Since the launch of the Digital Impact Awards over a decade ago, the digital communications sector has continued to evolve and the audience digital faces, from big data to SEO, has grown. Every entry to this year’s Digital Impact Awards shows a commitment to innovative communications, with the awards’ programme highlighting the diversity of the digital landscape.

This year’s awards commenced in spectacular fashion, with industry-leading professionals gathering in the Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square, London, for a vibrant evening.

Opening with the recognition of deliverables and continuing through to the best use of digital by sector, the evening’s winners spanned the breadth of digital communications, highlighting the awards’ scrupulous breakdown of over 30 categories. As the awards continues to set the industry-wide benchmark in digital stakeholder engagement, the increasing quality of each year’s entries emphasises the growing necessity for digital recognition.

The evening’s triumphs ranged from sector to sector, with Hogan Lovells and Living Group taking home Gold for ‘Best corporate website.’ Karaca homeware company snapped up Golds in the ‘Best use of mobile and/or corporate app’ category as well as in ‘Best use of augmented reality or virtual reality.’ The evening’s prestigious Grand prix award went to the well-deserving Royal Navy and Great State.

“This year’s awards signify the incredible progress that digital communications continues to make across the professional sphere," says Andrew Thomas, founder of the Digital Impact Awards. "The sheer quality and spirit of the evening’s winners exemplifies not only the calibre of digital communications today, but also the value that it brings.”

The full list of Digital Impact Awards 2023 winners is as follows:

 

DELIVERABLES

 

Best corporate website

Gold – Hogan Lovells and Living Group

Silver – Ariel Investments and Brunswick Creative

Silver – RTW Investments and SampsonMay

Bronze – BICS and Isoline Communications

Highly commended – Anglo American and Investis Digital [iDX]

Highly commended – GSK and Radley Yeldar

 

Best use of mobile and/or corporate app

Gold – Karaca

Silver – The Royal Navy and Great State

Bronze – Letterprins, IJsfontein and Vertigo 6

 

Best digital communication as part of an integrated campaign

Gold – East Europe Foundation

Silver – Shell China and BCW Beijing

Bronze – Abbott Healthcare Pvt. Ltd.

Bronze – Bloomberg

Highly commended – Chums and Click Consult

 

Best use of digital to aid a CSR campaign

Gold – East Europe Foundation

Silver – Deloitte US and We Are Tilt

Bronze – Schroder Investment Management (Singapore) Ltd

Highly commended – JTI and Ignis

 

Best corporate viral campaign

Silver – Vodafone

 

Best use of online video

Gold – Deloitte US and We Are Tilt

Gold – Royal Air Force, Not Going To Uni and Content Marketing Pod

Silver – Petrofac

Silver – Philip Morris International – Japan beginning a smoke free era

Bronze – DFDS and Battenhall

Bronze – Philip Morris International – The future reimagined

Highly commended – MSD Sharp & Dohme and Edelman

 

Best use of audio

Gold – Dyson and Vixen Labs

Silver – PwC and the C-suite: The race for the future

Bronze – International SOS

Bronze – Royal Air Force, Not Going To Uni and Content Marketing Pod

 

Best digital accessibility

Gold – EE (BT Group)

Silver – HSBC with Hassell Inclusion and Reflex Arc

Bronze – NatWest Group

 

Best digital rebrand

Gold – RTW Investments and SampsonMay

Silver – BeFibre and The Bigger Boat

Bronze – Govox and The Bigger Boat

Bronze – The Intercooler and Treacle Media

Highly commended – Anglo American and Investis Digital [iDX]

Highly commended – Syncona and three thirty studio

 

Best use of artificial intelligence

Gold – Koctas and Quin AI Audience Engine

Gold – Tencent Video and Design Bridge and Partners

 

Best use of augmented reality or virtual reality

Gold – Karaca

Silver – HSBC with Hassell Inclusion and Reflex Arc

Silver – WILTOPIA Playmobil® and Sensory-Minds GmbH

Bronze – PwC

Highly commended – REGENXBIO and Random42 Scientific Communication

 

Best use of data

Gold – Watchfinder & Co and OneFifty Consultancy

Silver – Haleon and Economist Impact

Bronze – Letterprins, IJsfontein and Vertigo 6

Bronze – Lloyds Banking Group and Performics @ Zenith UK

Highly commended – Abbott Healthcare Pvt. Ltd.

