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Honoring Excellence in Media and Marketing

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2026
Agency of the Year

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2026
Advertiser of the Year
Heineken Malaysia
Grand prix

Stop That Dot Together: Media Mobilises Women, Driving 27,557 Cancer Screenings and +189% Sales

Agency
Ampersand Advisory

Brand
HOMESOY

Client
Ace Canning

2026 Grand Prix Winner

Stop That Dot Together: Media Mobilises Women, Driving 27,557 Cancer Screenings and +189% Sales

Agency
Ampersand Advisory

Brand
HOMESOY

Client
Ace Canning

2026 Agency Of The YEar

INVICTUS BLUE

2026 Advertisers of the year

Heineken Malaysia

2026
BRAND OF THE YEAR

HOMESOY

2026
BRAND OF THE YEAR
Alliance DSME

Best Use Of

Branded Entertainment and Content

Kisah Benar: When Malaysia Learned to Recognise Scams

OMD | CelcomDigi Berhad . CelcomDigi


From Harvest to Youth-Led Movement — Driving +14% Growth in East Malaysia

AMPERSAND ADVISORY | Etika Group of Companies . Pepsi


How KFC Turned Raya into Shareable Entertainment for a New Kind of Family

UNIVERSAL MCCANN | QSR Brands (M) Holdings Bhd . KFC


The 9.8kg Love Letter to Tiger Beer

DENTSU X | Heineken Malaysia . Tiger


From Price‑Led to Smart Value: How Entertainment Rebuilt Hotlink’s Relevance

UNIVERSAL MCCANN | Maxis Broadband . Hotlink


SUARAKU: Giving Raya Back Its Missing Voice

INITIATIVE MEDIA | U Mobile . U Mobile


Media Collaboration


The Story That United a Nation: Driving 23% Sales Growth

AMPERSAND ADVISORY | Etika Group of Companies . 7up & Mirinda


When Partners Stopped That Dot Together: Driving +155% More Breast Cancer Screenings

AMPERSAND ADVISORY | Ace Canning . HOMESOY


A First-of-its-Kind Media Alliance that drove 70,000 registrations in 2 months

AMPERSAND ADVISORY | PROTON Edar . PROTON Edar


100PLUS x SHALS: Raya Lebih Fresh

CARAT MEDIA SERVICES | F&N Beverages Marketing . 100PLUS


Maybank myImpact SME x BFM : Building Malaysia’s SME Thinking Platform

INVICTUS BLUE | Malayan Banking Berhad . Maybank


How Goodday was first to turn stories to stalls, driving +23% sales

AMPERSAND ADVISORY | Etika Group of Companies . Goodday


FOMO and Fizz launched Malaysia’s number one TV show, driving record sales

AMPERSAND ADVISORY | Etika Group of Companies . Calpis Soda


How Media Collaboration Validated Smart Value for Hotlink

UNIVERSAL MCCANN | Maxis Broadband . Hotlink


The Perfect Media Trinity: FILA × Astro × ALPHA = 100% Fandom-powered Momentum

YELLOW PAPER PLANE | Misto M'sia (prev. Fila WR M'sia) . FILA


U Mobile x The Cap City: Turning Anticipation into Media and Belief

INITIATIVE MEDIA | U Mobile . U Mobile


Data & Analytics


Breaking the Lookalike Loop: Turning Real-Time SME Signals into Addressable Growth

INVICTUS BLUE | Alliance Bank Malaysia Bhd . Alliance DSME


Cracking the Homebuyer Code: Turning Dormant Data into 527 Homes Sold

MINDSHARE MALAYSIA | Sime Darby Property Berhad . Sime Darby Property


Heineken’s Data Reset for Influencer Marketing

DENTSU X | Heineken Malaysia . Heineken


Maybank: We Didn’t Target Savers. We Targeted Saving Moments

INVICTUS BLUE | Malayan Banking Berhad . Maybank


How Guardian intercepted Competitor Shoppers: Winning the Moment Before Purchase

OMD | Guardian Health And Beauty . Guardian Malaysia


From Dormant to Dominant: How Mead Johnson's First-Party Data Woke Up and Drove ROAS +44%

