Carmilla snags PROMO! Awards Best of Show

The web series from Smokebomb Entertainment, Kimberly-Clark and Geometry Global took the top prize, while Leo Burnett, Zulu and Taxi also won big.

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Last night’s PROMO! Awards, which celebrates brand activations that get people engaged, saw Geometry Global (the agency’s account director Robyn Dalley is pictured above) take home the coveted Best of Show, as well as two Gold trophies, for the branded content program “Carmilla,” (a scripted web series produced by Smokebomb Entertainment) which it led for Kimberly-Clark’s U by Kotex brand.

Below are the winners (for which there 45 trophies) from last night. To read each of the winning case studies, click here.

Geometry Global

Best of Show
Gold (Most Innovative Idea or Concept)
Gold (Best Use of Social Media)
Kimberly-Clark’s U by Kotex  “Carmilla”

Leo Burnett Toronto, Chicago, London/Holler

Gold (Best Use of Social Media)
Gold (Best Digital Marketing Campaign)
Gold (Best Activity Generating Brand Awareness)
Procter & Gamble’s Always “#LikeAGirl”

Leo Burnett Toronto

Bronze (Best Use of Mobile Marketing)
Molson Coors’ Coors Light “#PimpMyProfile”

Bronze (Best Small Budget Campaign)
Bell Media’s TSN “Kings and Queens of the Court”

Silver (Best Shopper Marketing / Retail Account Specific Activation)
Bronze (Best Integrated Campaign)
Ikea’s “Quick & Easy Room Makeover”

Silver (Best Pop-Up Activation)
Ikea “Inspiration Boxes”

Gold (Best Integrated Campaign)
Ikea’s “House Rules” Leo Burnett Toronto

Leo Burnett Toronto / Diamond Integrated Marketing

Bronze (Best Digital Marketing Campaign)
TD Bank “#MakeTodayMatter”

Zulu Alpha Kilo

Bronze (Best New Product Launch)
Audi “A3 Launch”

Silver (Best Digital Marketing Campaign)
Audi “Tight Parking”

Gold (Best Brand Building Campaign)
Gold (Best Activity Generating Brand Volume)
Gold (Best Activity Generating Brand Awareness)
Interac “Be In The Black”

Bronze (Best Brand Building Campaign)
Bronze (Best Activity Generating Brand Volume)
Bronze (Best Activity Generating Brand Awareness)
Bronze (Best Pop-Up Activation)
Labatt Breweries of Canada / Corona Extra “Summer Campaign”

Taxi Vancouver / Taxi 2

Gold (Best Small Budget Campaign)
Silver (Best Use of Social Media)
Canadian Badlands “Help Build the USS Enterprise”

Gold (Best Use of Mobile Marketing)
Gold (Best Sponsorship Campaign)
Bronze (Best Experiential Campaign)
Kraft’s “MiO POV”

Gold (Most Innovative Idea or Concept)
Gold (Best Pop-Up Activation)
Tim Hortons “Tims Next Door”

Cossette

Silver (Best Sponsorship Campaign)
Perfetti Van Melle / Mentos “The Amazing Journey Contest”

Gold (Best Cause or Charity Marketing)
Silver (Best Small Budget Campaign)
Bronze (Best Use of Social Media)
Amnistie Internationale Canada francophone “#MinuteOfHope”

Hill + Knowlton Strategies 

Gold (Best Use of Direct Marketing)
Corby Spirit and Wine’s The Glenlivet “Squadron 70”

Bob Agence

Silver (Best Shopper Marketing / Retail Account Specific Activation)
Unilever’s Dove “Camera Shy Program”

JWT Montreal

Silver (Best Integrated Campaign)
Tim Hortons “Tim Boston”

Diamond Integrated Marketing

Silver (Best Experiential Campaign)
TD Bank “The New to Bank Tour”

Mosaic 

Silver (Best Experiential Campaign)
Coca-Cola’s Diet Coke “Get a Taste: Style Bar

Touché / Cleansheet / North Strategic

Silver (Best Cause or Charity Marketing)
Canadian Tire / Jumpstart “The Big Play”

Proximity Canada / BBDO Toronto

Silver (Best Activity Generating Brand Volume)
Mars / Misfits “Dog GIF Party Maker” 

Pigeon Brands

Silver (Best Use of Packaging)
Tim Hortons “#WarmWishes Holiday Cup” by Pigeon Brands

Sid Lee

Bronze (Most Innovative Idea or Concept)
Mark’s “Ready for Winter”

MacLaren McCann

Bronze (Best Cause or Charity Marketing)
MasterCard Canada “Priceless Surprises – Truckload of Priceless”

Fuse Marketing Group

Bronze (Best Sponsorship Campaign)
Kruger Products’ Scotties Facial Tissue “Power of 10”

TracyLocke Canada

Bronze (Best Shopper Marketing / Retail Account Specific Activation)
Kraft “Food Hacks”