Shortlist 2026
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Your standout work has earned a spot on this year’s shortlist. See who made the cut! Winners will be announced at the Jay Chiat Awards ceremony on October 5. Get your tickets today!
Supergood
U.S. Bank - "Artificial Intelligence, Real Results"
YBM Agency
East Coast Granite & Cable Connect - "Building the Intelligence Layer for Local Business"
broadhead
broadhead - "PRISM: Because Decisions Don't Wait"
INNOCEAN
Genesis Motor America - "A New Beginning in Luxury"
Erich & Kallman
Gulf States Toyota - "Abuelita's Food Truck"
Collaborating Agencies: Influential, mitú, Sonoro, Zenith
GSD&M
Stellantis, Ram - "Concentrating Force to Take Down America's Truck Giants"
Collaborating Agencies: Huge, Omnicom Production, Publicis Collective, RDL
Nissan United
Nissan QDRX - "From Trophy to Proof"
Collaborating Agencies: ACXIOM, Admerasia, Annalect, Critical Mass, GMR, OMD, Omnicom Production, Optimum Sports, RAPP, TBWA, ThirdEar
HLK
Channel® Seed - "Always Show Up"
Collaborating Agency: Paradise
A&G
Visit Philadelphia - "Making A Mark On America’s 250th"
McCann New York
SAS Institute, McCann New York - "Not Yesterday's SAS"
Collaborating Agency: Guesthouse
Love Advertising
Shell Energy - "The Living Case Study"
McCann New York
Cigna Healthcare - "The Visibility Gap Season 2"
Collaborating Agencies: Craft, Initiative
Unruled
Raymarine - "Earn Your Strikes"
Laughlin Constable
Fortune Brands Innovations, Master Lock - "Master It"
McCann New York
SAS Institute, McCann New York - "Not Yesterday's SAS"
Collaborating Agency: Guesthouse
Anomaly
Signet, Zales - "Playing With What's Precious"
Betty
Jelmar, CLR - "So Clean. So Hot."
Collaborating Agency: Rise
McCann XBC
Mastercard - "From Fan to Featured"
Collaborating Agencies: Brooklyn Brothers, Craft, Interscope, Merman, Morningview, NO6, R&C
VML USA
Ford Motor Company - "The First Seat Belt Accessory Designed by U.S. Automaker to Help Mastectomy Patients Travel Comfortably on Their Road to Recovery"
Collaborating Agencies: Asche & Spencer, Burson, Gold Sound, Hogarth, Howling Music, Lear Corporation, Mindshare, Nice Shoes, Seventy 7 Productions
Arnold Worldwide
PNC Bank - "Mane St. Branch"
Collaborating Agency: Havas CX
Erich & Kallman
Irresistible Foods Group, King's Hawaiian - "Say Aloha to First Class Softness"
Collaborating Agency: Hunter PR
broadhead
Sunkist Growers - "WTF ... LEMONS?"
Collaborating Agency: The Hype Agency
Ogilvy
Coca-Cola, Converse - "Unfinished On Purpose"
Collaborating Agencies: CMC/Forecast Inc, Color Collective, One Thousand Birds Audio, Work Editorial
Havas New York
Lincoln Financial - "The Action Plan"
Collaborating Agency: CrossMedia
PETERMAYER
Hancock Whitney - "BYO Mojo"
Arnold Worldwide
Progressive Insurance - "Dr. Rick: Selling a Category People Avoid, in a Housing Market Nobody Wanted to Be in"
Arnold Worldwide
PNC Bank - "How PNC Brought Back Its Hero, Boring, for an Even Stronger Sequel"
Arnold Worldwide
Progressive Insurance - "It's The Dog Park"
Arnold Worldwide
Progressive Insurance - "Passive Progressive"
Golin Ketchum
Grubhub - "Grubhub Snooze Insurance"
Collaborating Agency: The Brooklyn Brothers
BarkleyOKRP
Suja Life, Slice Soda - "Slice Summer Time Machine"
Collaborating Agency: 360PR+, Lime Studios
GSD&M
Corona Extra - "The Growth Story Hidden inside a Declining Category"
Collaborating Agency: Initiative. Ketchum
INNOCEAN USA
Wienerschnitzel - "Unleashing Wiener Pride"
Ogilvy
Sanpellegrino - "With Love, Italy"
Collaborating Agencies: Hogarth, OpenMind, Spark & Riot, Team N, Weber Shandwick
broadhead
Mayo Clinic - "The Empathy Toolkit"
Proper Villains
Northwell Health - "Capturing Humanity In The Sound Of A Brand"
de la Cruz Ogilvy
Alivia Health, Farmacias Plaza Puerto Rico - "Glowing Relief"
Collaborating Agency: Ogilvy Health New York
McCann New York
Cigna Healthcare - "Magic Sounds"
Collaborating Agency: Initiative
GSD&M
The Ad Council, US Department of Veterans Affairs - "The Unsung Frontline"
