

RocketMill & Sky Bet

— Embracing automation, relevance, and best practice to drive +125% in First Time Deposits

Springbok Agency & Partou

— Automated Location-Based Advertising

Traffic Builders & LeaseplanBank

— Real Time Buyer Persona Optimization

Traffic Builders & Refurbished

— combining AI and social automation for hyper relevant targeting

Paid Search Technology of the Year

Squared.io

— Google Ads. Automated.

TrueClicks

— Never miss an issue or opportunity again

Innovation Award

Feed Octopus

— Feed management based on Google Big Query and AI

Performics

— Understanding Competitors with Social Intelligence

Squared.io

— Google Ads. Automated.

Rising Star Award

Bianca Lohan

Catalin Oprea

Daphne Kesler

Start-up Paid Media Agency of the Year

There is no shortlist for the category, the winner will be announced on Monday 7th July 2023

Small Paid Media Agency of the Year

There is no shortlist for the category, the winner will be announced on Monday 7th July 2023

Large Paid Media Agency of the Year

Impression

Rocketmill

StrategiQ

The Media Image

In-House Paid Media Team of the Year

There is no shortlist for the category, the winner will be announced on Monday 7th July 2023

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Testimonials

"We’re over the moon to share our recent triumph at the European Paid Media Awards 2023 for ‘Best Use of Amazon Ads’! The prestigious accolade recognises our exceptional ability to implement cutting-edge strategies that maximise the effectiveness of advertising campaigns on Amazon."
Booster Box
"We proudly participated in the European Paid Media Awards to commemorate our journey over the past year as a small business. We chose to compete in the Small Paid Media Agency of the Year category (for agencies with under 25 employees) to share the wealth of knowledge we’ve gained as an organisation deeply committed to giving back."
Bind Media
"This award nomination holds immense significance for us, as it serves as a true validation of the hard work, passion, and unwavering dedication poured in by every single member of our extraordinary team. As we eagerly anticipate the award results, we extend our heartfelt wishes of the best of luck to everyone nominated.” Alex Holliman
Climbing Trees
“We are delighted to be nominated in these awards alongside some of the best Paid Media campaigns in the Europe. We have a very strong entry but we know were going to be up against it, so fingers crossed. Wishing all nominees the very best of luck on the night.” Paul Walsh
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