Cannes Lions has named Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) as Artistic Marketer of the Yr for the second consecutive 12 months–the one model to realize this within the historical past of the competition.
The award, launched in 1992, honors a marketer that has created Lion-winning work over a sustained time period and has “established a status for producing courageous inventive and modern advertising options,” in keeping with the competition.
Ultimately 12 months’s Cannes Lions, AB InBev gained 49 Lions–together with one Grand Prix, 10 gold, 19 silver and 19 bronze–throughout 10 manufacturers from seven nations. The Grand Prix was within the Artistic Effectiveness class for Michelob Extremely Pure Gold’s 2021 “Contract for Change” marketing campaign, which supported farmers as they moved into natural farming.
AB InBev has additionally demonstrated that its inventive excellence is driving enterprise development. In 2018, it set a five-year objective to enhance their inventive advertising and drive natural income for the enterprise. Final 12 months, it reported an all-time excessive in gross sales quantity, natural development and improved inventive and monetary efficiency, in keeping with the corporate.
“That is actually unprecedented to win such a prestigious award two years in a row,” AB InBev chief government Michel Doukeris mentioned in a press release. “It’s a testomony to the creativity of our total advertising group and the relentless concentrate on connecting in significant methods with shoppers.”
AB InBev will obtain the award on the closing awards present of the competition on Friday, June 23. It is going to additionally host a seminar on June 19 about their five-year journey.
“AB InBev has raised the bar as soon as once more and embedded a tradition that ensures continued success is inevitable. This win bucks the development and demonstrates an ongoing dedication to creativity as a driver for development,” Cannes Lions CEO Simon Cook dinner mentioned in a press release.
