BUSINESS
 

WORK

  • ACT Good Report: VML named No.1 network with VML Antwerp ranked No.7 and VML UK No.9 on the Best Agencies list
  • ACT Responsible Cannes Exhibition: VML is honored to have four campaigns featured in the 2025 exhibition at Cannes
  • ADC Awards: 21 honors, including the Designism Cube in the Design for Good category for “The 100th Edition” by Scholz & Friends — along with three Gold, five Silver, six Bronze, and six Merits
  • Ad Age A-List & Creativity Awards: VML's UK "Waiting To Live" campaign won Experiential Campaign of the Year
  • AdForum PHNX Awards: Four Gold, two Silver, and two Bronze
  • Ad Net Zero Awards: Whirlpool and VML Mexico’s "Misión Agua" campaign won Best Practice in Sustainable Media Planning
  • ADWEEK Experiential Awards: VML won for Ford’s SupportBelt and Wendy’s Frosty Fix
  • ADWEEK's "10 Brands That Got Gen Z's Attention for 2025": Hill's Pet Nutrition took third place for the "Because You're Only Human" campaign
  • Agentforce Partner Summit: VML Spain awarded 2025 Sales Excellence Parter of the Year Award by Salesforce for the second year
  • AME Awards: VML won 34 awards, including two Regional Campaign of the Year titles for the U.S. and Latin America, plus seven Gold, 11 Silver, and six Bronze
  • ANA Multicultural Awards: VML earned Best in Show and two Grand Prizes
  • ANDY Awards: Four Golds across the Bravery, Idea, and Craft categories
  • ARF David Ogilvy Awards: VML brought home three Golds, one Silver, and two Bronzes
  • Athar Festival of Creativity: VML won the Marketing Communications Agency of the Year title, including seven Golds, 10 Silvers, and five Bronzes
  • AWARD Awards: VML AUNZ won 16 awards, including two Golds for "The Hidden Eye Test"
  • Braze Forge: VML won Campaign of the Year for Wendy's "Fresh Picks"
  • Campaign Brief Asia Creative Rankings: VML Singapore named #1 Agency of the Year, with Indonesia, Thailand, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Hong Kong also securing top spots
  • Campaign Brief's The Work 2025: VML has been named "APAC Network of the Year", earning 148 Acceptances and #1 rankings in Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore, plus #2 in Thailand
  • Campaign UK's Purpose and Tech Awards: “Unsilence the Crowd” for Sela and “World Unseen” for Canon took home top honors
  • Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity: The VML network was recognized as one of the top four most awarded agencies this year, earning 63 Lions, including two Grands Prix, seven Gold, 22 Silver, and 32 Bronze, alongside 169 shortlists across 21 of the 30 Lions categories.
  • Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity Shortlists: VML’s PainVisible and Living Fabric campaigns earned four Innovation Lions shortlists at Cannes 2025
  • Cannes Lions Rankings: VML ranked No. 4 among global networks with standout placements across multiple regions
  • Cas d'Or du Digital Awards: VML Marketplaces won Gold with campaigns for Colgate-Palmolive and Mondelēz International
  • Círculo de Oro Festival: VML Mexico named Agency of the Year for the seventh consecutive year with 26 award wins
  • Clio Awards: 94 honors, including 11 Gold, 19 Silver, 39 Bronze, and 25 shortlists
  • Clio Health Awards: VML earned 36 awards, including nine Gold, 11 Silver, and 16 Bronze
  • Clio Sports Awards: VML New York’s “Bad Luck Reverser” scored two Golds
  • Creative Circle Awards: VML UK wins 11 Gold, seven Silver, and four Bronze with a finalist spot for Short Film — For Positive Change
  • D&AD Awards: 55 recognitions, including two Yellow Pencils, 10 Graphite Pencils, 17 Wood Pencils, and 26 Shortlist honors
  • Digiday Content Marketing Awards: VML, Audible, and WPP won "Best Community Building Campaign"
  • The Drum Awards: Nine Gold, one Silver, two Bronze, and six Shortlists
  • The Drum World Creative Rankings: For the second consecutive year, VML named #2 Most Awarded Agency Network, with numerous individual offices receiving top rankings
  • The Drum World Creative Rankings Mid-Year: VML secures the No. 4 spot in The Drum’s World Creative Rankings mid-year leaderboard
  • The Drum The World's Best 50 Out-of-Home Ads Ever: VML Czechia's KitKat Phone Break ranked No. 31 by the Drum
  • TIARA Talent Acquisition Awards: VML and Boots won Best Careers Site for creating a mobile-first, accessible, and user-friendly job search experience
  • Dubai Lynx: VML named Network of the Year, with three Grand Prix, seven Gold, seven Silver, and 16 Bronze
  • Effie Awards LATAM: VML Argentina, Mexico, and Portugal have been crowned Agency of the Year and VML won 10 Golds, seven Silvers, and seven Bronzes
  • Effie Awards U.S.: 10 honors, including two Gold, three Silver, and five Bronze
  • El Ojo de Iberoamérica: VML won “Best Agency” in Argentina and Uruguay, “Best Creatives” in Argentina and Uruguay, and multiple awards, including multiple Big Eye and Gold wins
  • Epica Awards: VML earned 12 honors at the Epica Award
  • Fast Company's Innovation by Design Awards: VML Kansas City’s “Sound Sites” project for Tennessee Tourism won the Accessible Design category
  • Fast Company's 2025 World Changing Ideas: VML Argentina’s "Absurd Promises" for ASDRA was named a category honoree
  • FIAP 2025 Gala: VML named LATAM's #1 Network, VML Mexico recognized as "Agency of the Year," and VML Argentina and Uruguay were named "Best Agency of the Year" in their respective countries
  • Gerety Awards: For the second consecutive year, VML has been named "Global Network of the Year". Adding to this success, Scholz & Friends has been named "Global Agency of the Year"
  • Jay Chiat Awards: VML named Network of the Year and earned a Grand Prix, three Golds, one silver and two Bronzes
  • KidLat Creative Awards: VML won Grand Kidlat, Agency of the Year, 28 Golds, 52 Silvers, and 110 Bronzes
  • Little Black Book’s League Table of Creativity, powered by the Immortal Awards: For the second consecutive year, VML named the No.1 Agency Network globally, with VML Mexico City recognized as the No.5 Agency
  • London Internation Awards: VML earned 5 Golds, 14 Silvers, 17 Bronzes, and 14 Finalists
  • MAD Stars Awards: VML APAC won two Grand Prix for VML Manila's KitKat Break Bar, plus 2 Gold, 6 Silver, and 4 Bronze across VML offices in Manila, Singapore, Thailand, and Indonesia
  • MM+M Agency 100: VML Health ranked #4 in the Top 100 healthcare marketing companies
  • New York Festivals: VML named Agency Network of the Year, with one Grand Award, eight Gold, seven Silver, and 18 Bronze trophies
  • OmniShopper Awards: VML campaigns for Avocados From Mexico, Tums, Nexium, and Kleenex win multiple categories at the fifth annual OmniShopper Awards
  • One Show Asia Creative Awards: VML APAC won eight awards, including the 'Best of Discipline' for the KitKat Break Bar campaign with multiple top rankings across the region
  • The One Show: 101 awards, including Best of Discipline in Social Media and Film & Video, five Gold Pencils, 12 Silver, and 13 Bronze
  • Saniss Health and Wellness Awards: two Gold, one Silver, four Bronze
  • Skift IDEA Awards: VML's Sound Sites campaign by VML KC won in Creative Design
  • Spikes Asia: VML Australia named Agency of the year, with a Grand Prix, three Gold, five Silver and 14 Bronze
  • Smarties Awards: VML South Africa was named Agency of the Year, with 17 wins, including six Gold, five Silver, and six Bronze
  • USA TODAY Ad Meter: "When Sally Met Hellmann's" by VML NY tied for No. 8
  • WARC Creative 100: VML #2 Most Awarded Network in the World for Creativity and VML NY #3 Most Awarded Agency in the World for Creativity
  • Web Excellence Awards: VML’s Discoverability team partnered with Ford to migrate and rebuild the Ford Accessories site, earning a Web Excellence Award

