2024 Microsoft Advertising Partner Awards: EMEA winners

Drum roll, please... the moment we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived. We’re very excited to reveal the winners of our Microsoft Advertising Partner Awards in EMEA!

This year’s awards ceremony is particularly special as we reunite in-person to celebrate! We kicked off our day of celebration by welcoming partners and clients at the famed Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam in the Netherlands on 5 December 2024. After a delightful lunch and networking, the afternoon program continued with inspirational content that dove into the industry’s hottest topics such as omnichannel gaming, modern marketing and generative AI. In the evening, we were thrilled to recognize and honor the remarkable achievements of our partners with a glamorous black-tie celebration, where we announced the winners, and celebrated their achievements with colleagues and peers across the advertising industry.

In a year defined by the transformative power of AI, our Elite and Select tier partners have shown us the incredible potential of leading through change. They’re actively shaping the future of our industry with fresh perspectives, innovative strategies, and an unwavering commitment to delivering outstanding results.

We’d like to extend a huge congratulations to our winners, finalists, and all our partners who submitted nominations. We were inspired by the exceptionally competitive pool of nominations this year: a true testament to the great work of our partners and the success of their clients.

Each of our category winners stands out for their impressive contributions and the significant impact they’ve made. We couldn’t be more excited to shine a spotlight on their success.

Winners, if you haven’t yet received a badge graphic to announce your winner status, reach out to your Microsoft Advertising representative or email msapartnerawards@microsoft.com.

Client Partnership of the Year: EPROFESSIONAL GmbH | Hapag-Lloyd

Awarded to a partner and their client (direct advertiser) who have exemplified the power of collaboration and working toward a shared goal with Microsoft Advertising. The client, partner and Microsoft Advertising have come together to drive innovation, revenue growth and feature adoption across Microsoft Advertising solutions.

Excellence in Growth Award: Fosby Digital Marketing

Awarded to a Select tier partner that has demonstrated sustained growth this past year with Microsoft Advertising in terms of revenue, feature adoption, and bringing on and retaining clients new to Microsoft Advertising and is showing a strong and consistent future trajectory in these areas.

Excellence in International Growth Award: Publicis Groupe

Awarded to a partner that has demonstrated excellence in international expansion this past year by using Microsoft Advertising solutions to drive sustainable growth for their clients through expansion into new markets. This partner demonstrated substantial revenue performance and feature adoption across several markets, as well as campaign expansion into multiple international markets.

Generative AI Innovation Award: Mediaplus Performance

Awarded to a partner who has successfully leveraged Microsoft's AI solutions to optimize their digital marketing campaigns and drive business outcomes. The award winner demonstrates how they have used Copilot to deliver impact for their business and customers; whether it be a solution to a complex business problem, or a simple innovation that increased customer satisfaction.

Independent Partner of the Year: Labelium (Elite) and Accenture (Select)

Awarded to one (1) Elite and one (1) Select Independent Partner that demonstrates effective engagement and excellence in partnership with Microsoft across Microsoft Advertising solutions to deliver success to their clients. This award recognizes a partner that demonstrates a unified approach and advocates usage of Microsoft Advertising products and features, innovation, competitive differentiation, and customer value.

Omnichannel Excellence Award: 11880 Internet Services AG

Awarded to a partner that exhibits excellence across multiple Microsoft Advertising solutions, such as Search, Audience ads (CTV, video, display, native), Retail Media, Monetize, Invest. Excellence can be demonstrated through strategy, optimization, and performance. The winner demonstrated successful growth and collaboration with Microsoft Advertising account teams to drive successful strategy across two Microsoft Advertising solutions.

Performance Partner of the Year: Assembly

This award recognizes a team that demonstrates excellence in driving performance and business growth through optimization strategies, including increased feature adoption for campaigns across Microsoft Advertising solutions, driving incremental revenue by promoting the value of Microsoft Advertising to our mutual customers through marketing and co-selling and improving traffic quality and advertiser value.

Marketing with Purpose Award: SOWESPOKE AG

The Marketing with Purpose Award celebrates a partner that embodies the values of diversity, inclusion and sustainability, while using their platform to bring others along on the journey. This award recognizes a partner who demonstrates the strongest commitment to marketing with purpose, building trust with their clients and telling value-based stories in their campaigns. The winning partner takes into consideration the three core pillars of responsibility, values, and inclusion. They exemplify authenticity in their work with purpose driven campaigns and operations.

Agency Partner of the Year, Continental Europe: GroupM Nexus

Awarded to the Central European agency partner that has demonstrated excellence in partnership with Microsoft Advertising across the board.

Agency Partner of the Year, United Kingdom: Omnicom Media Group UK

Awarded to the agency partner that has demonstrated excellence in partnership with Microsoft Advertising across the board in the UK.

Channel Partner of the Year: Diginius

Awarded to the channel partner that has demonstrated excellence in partnership with Microsoft Advertising across the board.

Congratulations

A huge congratulations to all our EMEA winners! We were beyond thrilled to be back together and celebrating the achievements of our partners in-person. #PartnerAwards2024