OMD | Mead Johnson . Enfagrow A+


How Huggies Engineered the Halo — Turning Premium Advertising Data into a Value Growth Engine

OMD | Kimberly-Clark . Huggies


When Real-World Behaviour Became BYD’s Best Sales Signal

INITIATIVE MEDIA | Sime Darby Beyond Auto . BYD


AI (Artificial Intelligence)


Human Foresight Engine in AI: Engineering Future Cultural Movement

YELLOW PAPER PLANE | Nippon Paint (Malaysia) . Nippon Paint


Maybank: Turning National Sentiment into Financial Action

INVICTUS BLUE | Malayan Banking Berhad . Maybank


Hands, Emojis, AI: How Ryt Bank became the #1 installed app in Malaysia!

AMPERSAND ADVISORY | YTL Group (Digital Bank) . Ryt Bank


Agh to Ahh: The Engine Behind 1,000+ Bar Visits

DENTSU X | Heineken Malaysia . Heineken


GO CreAItors: How AI Built from Human Chaos Drove 19x More Group Orders

M&C Saatchi Performance | Grab . Grab


SUARAKU: Giving Raya Back Its Missing Voice

INITIATIVE MEDIA | U Mobile . U Mobile


Best Use of Marketing Tech and Automation


Rewriting Google and Meta: A Real-Time Audience Engineering System

INVICTUS BLUE | Alliance Bank Malaysia Bhd . Alliance DSME


The Vaseline Atmospheric UV Guard: Transforming Screens into A Network of UV Defence

SPARK FOUNDRY | Unilever (Malaysia) Holdings . Vaseline


From Zero Awareness to 1,000,000 active accounts: Acquisition Engine unleashes the fastest growing digital bank!

AMPERSAND ADVISORY | YTL Group (Digital Bank) . Ryt Bank


The OS That Protects: Turning Smartphones into Real-Time Intervention Systems

OMD | CelcomDigi Berhad . CelcomDigi


Baskin Robbins: A First-of-Its-Kind Real-Time Activation in Food Delivery

OMD | Golden Scoop . Baskin Robbins


Turning Brand Health into a Real‑Time Decision Engine

UNIVERSAL MCCANN | Great Wall Motor Sales Malaysia . Haval H6 HEV


eCommerce


Who Needs 11.11 Discounts? Kérastase Didn’t!

ZENITH | L’ORÉAL Malaysia . Kérastase


Carlsberg – The Code Hunt When a Brand Film Became a Storefront

Consider iProspect | Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia Berhad . Carlsberg


La Roche-Posay: The #2 That Took #1

ZENITH | L’ORÉAL Malaysia . La-Roche Posay


Guinness Saves EPL Nights with an Assist from Grab

DENTSU X | Heineken Malaysia . Guinness


From Screen Guilt to Cart Conversion During Ramadan

UNIVERSAL MCCANN | Mattel Continental Asia Sdn. Bhd. . Mattel


672% Revenue Uplift. 8.75x More Bookings. It Was Time for Chengdu

TRAPPER MEDIA SERVICES | Malaysia Airlines Berhad . Malaysia Airlines


Sports, Gaming & eSports


100PLUS Zero to Legend with MLBB

CARAT MEDIA SERVICES | F&N . 100PLUS


From Bored Swipes to Boxed Bites: How KFC Gamified The One Box

UNIVERSAL MCCANN | QSR Brands (M) Holdings Bhd . KFC


How Wall's Made Gaming the New Ice Cream Aisle

SPARK FOUNDRY | Unilever (Malaysia) Holdings . Walls


From Sponsorship to Pathway: How Dashing Turned Football Dreams into Sales Growth

PHD MEDIA | Wipro Unza Malaysia . Dashing


Beyond the Screen: Using Helmet Compression as a Living Media Channel for Safi Shayla