 

CULTURE & WORKPLACE

 

PEOPLE

  • Asians in Advertising: Jennifer Kohl, Chief Media Officer, received the inaugural Leadership Excellence Award
  • ADCOLOR Awards: Kaleeta McDade’s recognized as an ADCOLOR One Club Creative, and Kendall Herbert was selected for the 2025 ADCOLOR Futures program
  • AWARD Awards: Andrew Bao and Charlie Dejean for being named Emerging Creative Team of the Year
  • Brandon Hall Group Awards: Best Learning Leader for “Kelly Stuart-Johnson: Making L&D a Business Driver"
  • B&T's 30 Under 30: Charlie Dejean, Copywriter at VML Sydney, won Grand Prix
  • Campaign US Agency of the Year: Rafael Pitanguy, Deputy Chief Creative Officer, wins Creative Person of the Year
  • Cannes Can: Diversity Collective: Adriana Hiromoto from VML United Kingdom and Yuliana Garcia from VML United States
  • Cannes Creative Academists: Estéfani Rocha from VML Brazil and Rachel West from VML MAP
  • Cannes Lion Rankings: Debbi Vandeven ranked #3, Rafael Pitanguy ranked #4 for Chief Creative Officer, and Maria Camila Cabra ranked #6 for Art Director
  • Cannes Young Lions: Sofia Enciso Barrera and Luis Daniel Salgado Montes from VML Colombia, Fanuella Parera and Michael Purnama from VML Indonesia, Heninah Salud and John Cedric Peji from VML Philippines, Jessica Babsy from VML South Africa, and Lydia Martin from VML United Kingdom
  • ChangeMakers Gala: Walter T. Geer III, Chief Creative Officer, Innovation NA, was honored at the Gala
  • Chicago Advertising Federation: Taylor Justin, Account Director, named a 2025 Advertising Woman of the Year Rising Star
  • CLO of the Year: Kelly Stuart-Johnson has been named Chief Learning Officer's 2025 CLO of the Year
  • Dubai Lynx: Chafic Haddad, Chief Creative Officer of VML MENA, named 2025 Advertising Person of the Year
  • Heroes Executives Role Model List: Mel Edwards, VML Global President, recognized for the 5th time
  • MM+M 40 Under 40 Class of 2025: Briana Hecht, VP, Medical Strategy Director
  • Nothing Without Us Awards: Josh Loebner, Global Head of Inclusive Design and Accessibility, was named Change Maker of the Year
  • See It Be It: Daniela Cabezas from VML Chile
  • The Drum World Creative Rankings: Debbi Vandeven, Global Chief Creative Officer, remains among the top two Most Awarded Chief Creative Officers in the world and in the U.S.
  • The Drum World Creative Rankings: Rafael Pitanguy, Deputy Chief Creative Officer, no. 12 on the World's Most-Awarded CCOs list
  • The One Club Creativity: Kaleeta McDade, Global Chief Experience Design Officer, was elected to the Board of Directors
  • Women We Admire: Ezinne Okoro, Global Chief Client and Culture Strategy Officer, has been named one of the Top 50 Women Chief Strategy Officers of 2025


 

Updated January 9, 2026

For errors or omissions, email Jessica Nguyen.

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