The finalists have been whittled down by an independent, carefully curated selection of industry-leading judges in a rigorous two-step process. A huge thank you to all of our judges this year – you can find out more about them here.
All the judges at this year’s Prolific North Marketing Awards.
Without further ado…here are the finalists for the Prolific North Marketing Awards:
The Prolific North Marketing Awards 2022: The finalists
Best Large Agency
- Drummond Central
- Stein IAS
- The Armstrong Partnership
- Wavemaker North
Best Midsize Agency
Sponsored by Awin
Best Small Agency
Sponsored by Galloways
- Brand Ambition
- Candidsky
- Hillsgreen
- Offended
- Refresh
- ROAR Digital Marketing
- theEword
- The Growth Guys
- This Is Distorted
- Waterfall
Best In-House Team
- Caspian Insurance
- Deloitte 368
- FlexMR
- Stockport Homes Group – Marketing by Home
- LOFT
- OPEN Media
- St Pierre Groupe
- Summize
- Together Financial Services
- Yorkshire Tea
Best B2C Campaign
- AlphaGraphics North East & Park’s Motor Group
- Cravens & First Bus – Let’s Get There Together
- Cravens & Parkdean Resorts – What are we going to do today?
- Drummond Central – Greggs x Primark
- Glass Digital x Horse and Country TV
- iProspect & Freemans
- Mosquito Digital #BeAstonished
- Nexus – Take the Kids for Free on Tyne and Wear Metro
- Smoking Gun & Munchkin – Another Munchkin Miracle
Best B2B Campaign
- Adler and Allan – Red diesel countdown: Ensuring Adler and Allan customers were prepared for significant legislation changes
- Bevic Marketing Services & Bradford BID Member Gift Card Campaign
- Deloitte 368 – Oceans Of Opportunity
- Hillsgreen – Marketing to Farmers
- Lesniak Swann & FSi – Leave No Gaps
- SLG & PolyMax – Polypipe to the Max
Best Integrated Campaign
Sponsored by CreativeRace
- Bolser & Leeds Teaching Hospitals – Shape Up 4 Surgery
- Catapult PR – Shaping a Topiary Champion
- Cravens & First Bus – Let’s Get There Together
- Drummond Central – Change of Heart
- Frame & Northern – ‘Go Do Your Thing’
- ilk Agency – Sport England
- Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership – Never Quit Quitting
- Refinery & East of England Co-op Funeral Services – It means everything to us, because it means everything to you
- Stein IAS – The Psychology of Clean Label
- Tomoro Agency – Haier Expert Campaign
Best Large Budget Campaign
Sponsored by Bolser
- All Response Media & DeadHappy – Dying to Grow
- Cravens & Parkdean Resorts – “What are we going to do today?”
- Evoluted & OriGym – Outreach, Expert Comment & Gymtimidation
Best Small Budget Campaign
- 21 Degrees Digital – Children’s Corner Childcare campaign
- Boutique & abnormal – Product Launch
- CreativeRace – Banana Moon Anti Anxiety Hoody
- durhamlane – It’s Slice to Meet You!
- Glass Digital & Horse & Country – Leading the charge with a 422% increase in non-brand traffic
- Hillsgreen & Aquagrain – Launch of Aquagrain
- LTE Group – National Apprenticeship Week Campaign
- Mosquito Digital #LoveableMess
- One Brand Magic & Candy – Addams Family 2 campaign
- The SME Partners – 250% Growth For 100-Year-Old Family B2B Bakery
Best PR Campaign
- Catapult PR – Shaping a Topiary Champion
- ECHO PR & Manchester BID – Manchester Welcomes in the Year of The Tiger
- Evoluted & OriGym – Outreach, Expert Comment & Gymtimidation
- Influential Agency & Madame Tussauds – Boris Visits the Job Centre
- Intro PR and The Cumberland: The Kinder Shop
- Refresh & Culture Shift: Paying the price for problematic behaviour
- Wavemaker & GBBO – Chatting baking with home baker
Best Social Media Campaign
Best Search Marketing Campaign
- 43 Clicks North & The Stone Group – Black Friday
- Blue Whale Media – Search Marketing for Used Mobiles 4U
- Brand Ambition & Proxima: Scope 3 Success
- Holdens & Snowdon Mountain Railway – Spring 2022 paid search campaign
- Salience & Flooring Supplies – Flooring it to Top of Market in Organic Search
- Wavemaker & Nationwide Building Society – How Nationwide beat Martin Lewis to become the no. 1 authority during ISA season
Best Use of Data and Insight
- Boutique & Best Heating – Forgotten Radiator Strategy
