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Adweek Shortlists VML for 2025 Global Agency of the Year

VML recognized among the top four agencies worldwide redefining creativity, strategy, and impact in Adweek’s 40th annual Agency of the Year awards

Published Date
Oct 28, 2025

Adweek has named VML one of four agencies shortlisted for its 2025 Global Agency of the Year honor, recognizing the agency’s creative, strategic, and business performance over the past year.

The shortlist, announced October 27, includes JOAN Creative, McCann, VML, and Wieden+Kennedy. Adweek’s Agency of the Year program—now in its 40th year—celebrates agencies that set new standards for creativity, effectiveness, and workplace culture across the global advertising industry.

The publication will reveal this year’s winners in its December issue, both in print and online, on December 9.

VML’s recognition follows a year of major creative wins, global brand partnerships, and continued growth across key markets.

Read Adweek’s full announcement and complete shortlist here.

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