We are delighted to announce that the the finalists for this year’s highly anticipated Digital Media Awards have been officially selected.
After careful consideration and evaluation by our esteemed panel of judges, we have identified a group of outstanding individuals and establishments who have demonstrated exemplary dedication and excellence in the Digital Media industry. The competition was fierce, and the quality of submissions received surpassed all expectations.
Join us on the Friday 10th October at the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Dublin the annual award ceremony where all categories winners will be revealed! We look forward to seeing you there.
Tickets for the event are now on sale and can be purchased here! We recommend you book your seats sooner rather than later as we expect to have another full house again this year!
1 Ticket excl. VAT €340
Table of 10 excl. VAT €3,300
BEST USE OF MEDIA
BEST USE OF MEDIA
Adhere Digital
Citylink: Turning a Legacy Brand into a Digital Search Powerhouse
Core
An Post: Delivering Growth for Advantage Card
Core Optimisation Limited
Ella & Jo
Skin Deep Search
Glassbox Agency
StayCity
GlowMetrics
GlowMetrics & O’Callaghan Collection: Data-Driven Search Optimisation
Havas Media Ireland
Domino’s Pizza
Clicks, Conversions, Cravings: A Domino’s Search Success Story
Havas Media Ireland
Hyundai Ireland
Accelerating Intent: Hyundai’s Search Strategy in Overdrive
Legacy Communications
PPC, SEO & Digital PR: The Triple Threat for Leads
PHD
FBD
FBD Home Insurance: Mastering Market Share and Increasing Quote Volume through Strategic Search
Social Media Elite
KASH Beauty Aura Skin Performance Max Campaign
Wolfgang Digital
Wolfgang Digital & Horseware Ireland: From Dark Horse to Prized Pony
Zenith, part of Core & Core
Dalata Hotel Group – Searching for a Digital Transformation
Sponsored By
Ashford Castle
Ashford Castle
Bord Gáis Energy
Zenergy
Bowsy.com & Spark Digital
Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Building Heroes
Chadwicks
Building a Community – Earning the Space to Drive Commercial Actions
Forsman & Bodenfors
Fáilte Ireland
Winter in Dublin
Good as Gold
Variety Jones
After The Fire: The Variety Jones Comeback
Harris PR
Fáilte Ireland and MPI Artists
Harris PR supporting Púca Festival 2024
Havas Media Ireland
Domino’s Pizza
Domino’s Crème Egg Cookie: A Recipe for Viral Demand
Hotel Woodstock
Hotel Woodstock Social Media
Owen Reilly
Owen Reilly Social Media Platforms
Spark Foundry part of Core
Vhi Healthcare
Vhi Verified – A Healthier Kind of Social Activation
Wolfgang Digital
Trinity College Dublin
Wolfgang Digital & Visit Trinity – Dublin’s Worst Kept Secret!
An Post
Built for Search, Designed to Last
Bord Gáis Energy
Power in Comparison: Rebuilding SEO to Compete and Convert
Core Optimisation Limited
Core Optimisation & WaterWipes – Wiping The Slate Clean
Ebow Digital
Trinity College Dublin
Organic Growth Delivers ROI for Trinity College Dublin
Legacy Communications
Legacy Communications — From Buzz to Backlinks: SEO & Digital PR in Sync
Legacy Communications
Legacy Communications & Keelvar – Sourcing Just Got Hot: Keelvar’s SEO Glow Up
OMD Ireland x Legacy Communications
Virgin Media Ireland
Rewriting the SEO Playbook: How Digital PR Turned Rankings into Revenue for Virgin Media
Rooftop Twenty Two
HOMS Assist SEO Campaign
Wolfgang Digital
Zurich Ireland
Bot to the Future: A.I.’s Impact on Pensions
Zenith part of Core
Energia’s Strategic SEO Content Cleanup
Zenith & Core
Dalata Hotel Group – From 52 to 2 Domains: An SEO Masterclass in Strategic Migration
Sponsored By
Elevate
Carroll Cuisine
Carroll’s New York Deli Adtower Campaign: Slicing Through the Noise
Elevate
Clonakilty Food Co.
