ANA Announces Finalists For 2018 Multicultural Excellence Awards

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OCTOBER 11, 2018

Grand Prize Winners to Be Announced at Multicultural Marketing & Diversity Conference in November

NEW YORK (Oct. 11, 2018) — Category winners in the 18th annual Association of National Advertisers’ Multicultural Excellence Awards competition were announced today, and will be honored in November for their industry-leading multicultural advertising campaigns run between June 2017 and June 2018.

More than 35 companies were named as winners in 12 separate categories. Grand Prize winners in each category will be announced at an awards ceremony during the ANA’s 20th annual Multicultural Marketing & Diversity Conference, November 4-6 in Miami Beach. The ceremony culminates with the “Best in Show” announcement, honoring the year’s best campaign chosen from the Grand Prize category winners.

The client and agency finalists in each of the 12 categories are:

Client	Agency	Category
Comcast	Burrell Communications	African American
Unilever North America Beauty & Personal Care (Dove MasterBrand)	JOY Collective	African American
Procter & Gamble	EGAMI Group	African American


Warner Bros. Pictures	IW Group	Asian
JP Morgan Chase	interTrend Communications, Inc.	Asian
JP Morgan Chase	interTrend Communications, Inc.	Asian


Goya Foods	Dieste, Inc.	Hispanic
Toyota Motor North America	Conill Advertising	Hispanic
Comcast	Gallegos United	Hispanic


Verizon	McCann	LGBT
NewFest	Ogilvy	LGBT
Verizon	R/GA	LGBT


Procter & Gamble	Wieden + Kennedy	People with Disabilities
Canadian Down Syndrome Society	FCB Canada	People with Disabilities
Toyota Motor North America	Saatchi & Saatchi / Dentsu	People with Disabilities


Comcast	Burrell Communications	Audio
Walmart	Lopez Negrete Communications	Audio
The Coca-Cola Company	Casanova//McCann	Audio


Comcast	Burrell Communications	Print
Comcast	Burrell Communications	Print
fluent360	fluent360	Print


beIN SPORTS	Y&R Miami	Digital/Social/Mobile
PFLAG Canada	FCB/SIX	Digital/Social/Mobile
Puerto Rico Tourism Company	KOI IXS	Digital/Social/Mobile


Procter & Gamble	EGAMI Group	Total Market
Levi Strauss & Co.	FCB West	Total Market
Procter & Gamble	Wieden + Kennedy	Total Market


Procter & Gamble	Wieden + Kennedy	Experiential Marketing
Comcast	Burrell Communications	Experiential Marketing
Comcast	Burrell Communications	Experiential Markeing


Procter & Gamble	EGAMI Group	Socially Responsible
PFLAG Canada	FCB/SIX	Socially Responsible
HP Inc	FF Creative Community	Socially Responsible

Lexus	Walton Isaacson	Significant Results
PFLAG Canada	FCB/SIX	Significant Results
Canadian Down Syndrome Society	FCB Canada	Significant Results

Sponsored by the ANA Multicultural Marketing & Diversity Committee, the awards were created to help raise awareness of and recognition for the outstanding work being done in multicultural marketing.

For more information about the conference, including the full agenda, please visit: http://www.ana.net/conference/show/id/MCC-NOV18.

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