PHD MEDIA | Wipro Unza Malaysia . Safi Shayla


CLEAR Head. CLEAR Confidence: Football the Gateway to Grooming

SPARK FOUNDRY | Unilever (Malaysia) Holdings . Clear Men


Influencer Marketing


Why a Finance Influencer Launched an EV Better Than a Car Reviewer

INVICTUS BLUE | Proton New Energy Technology . PRO-NET


Wonda Coffee: Fake vs Real M. Nasir

AMPERSAND ADVISORY | Etika Group of Companies . Wonda Coffee


Duo Terhangat: How Mekdi Sparked Malaysia’s Hottest Reunion

OMD | Gerbang Alaf Restaurants . McDonald's


City of Elmina: Where Wellness Lives, and Content Leads the Way

MINDSHARE MALAYSIA | Sime Darby Property Berhad . Sime Darby Property


Grab for Family: Move Over Gen Z — Makciks, Pakciks and Parents Are Running the Feed Now

M&C Saatchi Performance | Grab . Grab


U Mobile x Nigel Sparks: Turning Anticipation into Influencer-led Belief

INITIATIVE MEDIA | U Mobile . U Mobile


Performance Media


Time For Chengdu: When Performance Media Becomes Route Strategy

TRAPPER MEDIA SERVICES | Malaysia Airlines Berhad . Malaysia Airlines


Rewriting Meta Performance: Winning DSME Growth with Real-Time Audience Engineering

INVICTUS BLUE | Alliance Bank Malaysia Bhd . Alliance DSME


Malaysia Airlines - Engineering Conversion: The 72-Hour MATTA Biddable System fair

TRAPPER MEDIA SERVICES | Malaysia Airlines Berhad . Malaysia Airlines


From Zero to 1,900,000 Installs in just 7 months: The Ryt way

AMPERSAND ADVISORY | YTL Group (Digital Bank) . Ryt Bank


GrabFood Hot Deals: Beyond Blanket Promos, Built for the Right Audience Every Time

M&C Saatchi Performance | Grab . Grab


Diagnosing Doubt: LG Turned Online Hesitation into Biddable Performance

INVICTUS BLUE | LG Electronics (M) . LG


What If You Could Bid On Homeowners Before They Knew They Needed Paint?

INVICTUS BLUE | Jotun Paints Malaysia . Jotun Paints Malaysia


The KPI That Predicted Revenue: How Samsung rebuilt performance media around the ONE metric

STARCOM | Samsung Electronics Malaysia . Samsung


Search & Discovery (SEM, SEO and AEO)

The Sponsored Truth

STARCOM | Samsung Electronics Malaysia . Samsung


Edelweiss, The First ​​Alcohol Brand to Win in Search — Without Google

DENTSU X | Heineken Malaysia . Edelweiss


Answer With The Inherent Truth of Raya 2026

YELLOW PAPER PLANE | Nippon Paint (Malaysia) . Nippon Paint


Alliance Bank: Rebuilding Search for a New Reality of Demand and Discovery

INVICTUS BLUE | Alliance Bank Malaysia Bhd . Alliance DSME


Jotun: The Paint That Made People Search for the Most Beautiful Home

INVICTUS BLUE | Jotun Paints Malaysia . Jotun Paints Malaysia


Search is Where Hype Gets Stolen How Samsung Built a Search Protection System for the AI Discovery Era

STARCOM | Samsung Electronics Malaysia . Samsung


Smart Impact (< RM 200K) Including Digital

Purr-fect Efficiency: How Safi Naturals Beat the Scale with AI

PHD MEDIA | Wipro Unza Malaysia . Safi


Bad Season, Vacant Space: How Die-Hard Fans Helped Maybank Sell Cards without A Single Paid Ad

INVICTUS BLUE | Malayan Banking Berhad . Maybank


Power Tools Powered With The Power Of Others

YELLOW PAPER PLANE | Black & Decker Asia Pacific (Malaysia) . Dewalt


Munchy’s: The M We Built Together

UNIVERSAL MCCANN | UR MUNCHY’S MALAYSIA . UR MUNCHY’S MALAYSIA


Uhrenholt – Emborg's Recipe for Unlocking The Joy In Cooking

TRAPPER MEDIA SERVICES | Uhrenholt . Emborg


Precision That Drives Presence: Guinness Dropped Geo-Fencing Targeting to Deliver +20% Attendance on St. Patrick’s Day