Uncorking Success: How Clonakilty Breakfast Meats Sizzled on Digital Screens
OMD
Irish Blood Transfusion Service
How IBTS leveraged hyper-local dynamic creative to reach first-time donors and make it easier than ever for them to start their blood donation journey
WPP Media
Jeep Avenger: Driving Freedom and Sales Through a Hyper-Localised Display Campaign.
Creative Bumblebee
Galway Summer Vibes Festival
Escalate
Tropicana & Pat the Baker
The Unbeatable Combo for Pancake Tuesday
ESB Networks
Weather Watch – How ESB Networks Turned Irish Classrooms into Climate Story rooms
Fabric Social
Britvic PLC
Fabric Social x Club Drinks
Forsman & Bodenfors
Fáilte Ireland
Winter in Dublin
Havas Media Ireland & Mediahuis
Actors, Articles, and Algorithms: A Financial Campaign That Clicked
Irish Times Group
SKY
Turning Sofas into Strongholds: Bringing Sky’s Stay-In Strategy to Life
LADbible Group
LADbible Ireland x NOW TV: The LADS of Us: How Native Content Put Irish Audiences Inside The Last of Us
OMD
Bank of Ireland
Banking on Social: Smarter Research, Bigger Results with LADbible
OMD
Seeing the Funny Side: How Native Content Brought Specsavers Closer to Dublin
OMD
PepsiCo
That’s (Extra Flamin’) Hot! How we integrated Doritos into Pop-Culture
SPAR and EUROSPAR
Breast Before Dates
Chadwicks
The Snickers Effect – Durable, Comfy & Irresistible
Fabric Social
Sky Ireland
Fabric Social x Sky Ireland
Havas Media Ireland
UPMC
More Than Memories: UPMC’s Video Success
Irish Times Group
SKY
Turning Sofas into Strongholds: Bringing Sky’s Stay-In Strategy to Life
LADbible Group
Heineken Ireland
LADbible Ireland x Orchard Thieves: The Guerilla Gameshow That Made Ireland Obey Their Instincts
MXB Agency
Musgrave Group
Daybreak
Retake
Tipperary GAA
Tipperary Win A House
Supermac’s
Supermac’s Festive 5oz
TITAN Experience
Her Moves x Sport Ireland – “It’s Complicated”
Total Digital
Life @ elfc
We the People
Safefood: The Food Environment
We the People
Wind Energy Ireland
Be Anything You Want, But Be Part of the Solution
dentsu
dentsu & PTSB – How an Olympic Team Effort Created a Gold Medal Strategy
Havas Dublin
The Maxol Group – Bags More
OMD
Bank of Ireland
Embracing Diversity to Welcome Newcomers – Bank of Ireland Current Account Campaign
PML Group / Dentsu
PTSB shares Team Ireland’s Golden Olympic Moments
PML Group / OMD
Virgin Media
Moments of Mundanity
PML Group / PHD
Diageo Ireland
Rockshore’s Refreshing Moments, Delivered in Real Time
PML Group / PHD
Diageo Ireland
There’s Always Time for a Visit to the Guinness Storehouse
Talon OOH
How Heineken Turned DOOH into a Performance Channel
Today FM
Today FM, raising funds for Focus Ireland
The Big Busk for Focus Ireland Digital Outdoor Campaign
Sponsored By
GRANITE
GRANITE x Certa: Aodhán the dragon that can’t breathe fire
Havas Media Ireland & AudioXi
Focus Ireland
Empathy Engineered: The Strategic Power of 3D Audio
Havas Media Ireland
Irish Independent
Audio That Acts: How the Indo Made Every Second Count
Mediahuis Ireland
Indo Sport with Joe Molloy
Strike Digital
Irish Tax Rebates
Tax Rebate Season: ‘A Moment In Time’
The Podcast Studios
Women’s Aid
Too Into You Podcast
The Podcast Studios
Chadwicks Group
Chadwicks Under Construction Podcast
Waterways Ireland
Waterways Through Time
Zenith, part of Core & audioXi, part of Media Central
McDonald’s
Innovation McDelivered – Did Someone Order 245,700 Ads?
