Category: Awards

A testament to its ground-breaking creative and strategic solutions, UM was awarded two gold Cannes Lions for it’s work on BMO’s “NXT LVL” campaign in the Social & Influencer and Creative Commerce categories.   The Cannes Lions Awards have championed creative excellence since 1954, providing the definitive global benchmark for creativity that drives progress. The Social & Influencer Lions

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UM was crowned the winner in the category of Media Agency Global Network at Campaign’s 2022 Global Agency of the Year Awards. This highly competitive awards program recognizes not only creative excellence, effectiveness, business performance and talent, but also thought leadership, innovation, culture and values to ultimately reward the very best all-round performers from across the globe. Campaign

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UM’s innovative and breakthrough work spanning retail, brand activation, and experiential media was recognized at this year’s Strategy Shopper Innovation + Activation Awards (SIAs.) UM took home a total of four awards, a gold and three silver, for it’s stellar work across three different campaigns for BMO and McCain.  The SIA Awards celebrate the plans and partnerships that embody

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UM’s impressive achievements in innovation and creativity have been recognized at this year’s Strategy AToMiC Awards. UM brought home a total of eight awards, 2 gold, 3 silver, and 3 bronze, for outstanding work across four different campaigns for clients BMO, McCain, and the Black Business and Professional Association. The AToMiC Awards celebrate the role

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UM was the #1 most-awarded Canadian shop and the second most-awarded media agency overall at last month’s prestigious Festival of Media North America Awards (FOMNA). Our clients and teams scored six big wins: 3 GOLDS and 3 HIGHLY COMMENDED awards for work across six different campaigns on Oh Henry!, Tylenol, and BMO Financial Group. The FOMNA Awards are one of the industry’s highest-profile and

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UM’s continuing leadership in innovation and creativity was recognized at the 2022 Media Innovation Awards (MIAs), earning more medals than any other media agency for the third year in a row. UM brought home a total of 15 trophies – 4 gold, 5 silver, 6 bronze – for work across six different campaigns for clients

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UM is obsessed with delivering effective and impactful work that helps clients achieve their business growth objectives. This commitment is reflected in the three shortlists across three different categories, revealed by the 2022 WARC Awards for Effectiveness North America. The WARC Awards for Effectiveness North America showcases the most inspiring and effective work from across

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UM brought home two gold, four silver, and four bronze medals for its work on Black Business and Professional Association, BMO, and the Canadian Down Syndrome Society at the 2022 Advertising and Design Club of Canada (ADCC) Awards. The ADCC Awards honour and celebrate the best in Canadian advertising and design.  Click here to read more.


UM has earned the ‘most awarded’ media agency title for the third year in a row at Canadian Marketing Association (CMA) Awards. This is a true testament to the great work UM produces with clients and agency partners. UM brought home a total of 25 wins – 11 gold, 6 silver and 8 bronze for work with BMO,

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At the 2022 London International Awards (LIAs), UM was awarded three bronze medals for its work on Black Business and Professional Association’s “The Micropedia of Microaggressions” in the Design Zeitgeist and Health & Wellness: Public Service/Social Responsibility categories. UM’s work on BMO’s “Gear Up for Good” also won in the Non-Traditional: Creativity in Commerce category.

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