McCann New York
Cigna Healthcare - "The Visibility Gap Season 2"
Collaborating Agencies: Craft, Initiative
BarkleyOKRP
UnitedHealthcare Medicare Plans - "You've Got Your Whole Life Ahead of You"
BarkleyOKRP
Inspire Sleep - "You're Not Dreaming - Inspire"
McCann XBC
Mastercard - "From Fan to Featured"
Collaborating Agencies: Brooklyn Brothers, Craft, Interscope, Merman, Morningview, No.6, R&C
Golin Ketchum
Grubhub - "Grubhub Snooze Insurance"
Collaborating Agencies: The Brooklyn Brothers
INNOCEAN USA
Hyundai Motor America - "The IONIQ 9 Escape Garage"
GSD&M
Realtor.com - "Realtor.com's Strategic Shortcut Nobody Saw Coming"
Collaborating Agencies: Coffee & TV, Cut & Run, Ocean Media, Superfriends, Talent Partnership Advisors, Walker
Zulu Alpha Kilo
Stonefire - "Stonefire Speedway"
Collaborating Agencies: eFuse, Hailstorm, Overactive Media, Zulubot
Bader Rutter
Courage+ - "Courage+ Unsheltered"
Zulu Alpha Kilo
Unilever, Dove - "Change The Compliment"
Collaborating Agencies: AFC Toronto, Animals, Company 3, Cosmo Street, The End, Hailstorm, MassiveMusic, MiLO, Saty + Pratha, Sonic Union
Arnold Worldwide
Progressive Insurance - "Helping First-Time Homebuyers Build Generational Wealth and Legacy through Homeownership"
Havas New York
the harris project x Us Weekly - "The Missing Issue"
Collaborating Agencies: Havas Formula, Havas Media
GSD&M
The Ad Council, US Department of Veterans Affairs - "The Unsung Frontline"
Arnold New York
Resmed -"Love Is In The Air"
Collaborating Agency: Havas Edge
Edelman
GSK, Shingrix - "The Odds"
VML Health
Genentech, XOFLUZA - "Stop Fluing Yourself"
Collaborating Agency: CMI Media Group
Leo Chicago
Tillamook County Creamery Association - "Butternaise"
Collaborating Agencies: Allison Worldwide
Assembly
Lenovo, Rick Corteville - "From Machine to Muse"
Collaborating Agency: VML
de la Cruz Ogilvy
Alivia Health, Farmacias Plaza Puerto Rico - "Glowing Relief"
Collaborating Agency:Ogilvy Health New York
GSD&M
Southwest Airlines - "How Southwest Airlines Finally Got Its Sit Together"
Collaborating Agency: SPARK
BarkleyOKRP
Red Lobster - "Real Talk. Real Change"
Collaborating Agency: Havas Formula, RPA
Ogilvy
Sanpellegrino - "With Love, Italy"
Collaborating Agencies: Hogarth, OpenMind, Spark & Riot, Team N / Weber Shandwick
BarkleyOKRP
Burger King - "Whopper By You"
Collaborating Agencies: Monks
Bader Rutter
Courage+ - "Courage+ Unsheltered"
Zulu Alpha Kilo
Unilever, Dove - "Change The Compliment"
Collaborating Agencies: AFC Toronto, Animals, Cosmo Street, Company 3, The End, Hailstorm, MassiveMusic, MiLO Casting, Object & Animal, Saty + Pratha, Sonic Union
GSD&M
Stellantis, Ram - "Concentrating Force to Take Down America's Truck Giants"
Collaborating Agencies: Huge, Omnicom Production, Publicis Collective, RDL
Golin Ketchum
Grubhub - "Grubhub Snooze Insurance"
Collaborating Agency: The Brooklyn Brothers
Golin Ketchum
The LEGO Group - "How an Iconic Toy Brand Became the World's Most Unexpected Florist"
Collaborating Agency: The Brooklyn Brothers. Hatter. Mischief
Anomaly
Signet, Zales - "Beyond the Occasion"
INNOCEAN USA
Hyundai Motor America - "Deals So Right, It Almost Feels Wrong"
de la Cruz Ogilvy
Alivia Health, Farmacias Plaza Puerto Rico - "Glowing Relief"
Collaborating Agency: Ogilvy Health New York
VML USA
AIEn USA, Ensueño - "How Abuela’s Wisdom Beat Giants"
VML USA
SC Johnson, Ziploc - "Preserved Promos"
Collaborating Agencies: Obviously, Ogilvy, OMG, Zeno Group
Doe-Anderson
Georgia Aquarium - "Creating a World of Wonder at Georgia Aquarium"
Visit Philadelphia
Visit Philadelphia - "Driving Visitation from the Inside Out"
GSD&M
Southwest Airlines - "How Southwest Airlines Finally Got Its Sit Together"
Collaborating Agency: SPARK
Agency of the Year
Check out this year's Agency of the Year shortlist.
Arnold Worldwide
BarkleyOKRP
Erich + Kallman
Golin Ketchum
GSD&M
McCann New York
Ogilvy
VML
Nominees
Meet our 2026 Emerging Strategist and Visionary Strategist nominees.