BEST USE OF TECHNOLOGY, PLATFORM & STRATEGY
BEST USE OF TECHNOLOGY, PLATFORM & STRATEGY
Appify Ltd.
RecoverMe
Appify – RecoverMe
dentsu
Burger King PAC-ed a Whopper punch
Dublin Airport
The New Dublin Airport App – Travel Smarter
Ebow Digital
DocMe Technologies
360Me: AI Meets Empathy in Digital Health
Musgrave MarketPlace
Musgrave MarketPlace
Sugar Rush
Henderson Foodservice
Barista Bar Coffee Loyalty App
Tapadoo
Payzone Mobile App
Tapadoo
Yuno Energy
Wolfpack Digital
Corrib Oil Mobile Application
An Post
One Brand. One Platform. Infinite Possibilities – AnPost.com
Annertech
Zero Emission Vehicles Ireland (ZEVI)
Zevi.ie: Driving Ireland’s transition to zero-emission mobility
DMG Media (Ireland)
EVOKE.ie – The premier website for women in Ireland
Ebow Digital
The National Archives of Ireland: A User-First Digital Home
ITM Digital
Kildare Brewing Web Design by ITM Digital
Kooba
Bon Secours Health System
OMD
Bank of Ireland
eCommerce Transformation Elevating the Personal Loans Journey
OPEN Design & Digital
An Post
A Witness to Ireland’s History
OPEN Design & Digital
Newbridge Silverware – Museum of Style Icons
Where Style is Everything
Red Dog
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth & Foróige
Comhairle na nÓg
TITAN Experience
Fyffes Ireland’s Fittest School
Waterways Ireland
Waterways Ireland Digital Transformation
All human
An Post – Signed, Sealed, Converted: Driving +100K Completed Registrations Through CRO
Core Optimisation Limited
Beauty Savers
A Thing of Beauty – How AI Transformed Beauty Savers’ New Customer Acquisition by 129%
dentsu
dentsu & Avant Money: Lending a hand with our Loans
Ebow Digital
Health Service Executive (HSE)
HSE: Awareness That Drove RSV Action
Havas Media Ireland & Legacy Communications
Cash & Carry Kitchens
Laser Focus, Maximum Impact: The Hyperlocal Strategy Driving Leads
Irish Life
If You Build It, They Will Come: How a New Calculator-First Strategy Resulted in a 461% Increase in Sales Opportunities
OMD
Bank of Ireland’s Shift to a “Mid Funnel” Mortgage Strategy
O’Connell Marketing
Irish Hotel Federation
Irelandhotels.com: Go Anywhere Gift Card – One Gift Card 400 Hotels Christmas Campaign
Mediahuis Ireland & PHD Media Ireland
In-Market – Mediahuis IRL, Volkswagen & PHD Media Ireland
Starcom part of Core
Acting on NOW: Turning cultural signals into sales
Wolfgang Digital
Cornmarket Group Financial Services Ltd
Wolfgang Digital & Cornmarket – “Little less conversation, a little more action please”
Zenith, part of Core & Core
Dalata Hotel Group
Vacancies to Victory – How Dalata Turned the Talent Crisis into a Performance Opportunity
Adhere Digital
Six Years Strong, Building N-Pro into a Global Brand Through Consistency, Innovation & Trust.
Carr Communications
Finance Solutions
The Mortgage Guy: Building a Trusted Brand
dentsu
dentsu & PTSB – How an Olympic Team Effort Created a Gold Medal Strategy
dmg media
ExtraG.ie – Everyday Irish for Everyday People
Ebow Digital
Utmost International: Building Trust Through Insight
Ebow Digital
DocMe Technologies Ltd.
