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Digiday AI Awards
The Digiday AI Awards celebrate the innovative use of artificial intelligence across the media, marketing and advertising industries. Over the years, we’ve honored industry-leading work from Canva, Vidmob, Bloomberg Media Studios and McDonalds.
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Early Deadline:
Jun 26, 2026$499 per entry -
Regular Deadline: Aug 07, 2026$599 per entry
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Last Chance Deadline: Oct 02, 2026$729 per entry
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Categories
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Best AI Tool for Content Creation
Awarding the AI tool that most effectively enables the creation, scaling and optimization of content.
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Best Customer-Facing AI Tool
Awarding the AI tool transforming customer service and the overall customer experience.
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Best Use of Agentic AI
Awarding the most impactful application of agentic AI through the use of autonomous agents to streamline workflows, execute tasks and drive results.
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Best Use of AI for Personalization
Awarding the most effective use of AI to deliver relevant, tailored experiences across channels.
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Best Use of AI for Media Buying
Awarding the use of AI to optimize media planning, buying and performance.
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AI Company of the Year
Awarding the company demonstrating the most effective and impactful use of AI across its business, products or operations.
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Best Use of AI for Programmatic Marketing
Awarding the most effective use of AI to optimize programmatic advertising, targeting, bidding or campaign performance.
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Best Use of AI for Creator-Based Marketing
Awarding the most effective use of AI to enhance creator partnerships, influencer campaigns or creator-led content strategies.
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Best Human-AI Collaboration Strategy
Recognizing the organization or team demonstrating the most effective and balanced partnership between human expertise and AI capabilities.
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Best AI Tool
Awarding the AI tool that most efficiently helps users accomplish business objectives.
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Best AI-Driven Campaign
Awarding the campaign that most effectively uses AI to drive engagement, creativity and measurable results.
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Most Responsible Use of AI
Awarding the most ethical and transparent use of AI, prioritizing accountability, fairness and safety.
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Best Use of AI for Marketing Analytics
Awarding the most effective use of AI to generate insights that improve marketing performance and engagement.
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AI Leader of the Year
Awarding the individual demonstrating exceptional leadership in advancing AI innovation and adoption.
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Most Innovative Use of AI by a Brand
Awarding the brand making the most impactful and creative use of AI to enhance experiences and drive engagement.
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Most Innovative Use of AI by an Agency
Awarding the agency using AI in the most innovative way to advance marketing and media strategies.
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Most Innovative Use of AI by a Publisher
Awarding the publisher using AI in the most innovative way to enhance content, engagement or monetization.
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Best Internal Use of AI
Awarding the most effective use of AI to streamline operations and improve efficiency.
Judges
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Ryan MichlitschEXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTORHOOK -
Christy MacLeodCHIEF DATA & SOLUTIONS OFFICEROMNICOM MEDIA CANADA -
Justin CumbyEVP, PERFORMANCE ACCELERATIONINITIATIVE CANADA -
Cory PetersCHIEF MEDIA OFFICERPHD CANADA -
Brendan TurnerSVP OF DIGITAL EXPERIENCETHE MX GROUP -
Wesley ter HaarCHIEF AI & REVENUE OFFICERMONKS -
Manikandarajan ShanmugavelASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTSP GLOBAL -
Eric BeaneCHIEF ANALYTICS & DATA OFFICERVML -
Oleg KorenfeldCTOCMI MEDIA GROUP -
Collin JosephDIRECTOR, DATA SCIENCEGOOD APPLE -
Manuel Sanchez-PalaciosDIRECTOR OF GROWTH AND AIBALD -
Hetvi BarotTECHNICAL ENGINEERING MANAGERJWX -
Kai TierEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY & AIBARBARIAN
Judging Criteria
Judges will be looking for companies or campaigns that can clearly demonstrate success over the past 12 months. Judges are seeking companies or campaigns that have seized challenges and created opportunities and will evaluate entries based on the following criteria: Innovation, Creativity, Consumer Value, Results and Overall.
Judges will require evidence to substantiate all entries. This can include details of financial performance, specific KPIs, creative evidence in the form of a sizzle reel, campaign images, or links to the final project or related sites. The judges will also consider the structure, presentation and clarity of each entry.
Judging Process
Judges will score each entry prompt and consider any supporting materials submitted. After each judge submits their score for the above criteria, the scores of each criteria will then be averaged and then combined to determine an overall score for each entry. The highest scoring entries will appear on the shortlist and winner lists.
Confidentiality
All material will remain confidential to the judges. Only the 'Credits' section of an entry will be made public via the shortlist/winners announcement. If you win a particular category, our team may summarize the entry for shortlist/winner announcements and winners guides.
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