Ad Age’s 2026 Creativity Awards finalists—see the standout work and teams
Over four days of spirited debate last week, Ad Age juries comprised of dozens of industry leaders chose the winners and finalists for our annual Creativity Awards.
The juries, featuring some of the industry’s most respected and seasoned executives, debated hundreds of entries to select the very best people, companies and work of 2025.
The Creativity Awards are divided into four categories:
- Production—honoring standout talents and companies in advertising production
- Creative Marketing—celebrating exceptional brand execs, companies and effective creative brand ideas
- People—shining a light on top talents in creative, strategy, media, account management and more
- Work—recognizing impressive creative campaigns and ideas that are pointing the way forward for the industry
This year, we also have the Best YouTube Creator Collaboration category, created in partnership with YouTube. These winners and finalists were chosen by a judging panel of Ad Age editors and YouTube executives.
Below are this year’s finalists in all Creativity Awards categories. The winners will be announced at the Ad Age A-List & Creativity Awards Gala on April 20 in New York.
Music & Sound Company of the Year
• Butter Music and Sound
Best Use of Music
• Nike “One of A’Kind”
Entrant: Wieden+Kennedy Portland
Read the full list of finalist here.