Highly commended – Sax Lift and MediaGroup Worldwide

 

Best innovation

Gold – iQ Student and OneFifty Consultancy

Silver – PwC – With you in the Metaverse

Bronze – Dell Technologies and Silver

Bronze – Performics UK

Highly commended – Appjection and Freshheads

Highly commended – PwC and the C-suite: The race for the future

 

SOCIAL MEDIA

 

Best use of existing social media platforms: small budget <£20k

Gold – The Royal Navy and Great State

Silver – KPIT Technologies

Bronze – Schroder Investment Management (Singapore) Ltd

Highly commended – Aviva

Highly commended – Harvester and OneFifty Consultancy

 

Best use of existing social media platforms: medium budget £20K-75K

Gold – iQ Student and OneFifty Consultancy

Silver – ASUS ROG Pantheon and Ranieri Agency

Bronze – De’Longhi Eletta Explore Cold Brew Confessions and Ranieri Agency

Bronze – Morgan Motor Company and Battenhall

 

Best use of existing social media platforms: large budget £75K+

Silver – Rockfon and MediaGroup Worldwide

Bronze – Lloyds Banking Group and Performics @ Zenith UK

 

Best community development

Gold – INEOS Grenadier and SHARE Creative

Silver – YouTube and Battenhall

Bronze – Julius Baer

 

BEST USE OF DIGITAL TO AN INTERNAL AUDIENCE

 

Best intranet

Gold – Biedronka and Cut2Code

Silver – Education and Training Foundation OFED and Freshheads

Bronze – Government’s Policy Profession and Connect Internet Solutions

 

Best digital employee communication

Gold – JTI and Ignis

Silver – DWP

Bronze – Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego and LiveAge

Bronze – KPMG and We Are Tilt

Highly commended – ASOS and WM Reply

 

BEST USE OF DIGITAL TO AN INVESTMENT AUDIENCE

 

Best online annual report

Gold – Banco Santander and Bestiario

Silver – BT Group and Emperor

Silver – Legal & General and Radley Yeldar

Bronze – Aliaxis Group SA and Gather

Highly commended – UK Power Networks and Instinctif Partners

Highly commended – Workspace Group PLC and Gather

 

Best use of digital to an investment audience

Gold – Schroder Investment Management (Singapore) Ltd 

Silver – Schroder Investment Management (Singapore) Ltd

Bronze – Schroder Investment Management (Singapore) Ltd and antics@play

 

BEST USE OF DIGITAL TO AID MEDIA RELATIONS

 

Best online newsroom

Gold – John Lewis Partnership and PressArea

 

EVALUATION

 

Best evaluation strategy

Gold – Watchfinder & Co and OneFifty Consultancy

 

BEST USE OF DIGITAL BY SECTOR

 

Best use of digital by a charity, NGO or NFP

Gold – East Europe Foundation

Silver – Race Equality Matters and Edelman

Bronze – Croda Foundation and Bray Leino

Highly commended – Encephalitis Society

 

Best use of digital from the education sector

Gold – National Film & Television School and Contra Agency

Silver – MetFilm School and Contra Agency

Bronze – GMAC™ and Wardour

Bronze – WILTOPIA Playmobil® and Sensory-Minds GmbH

Highly commended – NUOVO Scholen and Elevate Digital

 

Best use of digital from the energy and utilities sector

Gold – UK Power Networks Services and Instinctif Partners

Silver – Shell China and BCW Beijing

Silver – UK Power Networks and Instinctif Partners

 

Best use of digital from the engineering and manufacturing sector

Gold – THALES UK and LEAP Create

 

Best use of digital from the extraction (oil, gas and mining) sector

Silver – Anglo American and Investis Digital [iDX]

 

Best use of digital from the financial services sector

Gold – Schroder Investment Management (Singapore) Ltd 

Silver – Aviva

Silver – Legal & General

Bronze – Ariel Investments and Brunswick Creative

Bronze – Lloyds Banking Group and Performics @ Zenith UK

Highly commended – Schroder Investment Management (Singapore) Ltd and antics@play

 

Best use of digital from the food and beverage sector

Bronze – Papa Johns and Qumin

 

Best use of digital from the healthcare and pharmaceutical sector

Gold – Haleon and Economist Impact

Silver – RTW Investments and SampsonMay

Bronze – The Hearing Care Partnership and Bray Leino

 

Best use of digital from the industrial and basic materials sector

Silver – Renewi and Wardour

Bronze – Synthomer and Emperor

 

Best use of digital from the professional services sector

Gold – PwC and the C-suite: The race for the future

Silver – Hogan Lovells and Living Group

Silver – Publicis Sapient

Bronze – KPMG and We Are Tilt

Highly commended – Appjection and Freshheads

Highly commended – PwC – With you in the Metaverse

 

Best use of digital from the property, construction and facilities management sector

Silver – iQ Student and OneFifty Consultancy

Bronze – Derwent and Emperor

 

Best use of digital from the public sector

Gold – The Royal Navy and Great State

Silver – DWP

 

Best use of digital from the retail sector

Gold – Education and Training Foundation OFED and Freshheads

 

Best use of digital from the sports, travel, leisure and tourism sector

Gold – Civil Aviation Authority and AB Brand and Marketing

Silver – Xbox and Edelman

Bronze – Outdoor Inns and Adaptable

 

Best use of digital from the technology, media and telecommunications sector

Gold – BICS and Isoline Communications

Silver – Tiviti and Adaptable

Bronze – Auto Trader Group and three thirty studio

Bronze – The Intercooler and Treacle Media

 

Best use of digital from the transport and logistics sector

Gold – Mr Clutch Autocentres and Click Consult

Bronze – Bridgestone EMIA and Sequel Group

Highly commended – DP World and Economist Impact

Highly commended – mfldirect and Bray Leino

 

Grand prix

Winner – The Royal Navy and Great State