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DARE TO BE REMARKABLE? Join is for an unforgettable night of creative masterpieces and innovative brilliance.

Immerse yourself in a celebration of creativity like no other. The Campaign Experience Awards 2025 are back, and this year, we’re taking things to new heights. This is your chance to witness, celebrate, and become part of the industry's most exhilarating and imaginative stories.

Step into a realm where creativity knows no bounds and brand experiences come to life in the most spectacular ways.

AMPLIFY YOUR REPUTATION

Winning or even being shortlisted for the Campaign Experience Awards spotlight your agency’s creativity and innovation. It’s a powerful way to show the industry that you’re leading the way and making waves.

BOOST YOUR CLIENT APPEAL

Winning an award is proof that your agency delivers exceptional work. Showcase your achievements to attract new clients and solidify your reputation with existing ones, demonstrating that you’re a top player in the field.

MINGLE WITH THE BEST

Rub shoulders with industry giants and trendsetters. The awards provide a prime opportunity to network with influential leaders, uncover collaboration opportunities, and get the inside scoop on emerging trends and best practices.

BE SEEN BY THE BEST

Your brand deserves the spotlight, and our judges are the industry’s brightest stars. Let your work be evaluated by the top names in advertising - those who set the trends and define what’s next. This is more than an endorsement; it’s a badge of honour that screams excellence.

TAKE THE SPOTLIGHT

Ready for your brand to be seen? Finalists don’t just get a mention - they get amplified across Campaign UK’s massive platforms. With over 646K monthly users, 1.5M page views, and hundreds of thousands of followers on social media, your brand’s story will echo across the industry.

ELEVATE YOUR TEAM’S ENERGY

Every campaign is a team effort, and every entry is a celebration of that collective genius. Show your crew that their hard work is not just noticed, but celebrated. Give them the boost they need to keep pushing boundaries and creating unforgettable experiences.

KEY DATES

ENTRY DEADLINE: Thursday, 16 January 2025

FINAL ENTRY DEADLINE: Thursday, 23 January 2025

AWARDS NIGHT: Thursday, 17 April 2025

ENTRY PRICES

Entry price: £625 + VAT

Late entry price: £690 + VAT

UNLEASH NETWORKING MAGIC

Mingle with the trailblazers and visionaries who are rewriting the rules of marketing. This is your golden opportunity to spark new ideas, forge powerful partnerships, and ignite collaborations that could shape the future. Don’t miss the chance to connect with the finest minds in the industry.

WITNESS INNOVATION LIVE

Dive into the cutting-edge campaigns and daring strategies that are setting new industry benchmarks. Experience firsthand the brilliance behind the most audacious brand experiences and get inspired by what it takes to lead the charge in creativity.

REDEFINE YOUR LEGACY

Step into the spotlight and cement your place among the elite. This event isn’t just about attending; it’s about showcasing your commitment to extraordinary creativity and elevating your industry status to new heights.

MAKE A BOLD STATEMENT

Let your innovation speak volumes. By entering, you demonstrate your leadership and set new benchmarks for excellence. It's your chance to shine a light on what makes your company or personal achievements truly exceptional.

Brand Experience Categories

Best Activation at a Music Event

Have you worked hard to inspire an audience attending a music event? This award will showcase work that has successfully connected with people at a music event. How did you elevate their experience and excite them?

Best Approach to Sustainability

Was sustainability at the forefront when creating your experience? Your event may have been showcasing a sustainable product or perhaps it was key to implement the most environmentally friendly practices possible. This award will honour the project that said goodbye to throw away culture and highlighted a new sustainable way of doing things.

Brand Experience B2B

Are you a brand or agency that has delivered a business-focused event that surpassed all expectations? How did you connect with this audience and how did it engage them through a live experiential activation while keeping in mind the core business goals?

Brand Experience B2C

Did your brand or agency deliver the best consumer-facing experience of the year? How did you bring the core elements of a marketing campaign to life through an activation and how did it engage with the general public?

Collaboration

This award aims to showcase truly collaborative work be it with two brands working together or agency partnerships. We want to hear how and why you’ve partnered to create even better experiences.

Creative Event of the Year

We’re looking for how theming, design, entertainment, catering, lighting and innovation, as well as client and guest feedback, all helped to deliver an outstanding creative event, including brand experiences and industry showcases and events.

Debut Event

Have you launched an exhibition, experiential campaign or creative event that has proved its worth in its first year, exceeding all expectations? Did your live activation fill a gap in the market or leave guests wanting more?