- Catapult PR & McCarron Coates – Premium Pros
- Drummond Central – Change of Heart
- Finecast for Isuzu
- Propack Direct Mail & Sue Ryder – Supporter Acquisition Campaign
- ROAR Digital Marketing & Inflo
Best Brand Building Campaign
- 438 Marketing & Ecolab – Clean Matters
- Evri – Rebranding the biggest dedicated parcel delivery company
- Finecast and Wavemaker North – Finecast for Kikkoman
- Hillsgreen – Marketing to Farmers 2022/23
- iProspect & Freemans
- Jaywing & Skipton Building Society – Meaningful Giving
- Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner – Leading the Fight Against Crime
- Live & Breathe – LEAF Arla Farm Sunday
- Mosquito Digital #BeAstonished
- Refinery & East of England Co-op Funeral Services – It means everything to us, because it means everything to you
Best Response to Change
Sponsored by Boutique
- Cravens & First Bus – Let’s Get There Together
- Enjoy Digital & Valspar – Adapting to a changing world
Best Social Purpose Campaign
Sponsored by McCann Leeds
- Cravens & First Bus – Let’s Get There Together
- Hitch Marketing & the Office for Police and Crime Commissioner in Leicestershire – ‘you’re right, that’s wrong’
- Scala – Nottingham Maternity Scandal: Lasting Change for Maternity Services
- The Growth Guys & MyBubble – Proving Viability of an App with a Great Cause
- This Generation Communications & The Oliver King Foundation – #LetsLegislateOK
- University of Manchester – Climate Questions
Best Not-For-Profit Campaign
- Cumbria Tourism – Welcome Back to High Streets Barrow-in-Furness
- Eleven Marketing & Communication – Samaritans and Network Rail ‘Small Talk Saves Lives’
- Faith PR & The Sleep Charity – Empowering the nation to sleep better
- Hitch Marketing & Liverpool City Region Combined Authority – ‘The best vehicle’
- Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner – Leading the Fight Against Crime
- Propack Direct Mail & Sue Ryder – Supporter Acquisition Campaign
- This Generation Communications & The Oliver King Foundation
- Wellington Square – Stockton Stories
Best Health Campaign
- Bolser & Leeds Teaching Hospitals – Shape Up 4 Surgery
- Diva Creative & GMCA – Covid’s Still Here
- Drummond Central – Change of Heart
- Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership – Never Quit Quitting
Best Ecommerce/Retail Campaign
- Blue Whale Media – Search Marketing for Used Mobiles 4U
- Drummond Central and Hope&Glory – Greggs x Primark
- Evoluted & Sea to Summit – Silos to summit, bringing content and SEO together
- Mosquito Digital #BeAstonished
- Threefold & Xbox PC4GP for Very
- We Influence & CCL – Multi Channel Revenue Growth Campaign
Best Property & Construction Campaign
- Aurora & The Learning Foundry – #BuildingHistory
- Holdens & Altura – Harrison St & Link City
- Serotonin & Riverstone – Retirement living as it should be
- theEword & Latimer Homes – HD MediaCity
- theEword & Yugo
Best Professional & Financial Services Campaign
- Brand Ambition & Proxima: Scope 3 Success
- Catapult PR & McCarron Coates – Premium Pros
- Deloitte 368 – Oceans of Opportunity
- Embryo & BCB
- Intro PR and The Cumberland: The Kinder Shop
- Jaywing & Skipton Building Society – Meaningful Giving
- Zodeq & Entyce Creative – Now is the time
Best Tourism & Leisure Campaign
- Catapult PR – Shaping a Tourism Triumph
- Cumbria Tourism – Welcome Back to High Streets Barrow-in-Furness
- Frame & Northern – ‘Go Do Your Thing’
- Holdens & Snowdon Mountain Railway – Spring 2022 paid search campaign
- Marketing Liverpool – Taste Liverpool. Drink Bordeaux
- The Swan hotel Newby Bridge – Spa launch influencer campaign
- Wavemaker & Jet2holidays x Kiss – that’s a VIBE
Finally, we recently revealed the nominees for Marketer of the Year. The winner for this category, which is sponsored by The Voiceover Gallery, will be decided by a combination of judges’ scores and public votes. The public vote closes on August 30th.
Many thanks also to our other category sponsors this year – Awin, Bolser, Boutique, CreativeRace, Galloways and McCann Leeds.
Don’t forget to snap up your tickets and join us on 21st September as we #CelebrateTheNorth!