360Me: A Brand for Every Body
Ebow Digital
Health Service Executive (HSE)
HSE Sexual Wellbeing: Brand Design for Lasting Behaviour Change
Hunter Media Group
White Claw: The Wavemaker Hotline
Idea
Dublin Port – The Hardworking Heart of Dublin
Mediahuis Ireland
Spark Foundry
Food…too Good to Waste – MACE, Spark Foundry, and Mediahuis
Soothing Solutions Ltd T/A Tonstix
The Tonstix Lollipop Person of The Year Campaign
The Westbury
40 Years of The Westbury
Core Optimisation Limited
Core Optimisation & WaterWipes – Wiping The Slate Clean
DMG Media (Ireland)
AIB Mortgages and DMG Media – Driving consideration and quality leads through first in-market targeting.
DMG Media (Ireland)
The Monthly Marathon
GlowMetrics
GlowMetrics & nijobfinder: Analytical Applications
Havas Media Ireland
Horse Racing Ireland
Data-Driven Relevance Reimagined for Racing
Insomnia Coffee
Insomnia Treats – Uplifting your day
Irish Life
Data-driven Strategy: Demystifying Financial Planning to Achieve a 500% Increase in Conversions
Mediahuis Ireland
RECLICK & INMARKET | A First-Party Data Retargeting Revolution
Omnicom Media Group
Virgin Media
Moments of Mundanity – Using AI as a springboard for success
Spark Foundry
Turning Insight into Investment: Aviva’s Data-Driven Growth Story
Spark Foundry
Yuno Energy: Agile Data, Real-Time Brand Growth
Talon Outdoor
Heineken & dentsu
PRECISION INTO PRESENCE. DATA INTO PINTS.
Appify Ltd.
Appify X
Bord Gáis Energy
Intelligent Content & Search: Scaling Performance with AI Precision
DMG Media (Ireland)
In the Wild
DMG Media (Ireland)
Extra.ie
Unlocking Social Growth through AI Powered Text to Speech Technology
Havas Media
KIA Ireland
Converged: The AI Engine Driving KIA’s EV Success
OMD
Virgin Media
Moments of Mundanity – Using AI as a springboard for success
PHD
Guinness AI Sales Optimisation Model – AI powers the perfect pour
Sligo County Council
The Ideas Engine from Visit Sligo
Spark Foundry part of Core
Vhi Healthcare
Vhi OneSearch
Supermac’s
Supermac’s Jersey Scanner
We the People
Roscommon County Council
Visit Roscommon
Sponsored By
dentsu
dentsu & Burger King – Burger King PAC-ed a Whopper punch
dentsu
Electric Ireland x Dentsu – Building Greener Systems
DMG Media (Ireland)
AIB Mortgages and DMG Media Driving consideration and quality leads through first in-market data targeting
Elevate
Elevate x Pearl & Dean’s Data-Led Retail Media Network
ESB Networks
Weather Watch – How ESB Networks Turned Irish Classrooms into Climate Story rooms
GRANITE
FeelTect
Mediahuis Ireland & PHD Media Ireland
In-Market – Mediahuis IRL, Volkswagen & PHD Media Ireland
Musgrave MarketPlace
AI Personalised Product Recommendations
vStream
Novartis Spatial Computing Experience
vStream
The AMD Product Experience Centre
Wolfpack Digital
Corrib Oil – Smart Gauge
Zenith, part of Core & audioXi, part of Media Central
McDonald’s
Innovation McDelivered – Did Someone Order 245,700 Ads?
Adhere Digital
Citylink: Driving Ticket Sales Through Integrated, Route-Specific Strategy
Adhere Digital
Heavins: Multi-Channel Retail Excellence Powered by Insight, Integration & Performance
Bord Gáis Energy
The Brill Building
Zenergy
dentsu
dentsu & PTSB – How an Olympic Team Effort Created Sponsorship Gold
Dynamo
Avant Money by Bankinter
Advantage: You. Avant Money Mortgages
FUEL
Kaleidoscope Presented by Glenveagh 2025
Havas Media Ireland
KIA Ireland
KIA EV3: Driving EV Market Leadership Through Integrated Marketing Excellence
Mediahuis Ireland
Activia & WPP/Mindshare
Real Health with Karl Henry Podcast with Activia & Mindshare
SPAR and EUROSPAR
Breast Before Dates
Verve Live Agency, Essence Mediacom & Oglivy
Coca-Cola
Best Coke Ever
Vroom Digital & The Public House
EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum
Vroom Digital and The Public House with EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum – The Love Story Before ‘Love Story’: A Multi-Channel Heritage Campaign
Wolfgang Digital
Wolfgang Digital & Horseware Ireland: From Dark Horse to Prized Pony
BEST IN CLASS
BEST IN CLASS
Chadwicks
Chadwicks Lets Get It Done
Dynamo
Avant Money by Bankinter
Advantage: You. Avant Money Mortgages
Ebow Digital
DocMe Technologies Ltd.