DENTSU X | Heineken Malaysia . Guinness


Integrated Media


Across Every Women’s Touchpoint: “Stop That Dot Together” Drove 27,557 Screenings

AMPERSAND ADVISORY | Ace Canning . HOMESOY


Netflix Malaysia – Wednesday Season 2: Where Every Touchpoint Became Wednesday’s World

TRAPPER MEDIA SERVICES | Netflix Pte Ltd . Netflix Malaysia


Shell: Simplifying BUDI95, End to End

INVICTUS BLUE | Shell Malaysia . Shell Loyalty App


Kepci Cara Kita: Redefining Merdeka Through Everyday Malaysian Culture

UNIVERSAL MCCANN | QSR Brands (M) Holdings Bhd . KFC


100PLUS x SHALS: Raya Lebih Fresh

CARAT MEDIA SERVICES | F&N Beverages Marketing . 100PLUS


From Screens to Stadium: Coca-Cola brings the FIFA World Cup Trophy to Malaysia

ESSENCEMEDIACOM | The Coca-Cola Company . Coca-Cola


Radio / Audio / Podcasts


When Horor is Heard, Not Seen - How The Conjuring turn avoidance into attention

PHD MEDIA | Warner Bros. Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. . Warner Bros Malaysia


Aiken Niacinamide Bright: Hijacking Culture to Make Audio Stand Out in Festive

PHD MEDIA | Wipro Unza Malaysia . Aiken


EMAS7 PHEV: The Sound of Confidence That Moved Malaysia from Consideration to Conversion

TRAPPER MEDIA SERVICES | Proton New Energy Technology (PRONET) . Proton e.MAS


From Battery to Broadcast: Rewiring Audio with an EV

INVICTUS BLUE | Proton New Energy Technology . PRO-NET


Making Waves (And Moving Bones!) Across the Radio Ecosystem With Anlene Move For More

ESSENCEMEDIACOM | Mainland Dairy (Formerly Fonterra) . Anlene


Stepping Out of the Speakers to Become the Trusted Neighbour

YELLOW PAPER PLANE | Campbell Soup Southeast Asia . Kimball


TV / Video


From Harvest to Youth-Led Movement — Driving +14% Growth in East Malaysia

AMPERSAND ADVISORY | Etika Group of Companies . Pepsi


KAK VINDA DAPURRRRR - A Muppet turned Vinda Tissue into #1

PHD MEDIA | Vinda Malaysia . Vinda Tissue


Guinness Made the EPL Unmissable

DENTSU X | Heineken Malaysia . Guinness


How Goodday was first to turn stories to stalls, driving +23% sales

AMPERSAND ADVISORY | Etika Group of Companies . Goodday


How One Viral Film Made Malaysians Search for Safety

INVICTUS BLUE | Volvo Cars Malaysia . Volvo


FOMO and Fizz launched Malaysia’s number one TV show, driving record sales

AMPERSAND ADVISORY | Etika Group of Companies . Calpis Soda


The Story That United a Nation: Driving 23% Sales Growth

AMPERSAND ADVISORY | Etika Group of Companies . 7up & Mirinda


Aiken Niacinimade Bright: Turning Invisible Skincare into Something Gen Z Could See

PHD MEDIA | Wipro Unza Malaysia . Aiken


From Micro-Moments to Bookings: A Video Journey That Converts

TRAPPER MEDIA SERVICES | Malaysia Airlines Berhad . Malaysia Airlines


Interactive & Immersive Experiences

How Tiger Beer Reinvented Chatbots for Chinese New Year

DENTSU X | Heineken Malaysia . Tiger

Celebrations Are Best When Your Phones Are in the ‘Airplane Mode’

DENTSU X | Heineken Malaysia . Heineken

The Ad That Became an Experience: How GrabCoins Made Half a Million Malaysians Stop Scrolling

M&C Saatchi Performance | Grab . Grab

Speak to Discover: KFC’s Turning Voice Search into an Immersive App Experience

UNIVERSAL MCCANN | QSR Brands (M) Holdings Bhd . KFC

10.7 Seconds Inside a Mobile Banner. GrabFood Turned Malaysia's Most Skippable Format Into Its Most Shared Moment.

M&C Saatchi Performance | Grab . Grab

A Thousand Comments, One Decision: Turning a Car Launch into a Live Decision Experience

