The global awards run by thenetworkone are designed to celebrate creative excellence in the independent agency sector across the marketing, communications, and advertising industry.

thenetworkone today announced the shortlist for the agencies and award entries who will now go head-to-head in January for the coveted top accolade for 2023 in the following nine categories:

Best Lifestyle PR Campaign

• Discover Illinois with Dilla – OKRP, USA
• Hotel Hyundai - Launch PR, United Kingdom
• Modibodi All Gender period underwear launch – The IMPACT Agency, Australia
• Transaction Merch – RA Kombinat, Kazakhstan
• Visit Finland Happiness Campaign: Find Your Inner Finn – Zapwater Communications, Inc. USA

Best Corporate PR Campaign

• #Leapfrogging4Africa – Kurio, Finland
• Nestle Reforestation Program in Australia – The IMPACT Agency, Australia
• Putting cybersecurity on the map – Nelson Bostock UNLMITED, United Kingdom
• Signs from the Ocean – MGC Global Group, Chile
• The Great British School Trip, powered by Hyundai - Launch, United Kingdom

Best Media Campaign

• DATE AT THE MUSEUM – TECH AND SOUL, COMUNICAÇÃO E MARKETING LTDA, Brazil
• Genesis and Public Health Agency NI – Lifeline 'Taking Really Helps' Campaign – Genesis, United Kingdom
• Hospitality Rising: Rise Fast, Work Young, Smithfield Agency, United Kingdom
• Media Campaign: Starfield – Generation Media, United Kingdom
• Plan(a) – Promise, South Africa

Best Creative (Audio Visual)

• Finding the Forgotten Graduate – Promise, South Africa
• Letters to Santa – Ivalo Creative Agency Oy, Finland
• PF Low E Campaign – Barkley, USA
• Somewhere, Anywhere – Zulu Alpha Kilo, USA
• Welcome to Acid Town, PEIX Health GmbH, Germany

Best Creative (Print and Design)

• AIZOME WASTERCARE^TM Industrial Waste – certified as skincare – SERVICEPLAN, Germany
• Crayons-Creatively Independent – The Crayons Network, India
• DATA IS LIFE CRACKING, BREAKING, FROZEN – Noah's Ark Communications Ltd, Nigeria
• Hakola Furniture – Domestic craftmanship is in all of our hands, Nitro Group Oy, Finland
• Plan (a) – Promise, South Africa

Public Good Award

• §25-11 – Home without Domestic Violence – PEIX Health GmbH, Germany
• 353 Charity Fundraising Ball – Story Agency Ltd, United Kingdom
• Lifeline NI – Genesis, United Kingdom
• Macmillan Coffee Morning – Story Agency Ltd, United Kingdom
• Redefining "Special" – Barrett Hofherr, USA

Innovation Excellence

• Fly Into the Drone Safety Zone – Mower, USA
• Photomode – Out there in games – mnstr, France
• Signs From The Ocean – MGC Global Group, Chile
• This Influencer Does Not Exist – But Can Go Viral – Kurio, Finland
• Unstandardized Desk – Zulu Alpha Kilo, Canada

Rising Star

Anna Ward – Nelson Schmidt, USA

 

Marilla Akkermans – Equality Media + Marketing, Australia

 

Mikey Presser – PromoVeritas, United Kingdom

 

Riku Eteläkoski – Nitro, Finland

Luke Garden – Generation Media, United Kingdom

 

Indie Legend

 

A Journey of Excellence: The Stanton Way. Peter Stanton - Stanton Communications, USA

 

Eka Ruola – Nitro, Finland

 

Cornelia Lamberty: the journey from regional media pioneer to international legend

 

Jari Lähdevuorii – Kurio, Finland

 

Korean PR Legend: Kyong-Hae Kim - Communications Korea, South Korea

Winners announced next month

The panel of esteemed Judges now have the difficult task of selecting the winners in each category and the prestigious 'Best in Show'. The winners will be announced live at thenetworkone's Indie Awards ceremony, kindly hosted by Four Communications in East London in the UK, on Wednesday 24 January 2024.

For Jason Foo, CEO of BBD Perfect Storm in the UK, and winner of the Public Good Award and overall Best in Show Award in 2022, the awards are recognition among a global network of creative innovators. He said: 'Winning was a special moment for our agency. As a

proud independent agency, our Indie was recognition of the excellence we strive for in pushing boundaries and championing innovation for public good. This is the best opportunity to put your agency on the global stage, to compete with the very best independents in our industry and to showcase your creativity.'

Julian Boulding said: 'Our awards are designed to honour and amplify the entrepreneurial spirit of the independent agencies. But it's not just about creativity; independent agencies are competing on the international stage against the largest holding companies and

networks. Their agility, flexibility, and innovative approaches allow them to go head-to-head with industry giants, delivering exceptional results and earning client trust.'