360Me: A Future-Ready Identity System
Ebow Digital
Health Service Executive (HSE)
HSE: Scroll-Stopping Sexual Health
EY Ireland
Shape the Future with Confidence
Havas Media Ireland & Legacy Communications
Cash & Carry Kitchens
Crafting Ireland’s Most Loved Kitchen Brand: A Transformative Year of Innovation, Attention, and Authentic Growth
Kooba
Apata
LADbible Ireland
The Best Mate of the Internet
RTÉ
RTÉ Player
Dive In – RTÉ Player’s Record-Breaking Streaming Success
Sentro Labs
SENTRO LABS
SPIN
SPIN1038 & SPIN South West — Setting the Standard for Digital Engagement and Brand Growth
audioXi
Movember
The Mo-Vement across Media Central
Belong To LGBTQ+ Youth Ireland
It’s Our Social Media 2025
Ebow Digital
Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland: Knowledge Graph Innovation
Ebow Digital
Health Service Executive (HSE)
HSE: RSV Immunisation with Real Impact
Ebow Digital
The National Archives of Ireland
Ireland’s Memory, Preserved by The National Archives of Ireland
Havas Media Ireland
Focus Ireland
Turning Compassion into Action
OMD
Irish Blood Transfusion Service
How IBTS leveraged hyper-local dynamic creative to reach first-time donors and make it easier than ever for them to start their blood donation journey
TITAN Experience
Her Moves x Sport Ireland
Vroom Digital
UNICEF Ireland – Digital Action for Gaza: A Continuation of Emergency Response
Waterways Ireland
Reel Life
We the People
Safefood: The Food Environment
Zenith, part of Core & Core Performance
Irish League of Credit Unions – For You, Not Profit
Elevate
Henkel
Spin & Win With Dylon Renew & SuperValu
Elevate
Lipton
Catch the Calm – Pukka Tea Gamification Campaign
Havas Dublin
The Maxol Group
The Maxol Group – PAWsome Fresheners
Havas Media Ireland
Cash & Carry Kitchens
From Click to Kitchen – A Digital Evolution in Craft, Culture and Conversion
MACE
Wishing you a happy CHRISMACE
MXB Agency
Musgrave Group
Daybreak
OMD
Bradys Family
A Winning Recipe: How Brady Family Outsmarted Private Label Competitors
PHD
Guinness Nitrosurge: From Click to Pour Transforming Guinness Nitrosurge with Retail Media Marketing
SPAR and EUROSPAR
Breast Before Dates
SumoBLUE
Electrocity
2 Years Consecutive Growth in Google Ads
Annertech
Core Optimisation
Ebow Digital
Fabric Social Ireland
Glassbox Agency
Granite
Havas Media
Kooba
Omnicom Media Group
Strike Digital
Wolfpack Digital
Adhere Digital
Adhere Digital
Appify Ltd.
Appify
CDG – Creative Driven Goals
CDG – Creative Driven Goals
Circle Content
Circle Content
Glassbox Agency
Glassbox Agency
GlowMetrics
Small Agency / Big Data
OPEN Design & Digital
Size isn’t everything — but results are.
Salt Marketing Ltd.
