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
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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
Erica Kokiw, EVP, Digital, UM joins a panel of 20 experts from across the industry to review entries and curate a shortlist of the best work for the Media Innovation Awards. The MIAs honour the great and growing role media plays in the marketing mix. This year, the awards will showcase the impactful pre and
At this year’s Shopper Innovation + Activation Awards, UM was awarded six medals for their ground-breaking work across four clients, Sobeys, BMO, and Sinai Health. This industry recognition is a true testament to UM’s breakthrough achievements spanning retail, brand activation, and experiential strategy. Click here to read more.
Campaign has revealed the shortlist and winners for its second annual global Agency of the Year awards. UM took home the top media agency award, and global CEO Eileen Kiernan was recognized as a finalist in the agency leader category. UM was celebrated for reimagining the traditional agency model, driven by a unique commitment to Futureproofing clients’
Strategy’s Creative Report Card tracks and tallies the awards taken home by agencies, advertisers and creatives over the past year to help the marketing community know who’s at the top of their game. Ranking #18 on the list, alongside Canada’s best creative advertising shops, UM was the highest-ranked media agency in 2021. The report also