INVICTUS BLUE | Proton New Energy Technology . PRO-NET

Activation & Experiential


Winning the Hearts and Pots of Malaysia’s Toughest Kitchen Critics

YELLOW PAPER PLANE | Campbell Soup Southeast Asia . Kimball


Sabotaging the Eyes to Restore the Culinary Heartbeat of Prego

YELLOW PAPER PLANE | Campbell Soup Southeast Asia . Prego


Uncle Nyam Nyam Hijacking the Digital Silence to Restore Raw Physical Play

YELLOW PAPER PLANE | Campbell Soup Southeast Asia . Nyam Nyam


Netflix Malaysia – Stranger Things Season 5: Malaysia Entered the Upside Down One Last Time

TRAPPER MEDIA SERVICES | Netflix Pte Ltd . Netflix Malaysia


Dive into the Multi-Sensorial Immersive 'Just-washed' experience

WAVEMAKER | Colgate-Palmolive Malaysia . Softlan


From Brick to Bloom: How LEGO turned gifting into experience and won

STARCOM | LEGO Trading (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. . LEGO


KFC Treats: Turning Coffee Raves into Craving Moments

UNIVERSAL MCCANN | QSR Brands (M) Holdings Bhd . KFC


The Fries Crossroads: Turning Bukit Bintang into a Live, Shared Experience

OMD | Gerbang Alaf Restaurants . McDonald's


MSA For Good


Stop That Dot Together: Media Mobilises Women, Driving 27,557 Cancer Screenings and +189% Sales

AMPERSAND ADVISORY | Ace Canning . HOMESOY


Dashing Converted Purchases Into Football Dreams at Tottenham Hotspur, United Kingdom

PHD MEDIA | Wipro Unza Malaysia . Dashing


Kisah Benar: Turning Scams into Shared National Awareness

OMD | CelcomDigi Berhad . CelcomDigi


The Most Consistent Media Channel in Children’s Lives Wasn’t Treated as Media

UNIVERSAL MCCANN | AIA Malaysia . AIA


Project Salam: So She Could Finally Salam

INVICTUS BLUE | Malayan Banking Berhad . Maybank


Alliance Bank innovative movie empowers Malaysia’s SME Community, drives 54% higher applications

AMPERSAND ADVISORY | Alliance Bank Malaysia Bhd . Alliance Bank


RMHC: From Seeing to Believing to Giving

OMD | Gerbang Alaf Restaurants . McDonald's


Outdoor (Static & Digital) & Programmatic OOH (pOOH)


How Share a Coke Turned DOOH into a Scalable Engine for Real-Time Personalisation

ESSENCEMEDIACOM | The Coca-Cola Company . Coca-Cola


The Vaseline Atmospheric UV Guard: Transforming Outdoors Screens to Real Time UV Warning Shield

SPARK FOUNDRY | Unilever (Malaysia) Holdings . Vaseline


Netflix Malaysia – Wednesday Season 2: When The City Spoke in Wednesday’s Voice

TRAPPER MEDIA SERVICES | Netflix Pte Ltd . Netflix Malaysia


Freedom, Felt Not Told: YSL’s Multi‑Sensory Tunnel That Invited Trial

ZENITH | L’ORÉAL Malaysia . YSL Beauty


How Outdoor Made Scent Travel

WAVEMAKER | Colgate-Palmolive Malaysia Sdn Bhd . Softlan


Wonda Coffee: Fake vs Real M. Nasir

AMPERSAND ADVISORY | Etika Group of Companies . Wonda Coffee


The Phygital Trap: Turning Transit into a Real-Time Scam Intervention

OMD | CelcomDigi Berhad . CelcomDigi


People & Community

Growth Agency of The Year

Redefining the Independent: Built Different. Built to Win

INVICTUS BLUE


The first rule of CART club: Don't say growth. Show it

Omnicom Commerce


Agency Culture of the Year

YELLOW PAPER PLANE

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