Digital Experience

How did you tie technology to a live experience to connect and engage with your audience and to maximise the reach and experience? Tell us how you incorporated tech, social sharing and digital innovations as part of your live event strategy.

Exhibition Experience

Whether it was one element of a wider exhibition, or the full experience, judges will be looking at how exhibition organisers, agencies and brands are making these events stand out within a crowded market.

Experiences for Good

We’re looking for the most outstanding work in the industry that has been delivered for a good cause. This can be pro bono work or a paid-for brief. Either way we want to see how you’ve used your creative flair to provide a positive impact.

Food Experience

How did you wow customers with food? This award will go to a company with innovative thinking, creative concepts, impeccable delivery and, of course, great food. Judges will be looking for the best ways that food has enhanced a branded experience and has rightly been the focus of the event.

Global Brand Activation

This accolade aims to crown one international activation, be it a consumer brand experience or business-focused event. Note – it can be a standalone event in an international market (outside the UK) or part of a global series.

Integrated Marketing Campaign

Tell us how a brand experience or wider event series was at the core of a wider marketing campaign, featuring a variety of other channels including PR, digital, advertising and social media. How did it help to reinforce the brand’s core message?

Outdoor Experience

It could be a sporting occasion, a movie club or pop-up, or something completely different. We’re looking for a stand-out outdoor event that uses open-air environments as part of its backdrop.

Outstanding Creative Idea

Judges will be looking for the highest quality in terms of creativity. This award is open to agencies and brands that can show the journey from a smart strategic insight to a compelling creative experience.

Pop-Up Experience

Judges will be looking for the most creative way a brand has worked to engage people through a popup event. This award will go to a company that has not only delivered a successful experience, but one that has creativity and innovation at its heart.

Production Experience

Are you an event production company, supplier or agency that has worked to improve branded experiences? This is your opportunity to show how your products, services and how best practice has helped create standout work. How did you go above your call of duty to bring that extra something to a live event? This could be anything from lighting, stage, sound or other elements that have helped to bring an idea to life.

The Game Changer

This award will honour the best event, brand experience or supplier that led the way with a new idea in 2022/2023. It must have an element of innovation and differentiation, something which shows it is out of the ordinary or a step above the rest.

Venue Experience

This category is open to venues only. We’re looking for venues that have used their space in new and exciting ways. Have you created a new or innovative way of using the space? Have you transformed your space to create an unforgettable experience? This award will honour an event space noticeably making strides in the live event industry.

Companies and Teams Categories

Event Team

Do you think you’re the best event team out there? Whether you are agency-side or in-house, we want to know why your group effort has resulted in flawless events, a rise in business and a seamless working style that others envy. When presented with new challenges how did you come together as a team to overcome all obstacles?

Creative Experience Agency

Campaign is looking for the number one creative experience agency. Are you delivering work that your industry peers and leading brands admire? How does the creativity in your campaigns stand out and appeal to the audience? Tell us about your best work, how you tackle briefs, show innovation and build return on investment for your clients through creativity.

Most Sustainable Company

Have you implemented a new way of operating? Is sustainability built into all your working practices? Is your office as sustainable as your events? What can others learn from the way you approach challenges while keeping sustainability at your core? How have you ensured that protecting the environment is not just an afterthought?

Staffing Agency of the Year

With personal interaction at the core of our industry, are you a supplier that provides the key personnel for the success of a live event? Is good customer service with a smile at the core of your day-to-day activities?

Dan Keene, Director, Wonder & Advisory Board Member, Elevate Mentoring

Natalie Duvall, Founder, March Muses & Culture Events Manager, Red Bull

Dan Keene, Director, Wonder & Advisory Board Member, Elevate Mentoring

Natalie Duvall, Founder, March Muses & Culture Events Manager, Red Bull

Nominations to get involved are welcome from across the sectors, either for yourself or a colleague using the link below. The final judging panel will be comprised of an inclusive range of individuals to fully represent the industry.

NOMINATE A JUDGE

The Campaign Experience Awards are Campaign's flagship event. They celebrate the very best in the experiential industry.

The Awards give you access to our highly engaged audience via Campaign magazine and website, as well as the Awards website and social media channels. Our database of senior industry leaders gets your business in front of influential people in the advertising industry.

Benefit from brand awareness through our marketing campaigns to increase awareness of your organisation, its products and services. Create an association with excellence. The agencies which make it through to the shortlist have been rigorously judged by our jury panel of top industry professionals.

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