Unruly Announced As Finalist For IPA Best Media Owner Of The Year
Unruly has just been announced as a finalist for the Best Media Owner category of the IPA Media Owner Awards. It’s a double win for Unruly as our very own Genna Osler has been listed as a finalist for Commercial Director of the Year! The IPA awards celebrate best practice in levels of service that online media owners provide to agencies, with the aim of ‘raising the digital standard in general’.
Unruly Co-Founders Nominated For Entrepreneur Of The Year Award
Unruly co-founders Sarah Wood and Scott Button have been nominated for Investor Allstars’ Entrepreneur of the Year award. Sarah and Scott have been nominated for ‘their contribution to the European economy, their successes in the past year and the viability and future growth potential of Unruly’.
Un-Cannes-Ventional: 5 Takeaways From Cannes Lions 2016
UNpredictable. UNstoppaple. UNexpected. Wow. What a week. Cannes Lions 2016 felt like the biggest ever – with more speakers, parties, and awesome interactions that you could ever wish for. There was also a hell of a lot learning going on by the seashore last week. In fact, with all that sunshine and rosé, you might have missed some of the festival’s biggest moments. That’s why we’ve rounded up 5 key takeaways from advertising’s most glamorous event.
#CannesYouFeelIt – Lexus & The Content That “Keeps On Giving”
There’s no doubt Lexus has had a pretty memorable Cannes Lions. Its SLIDE campaign has picked up a number of awards this week, including a Gold Cyber Lion, a Silver Design Lion and a Bronze PR Lion. It was also a finalist in the Innovation, Product Design and Cyber categories. Created by CHI&Partners, the campaign, featuring the Lexus Hoverboard, has been a huge hit with both marketers and fans alike since the campaign hovered on to the web on October 21, 2015, the date Marty McFly travels to in Back to The Future 2.
#CannesYouFeelIt – 5 Ads That Could Win The Film Lions Grand Prix
Well, ladies and gentlemen – the wait is almost over. Tomorrow night someone will be taking home the Film Lions Grand Prix – arguably Cannes Lions’ most prestigious award. The battle has been fierce, but before the big night, we thought we’d run down some of the ads we think may walk away with the big prize from the shortlist of campaigns.
#CannesYouFeelIt – Peter Field On How Short-Termism Is Killing The Benefits Of Digital
Today at Cannes, renowned marketing consultant Peter Field called for an end to ‘short-termism’ and warned of its detrimental impact on the ad industry, and creativity. Field presented new research based on data from the IPA and Gunn proving that the rise of digital has driven a short term approach to marketing campaigns, which is massively impacting business metrics.
#CannesYouFeelIt – Unruly Launches Its First-Ever Video Ad At Cannes
Quick question: what do a dog doing press-ups, a buzzer-beating basketball hero, a girl getting over her fear of flying and a dog that knows how to use a skipping rope all have in common? They all appear in Unruly‘s first-ever video ad – that’s what. The video ad tech company was asked to create a fun video ad for The New York Post’s big screen at Cannes – and here it is (after the jump).
Unruly Co-CEOs Awarded OBEs In Queen’s 90th Birthday Honours List
We are very excited to announce that Unruly co-CEOs Sarah Wood and Scott Button have been awarded OBEs. The co-founders of the video ad tech company were today named in the Queen’s 90th Birthday 2016 Honours List for their services to innovation and technology.
Unruly Nominated For AOP Digital Ad Ops Team Of The Year
Unruly’s awesome Ops team has been nominated for Digital Advertising Operations Team of the Year by the UK Association of Online Publishers. Shortlisted in the Commercial Excellence category of the Digital Publishing Awards 2016, Unruly’s Operations team have made a name for themselves by delivering the world’s most awesome videos at speed and scale.
