Media Jury
- D&AD Awards 2025
Media-first strategies and ideas that use a specific medium or media property as a creative tool.
Judges will be looking for innovative and creative media-driven ideas – those which prioritise the effective use of channels to communicate the brand message. You will need to demonstrate how the work achieved the intended result.
NoneHave a look at the subcategories below and download the entry kit for more information.
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Subcategories
You can enter your work in the following subcategories.
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6501 - Integrated
Media-first ideas that are executed cohesively across multiple media platforms. For example, online, TV, radio, out-of-home. -
6502 - Direct
Media-first ideas for targeted direct response campaigns that use mail, email, telephone marketing or other methods that enable direct communication with the customer. -
6503 - Entertainment
Media-first ideas created for entertainment. Includes gaming platforms, apps, video sharing channels and music videos. -
6504 - Events & Stunts
Media-first ideas in the form of virtual and physical events or stunts. Includes exhibitions, installations, festivals, product launches, sports tournaments, art performances and concerts, either pre-existing or specially created. -
6505 - Film
Media-first ideas designed for film. Advertising placements include online platforms such as social media and VOD, TV, cinemas and other screens. -
6506 - Interaction
Media-first ideas that encourage and enable users to interact or respond to a brand’s activities. Includes dual screening apps, audio or visual recognition, interactive kiosks and use of extended reality technologies such AR, VR or MR. -
6507 - Mobile Devices
Media-first ideas specifically designed to be accessed on mobile devices. Includes the use of augmented reality location-specific technology and apps. -
6508 - Press & Outdoor
Media-first ideas hosted in the press, such as advertorials, adverts or inserts; and out-of-home advertising for example, on existing, free format, or interactive poster sites. -
6509 - Radio & Audio
Media-first ideas created for use on audio platforms such as radio, podcast channels and streaming services. Includes live broadcast, online or on-demand content. -
6510 - Retail
Campaigns centred around e-commerce, in-store marketing such as digital signage and point-of-sale, pop-up shops, online retail sites and fully integrated virtual stores. -
6511 - Social
Media-first ideas designed for social platforms. Includes paid-for, owned and earned media ideas that exploit the social and community aspects of digital networks and user-generated content. -
6512 - Use of Creators
Media activity that uses creators or influencers – those with niche audiences or over 1,000 followers, to increase engagement and target specific markets. -
6513 - Use of Talent
Media activity that uses popular social media influencers or celebrities, usually with a following of 100,000+, to increase engagement and target specific markets. -
6514 - Collaboration
Media-first ideas that rely on the creative use of sponsor placement, where the collaboration between sponsor and project is key to the campaign’s success. -
6515 - Use of Emerging Technology
Media-first ideas created for immersive platforms or to leverage the use of VR, AR, MR or AI technologies. Includes work designed specifically for gaming environments, liminal spaces, applications across web 3.0 and the metaverse.