Brave Brands 2024 Honorees:

Android + DAVID Miami awarded for iPager
Taco Bell + Deutsch LA awarded for Freeing Taco T***day
AB InBev – Michelob ULTRA + FCB New York awarded for Dreamcaster
DoorDash + GUT awarded for Self Love Bouquet
An Nahar Newspaper + IMPACT BBDO awarded for The Newspapers Inside The Newspaper Edition
Chick-fil-A + McCann NY awarded for The Brake Room
Mastercard + McCann Poland & McCann NY awarded for Where To Settle
NotCo / NotMilk + MRM Chile awarded for We didnt write this
CeraVe + Ogilvy PR awarded for Michael CeraVe
Dove + Ogilvy UK & Ogilvy Toronto  awarded for The Cost of Beauty
Coors Light + Rethink awarded for Coors Lights Out
Kraft Heinz + Rethink awarded for Heinz Ketchup & Seemingly Ranch and Ketchup Fraud
McDonald’s + Wieden + Kennedy awarded for Grimace’s Birthday
NYX Professional Makeup + Buzzman awarded for The True ID Card

Thank You to Our Guests!

Thank you to all our attendees for joining us at Brave Brands, the opening luncheon to Advertising Week New York 2024 this year. Your presence and enthusiasm helped us celebrate the most innovative brand-agency collaborations of the year. To relive the excitement and discover more about the remarkable campaigns honored, check out our event photos and learn more about these groundbreaking initiatives.

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Cheryl Overton Communications is an integrated marketing collective helping brands and institutions achieve business success, strategically and creatively. We drive brand love through cultural relevance and fluency. We are powered by diverse perspectives and inclusivity. We exist to help visionary brands and institutions make the world a more inclusive place through experiences that center the humanity, power and influence of multicultural audiences. Our strategic planning centers traditionally underappreciated audiences because they have created adaptive, innovative and culture-driving solutions to systemic failures. From ideation to execution, our process inherently includes the majority and yields work that is nuanced, indelible, publicizable and highly beneficial for all.  Certified W/MBE.  cheryloverton.com

Infillion is an advertising technology and solutions company that has built the most advanced media buying platform in the digital advertising industry — offering CTV, value-exchange products including TrueX, premium rich media and display, live fan experiences, location technology and first-party data via its Gimbal commerce business. Infillion serves brands of any size, publisher partners, and media-buying agencies in the world with campaigns for clients such as Amazon, Microsoft, Bank of America and T-Mobile, and works with more than 200 publishers including A&E, Roku Audacy and FOX. Infillion’s advertising solutions offer unparalleled engagement and scale, premium inventory, award-winning creative and superior targeting and measurement, all unconstrained by walled gardens. Infillion’s mission is to advance the $700 billion digital advertising industry by improving user experiences and by providing high-attention ad formats and services that respect consumers’ time, attention and privacy. Learn More: infillion.com

Kargo creates memorable experiences for advertisers that go beyond the first impression to captivate consumer attention. With a suite of exclusive omnichannel advertising solutions, leading brands choose Kargo to drive meaningful customer connections across mobile, video and social. With a focus on performance, Kargo helps the world’s largest advertisers achieve incremental brand lift and higher returns on ad spend. For publishers, Kargo’s proprietary platform maximizes revenue per impression through unique creative and targeting solutions. Founded in 2003, Kargo is headquartered in New York with offices across the globe. kargo.com

Outbrain is a leading technology platform that drives business results by engaging people across the open internet. Outbrain predicts moments of engagement to drive measurable outcomes for advertisers and publishers using AI and machine learning across more than 7,000 online properties globally. Founded in 2006, Outbrain is headquartered in New York with offices in Israel and across the United States, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America. To learn more, visit www.outbrain.com.

Onyx by Outbrain™ is an open web branding platform designed to maximize consumer attention and drive greater brand impact. outbrain.com/onyx/

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