UM has made the list of top agencies, ranking #45 overall in Strategy’s 2022 Creative Report Card. This marks UM’s second year making the list as the highest-ranking media agency. The report also recognizes UM as AOR for top brands: American Express, Levi Strauss & Co. and Sinai Health Foundation. Strategy’s Creative Report Card tracks and tallies the awards
Category: Awards
UM’s CEO Shelley Smit joins 13 experts from across the industry to review entries and curate a shortlist for the best work in the media category for The Globe and Mail Young Lions Competitions. The Globe and Mail Young Lions Competitions is the Canadian qualifier for the Global Cannes Young Lions Competitions. Individuals aged 31
Ad Age recently released its 2022 list of Best Places to Work, and UM is ranked among the winners. This annual competition honours the top 50 companies from around the world that stand out from the rest across various workplace factors, including employee benefits, company culture, company environment, employee perks, employee development, and employee engagement. Click here
UM’s leadership in innovation and creativity was recognized at the 2021 Media Innovation Awards (MIAs), generating more wins than any other media agency. UM brought home a total of 17 trophies – 2 gold, 5 silver, 10 bronze – for work across BMO, Movember Foundation, Johnson & Johnson, Levi’s, Amazon Rainforest Conservancy, Hershey, MeToo and
Shelley Smit, CEO, UM Canada, has had the incredible honour of winning the Media Leader of the Year title at the 2021 Media Innovation Awards. Shelley has not only deftly navigated uncertain times, but has propelled UM forward to emerge as a leader on the Canadian and global stage, through a deep commitment to culture
UM Canada demonstrates its industry leadership and best-in-class work at this year’s Festival of Media North America. UM was awarded two gold medals at this year’s awards for Hershey’s “Virtual Treat Quest – Saving Halloween” and Oh Henry!’s 4:25 Buds – “Bringing’s Buds Together Through Media,” which won for Best Communications Strategy and Best Integrated
UM has earned the ‘most awarded’ media agency title for the second 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 12 wins – 2 gold, 4 silver and 6 bronze – across BMO, Levi’s,
Co-chairs of this year’s Canadian Marketing Association (CMA) Awards, Shelley Smit, CEO, UM Canada, and Jennifer Carli, Head, Brand, Social and Content, BMO Financial Group, reflect on their experience overseeing this year’s judging in a recent article on the CMA website. They delve into the evolving media landscape with the continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic,
UM was awarded two wins for their ground-breaking work on Hershey’s “Virtual Treat Quest: Saving Halloween” in Consumer Packaged Goods and Levi’s “Double Portal: Cure for Joyless Shopping” in Retail/E-Commerce, at this year’s Mediapost OMMA Awards. This industry recognition is a true testament to UM’s breakthrough achievements spanning e-commerce, retail and online advertising. Click here to read more.
Strategy’s annual Agency of the Year competition has released its shortlists, naming UM as one of the top media agencies vying for the title of Canada’s top shop. Launched almost three decades ago, Strategy’s Agency of the Year Award recognizes agencies and their impressive body of work. The media discipline calls for work that is
