2016 Winners


2016 Winners Gallery

The 16th annual PROMO! Awards celebrate the best Canadian Brand Activation programs. Brought to you by CAPMA (Canadian Agencies Practicing Marketing Activation), the PROMO! Awards are judged by a panel of senior industry execs who look for breakthrough creative, strategic brilliance and outstanding results.

The awards were handed out at a gala event in Toronto on September 22, 2016.


Pictured: Best of Show - (Project Consent - If It's Not Yes, It's No [Juniper Park \ TBWA])

WINNING CASES

Best of Show
Project Consent - If it’s not yes, it’s no (Juniper Park \ TBWA)
Best Activity Generating Brand Awareness
GOLD: Project Consent - If it’s not yes, it’s no (Juniper Park \ TBWA)
SILVER: Cineplex - Lily & the Snowman (Zulu Alpha Kilo)
SILVER: Wrigley Canada - Skittles Holiday Pawn Shop (MediaCom Canada / BBDO / Harbinger)

Best Activity Generating Brand Volume
GOLD: Interac - Be In The Black (Zulu Alpha Kilo)
SILVER: Labatt Breweries of Canada - Corona Extra - Summer Starts with Cinco De Mayo (Hunter Straker)

Best Brand Building Campaign
GOLD: Interac - Be In The Black (Zulu Alpha Kilo)
SILVER: Cineplex - Lily & the Snowman (Zulu Alpha Kilo)
BRONZE: Pepsi Foods – Quaker - The Recital (studio m)

Best Cause or Charity Marketing
GOLD: Project Consent - If it’s not yes, it’s no (Juniper Park \ TBWA)
GOLD: SickKids Foundation - Life Unpaused (Cossette)
SILVER: General Mills - Honey Nut Cheerios - Bring Back the Bees (Cossette)
BRONZE: Amnesty International - Barbed Wire (Cossette)

Best Digital Marketing Campaign
GOLD: SickKids Foundation - Life Unpaused (Cossette)
BRONZE: Interac - Interac 21 Day Credit-Free Challenge (Zulu Alpha Kilo)
BRONZE: Perfetti Van Melle – Mentos - Mentos Amazing Journey Contest (Cossette)

Best Pop-Up / Experiential Event
GOLD: Raising the Roof - Coming Soon (Leo Burnett Toronto)
SILVER: Wrigley Canada - Skittles Holiday Pawn Shop (MediaCom / BBDO / Harbinger)

Best Experiential Campaign
SILVER: Labatt Breweries of Canada – Stella Artois Sensorium (Mosaic)
BRONZE: Loblaw Companies Limited – PC Insiders Collection Boutique (Mosaic)

Best Integrated Campaign
GOLD: Labatt Breweries of Canada - Bud Light Living Champion (Anomaly)
SILVER: General Mills - Honey Nut Cheerios - Bring Back the Bees (Cossette)

Best Launch
SILVER: Société des alcools du Québec - SAQ Inspire (Cossette)

Best Insight / Strategy
GOLD: Interac - Merry January (Zulu Alpha Kilo)

Best Niche Targeting
SILVER: New Balance - Only In Canada(s) (Havas Worldwide Canada)
BRONZE: Leon’s - #GetMoveWorthy (TAXI)

Best Small Budget Campaign
SILVER: Amnesty International - Barbed Wire (Cossette)
SILVER: McDonald's Restaurants of Canada - McCafé Cinéma (Cossette)

Best Sponsorship Campaign
GOLD: Labatt Breweries of Canada - Bud Light Living Champion (Anomaly)
SILVER: Labatt Breweries of Canada - Budweiser Metallica Brew (Anomaly)

Best Use of Data
GOLD: Spotify Canada - Music For Your World (Anomaly)

Best Use of Online Video
GOLD: Cineplex - Lily & the Snowman (Zulu Alpha Kilo)
GOLD: Project Consent - If it’s not yes, it’s no (Juniper Park \ TBWA)
SILVER: Procter & Gamble – Always - Unstoppable (Leo Burnett Toronto / Chicago)

Best Use of Design
GOLD: Société des alcools du Québec - SAQ Inspire (Cossette)
SILVER: Labatt Breweries of Canada - Budweiser Metallica Brew (Anomaly)

Best Use of Social Media
BRONZE: WestJet - WestJet Christmas Miracle: 12,000 mini miracles (WestJet / studio m)

Most Innovative Idea or Concept
GOLD: Labatt Breweries of Canada – Stella Artois Sensorium (Mosaic)
SILVER: General Mills - Honey Nut Cheerios - Bring Back The Bees (Cossette)
SILVER: SickKids Foundation - Life Unpaused (Cossette)