After a good run of awards and nominations (here and here) for 1000heads, it’s always great news when our clients are also recognised for their work. After all, without them we’d never get to do what we do.
That’s why we’re delighted that Leanne from Skype has been nominated as one of 27 ‘Nexters’; Microsoft’s next generation of innovative thinkers.
Now in its second year the competition was created by Microsoft to recognise and champion the unique talent that drives its global business, helping to make a real difference to it’s customers through invention and innovation. What’s more those customers decide the winner; anyone can view the shortlisted videos and vote for who they think the ‘Nexter’ should be.
And we’re especially pleased, because Say it with Skype is the project Leanne has been chosen for.
You can vote for Leanne (and us) here and check out the other entries here. The winner of Microsoft’s ‘People’s Choice Nexter’ 2012 will be announced on April 12th, so get voting.
The Golden Hedgehog Awards were announced at Villa Park in Birmingham last night. To our delight, we won not one but two trophies!
First up was Social Media Campaign of the Year, for our work with F-Secure (and 358) on Are you smarter than John? And second was a win for Tron: Legacy (with Nokia), in the Community Management Campaign of the Year category.
Awards are great. They are, of course, welcome public recognition for the amazing work our team delivers. But more importantly, they give us the perfect excuse to celebrate and share a collective pat on the back for all the hard work we put in. Not to mention the fact that we can legitimately treat ourselves to cake.
We’re always looking for new people to join our (award-winning) teams in London, New York, Sydney and Berlin, so check out what we’re looking for here. It’s a sure-fire way to lots of cake.
Picking up a silver award in the ‘Best use of existing social media platforms/sites’ category for ‘Nokia / Tron: Legacy’ as well as a Digital Impact ‘Highly Commended’ award in the ‘Best use of online video’ category for ‘Behind the E7‘.
We’re immensely proud of our work on both of these wins and, as ever, we celebrated in the correct and proper way!
Fancy joining us for celebratory tea and cake? Why not apply to be part of our [multi] award-winning team?
We’ve just won a wealth of new clients and we need fresh, smart and hungry talent to help us deliver even more spectacular work for some of the best clients in the world.
Just over a year ago, the 1000heads Nokia account team were gearing up for one of the biggest/most intense workloads of our collective history as we headed towards the 24hr Nokia / Tron: Legacy takeover.
Here, in October 2011, it is still look upon as one of the best pieces of activity we have ever worked on and – for our client – it is continually held up and referred to as their best Facebook campaign, ever.
To put it lightly, we’re chuffed to bits!
A few thank yous:
To the SoMeComms judging panel for recognising our fantastic work.
To our partners at Disney and Propaganda, without whom none of this would’ve happened.
To the ‘heads who worked tirelessly (through the night on some occasions!) to make sure that this activity came together perfectly.
Last, but by no means least, to our awesome client(s) who continually challenge us and brief us into being able to dream, create and ultimately perform best in class and industry-defining work in the social media space.
Thank you, all of you.
Right, let’s get that champagne…
Awards are great, we love them, but what we love more is delivering great work for inspiring clients.
If you’re looking for a career change and want to work with some of the best and smartest people in the industry, then get in touch.
Following up on our recent shortlist success with N8Producers (awards announced later this week!), 1000heads are proud to announce a further five shortlist placements for two separate pieces of work.
First up, Behind the E7
In February of 2011, Nokia was launching its flagship enterprise phone: the Nokia E7. With more and more of their devices being well-reviewed for their industrial design, Nokia wanted to give a ‘behind the scenes’ demonstration video that not only highlighted the product itself, but also gave an insight into the design philosophy that exists within the very DNA of the company…
Hitting over 100,000 organic views in the first 24hrs was a huge success for both us and the client. Combining that with the top secret competition hidden in the video (did you spot it?) meant that overall, this is one of our best video creations to date.
Thanks to these results, Behind the E7 has been shortlisted for the following two awards -
At the end of 2010, Nokia partnered with Disney for the launch of the film Tron: Legacy. With the majority of the plot set ‘online’, it made perfect sense to compliment this with a social media campaign reflecting and building upon those elements. As the world’s leading word of mouth marketing agency, 1000heads were perfectly placed to deliver against this brief…
To date, this is Nokia’s most successful Facebook campaign, ever.
With that in mind, it’s great to see the above work has now been shortlisted for the following three awards -