Engineering Predictable Growth Through Humans, AI, Data & CRM
Squint Creative
SQUINT Creative: Storytelling Through Next-Gen Visuals
Vroom Digital
Driven by Story. Defined by Impact
We the People
We the People
Bauer Media Outdoor
Bauer Media Outdoor
Diageo
Guinness AI Sales Optimisation Model – AI Powers The Perfect Pour
dmg media
dmg media
Irish Life
If You Build It, They Will Come: How a New Calculator-First Strategy Resulted in a 461% Increase in Sales Opportunities
Mediahuis Ireland
Powering Digital Growth through Solution Selling
Musgrave Marketplace
Musgrave Marketplace
dentsu
Ferrero
dentsu x FulFil – A WonderFuel Campaign
Dynamo
Avant Money by Bankinter
Advantage: You. Avant Money Mortgages
Ebow Digital
Health Service Executive (HSE)
HSE: A Bold Identity for SexualWellbeing.ie
Ebow Digital
Health Service Executive (HSE)
HSE: Social That Drove Hep C Testing
Ebow Digital
Utmost International: Navigating Thought Leadership
GRANITE
GRANITE x Certa: Aodhán the dragon that can’t breathe fire
Irish Times Group
SKY
Turning Sofas into Strongholds: Bringing Sky’s Stay-In Strategy to Life
Kooba
Screen Ireland Production Slate
MACE
Wishing you a happy CHRISMACE
Stratticus Studio
ohh that’s spicey! – Stay Spiced
We the People
Wind Energy Ireland
Be Anything You Want, But Be Part of the Solution
Zenith, part of Core & audioXi, part of Media Central
McDonald’s
Innovation McDelivered – Did Someone Order 245,700 Ads?
Sponsored By
Adhere Digital
Beyond Partnership: Building Success Together with Heavins
Bowsy.com & Spark Digital
Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Building Heroes
Carr Communications
National Standards Authority of Ireland
#MoreThanStandard
Ebow Digital
Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland: Knowledge Graph Innovation
Escalate
Tropicana x Pat the Baker | Matching clients to own Pancake Tuesday.
Havas Media Ireland & Reach
More Than Memories: UPMC’s Video Success
Irish Times Group
SKY
Turning Sofas into Strongholds: Bringing Sky’s Stay-In Strategy to Life
Irish Times Group
Zenith (part of Core)
Budget 2025: How PwC Dominated The Discourse
Kooba
Bord Bia Gather
O’Connell Marketing
Irish Hotel Federation
Irelandhotels.com Go Anywhere Gift Card – One Gift Card 400 Hotels – Collaboration at its Best
Social Media Elite
KASH Beauty x Social Media Elite – Their Viral Aura Skin Collaboration
Starcom part of Core
Allianz
To Affinity and Beyond
AccessPoint
AccessPoint
Adhere Digital
Adhere Digital
Core Optimisation
Search and Deliver
Feenix Group
Studio Canal (Paddington)
Feenix Group: Leading the Charge in Youth Marketing Through Gaming
Glassbox Agency
Google and Social Specialists
GlowMetrics
Digital Analytics & Data-Driven Marketing Specialists
Havas Play / Havas Media Ireland
Culture-Led, Results-Driven: The Havas Play Way
Podcast Studios/ HeadStuff
Podcast Marketing
SQUINT Creative
Storytelling Through Next-Gen Visuals
Tapadoo
Specialist Mobile App Development
vStream
vStream – Innovative Customer Experience Centres
vStream
vStream Health – Innovative Healthcare Communications
Circle Content
Circle Content
Glassbox Agency
Glassbox Agency
Havas Play / Havas Media Ireland
Culture-Led, Results-Driven: The Havas Play Way
SumoBLUE
Electrocity
2 Years Consecutive Growth in Google Ads
Avril Donegan
Croi Laighean Credit Union
Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands
Caoimhe Lally
Hotel Woodstock
University of Limerick
Dearbhla Kelly
deDANÚ
Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands
Ecaterina Bespalco
Sealore
Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands
Eimear Walsh
Donegal GAA
Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands
Jessica Oliveira
GRANITE
Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT)
Lisa Castro
Aserve Investigations Ltd
Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands
Lucy Sheehy
Bound Apparel
Munster Technological University
Molly Carleton
DNG McGill
Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands
Natalia Ziabek
Artessa Coffee
Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands
Sabhbh Edwards Murphy
The UL Playbook
University of Limerick
Stuart May
Mersus Technologies
Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands
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