The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has today announced Google as the Creative Marketer of the Year 2018.
The award honours brands that distinguish themselves through consistently outstanding creative storytelling. This year, Google is recognised for embracing creativity across their brand marketing, the application of new technology to creating effective campaigns, and inclusive storytelling. It will be collected by Google’s Chief Marketing Officer, Lorraine Twohill, during the closing Award Ceremony on Friday 22 June.
To celebrate the award and ensure the future of the marketing industry is one which is driven by a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences, the company will launch the Google Creative Campus at the 2018 Cannes Lions.
Google Creative Campus will focus on driving greater gender, ethnicity and socio-demographic diversity in the creative industries. Operating in partnership with the Roger Hatchuel Academy, the combined programme will educate 45 students in Cannes, at least 50% of which will come from groups that are historically underrepresented in advertising and marketing. Students will be selected by Cannes Lions representatives, from advertising, communications, and related marketing disciplines and additionally, ten of the chosen students will receive bursaries from Google.
Following a week of training at Cannes Lions in June, the group will participate in a second week-long immersion trip at Google’s Mountain View headquarters in California in the second half of the year.
Previous winners of the Creative Marketer of the Year Award include Burger King, Samsung and Coca-Cola.