PHD has been named Media Network of the Year at the 2025 Festival of Media Cause Campaign Awards. The network was awarded the title after PHD USA won Agency of the Year and picked up the Campaign of the Year Grand Prix.
PHD was named best-in-show after winning four category awards at the ceremony. The agency was also Highly Commended in three other categories.
PHD’s most-awarded campaign was ‘Just Joking’ for Sandy Hook Promise, a campaign that used real-school shooter threats delivered by comedians to show how people too often dismiss danger as a joke.
The campaign won Gold in two categories (Best Small Budget Campaign; Best Campaign for a Charity) and was Highly Commended in one more (Best Reactive Response).
PHD’s other wins were for the following clients and campaigns: Nosotras, ‘Me Feat. Me’ (PHD Chile); Diageo, Guinness, ‘Never Settle’ (PHD Ireland).
Created in 2021, the Festival of Media Cause Campaign Awards aims to encourage more of the industry to seamlessly incorporate cause or purpose into their media strategies, showcase how media can be a force for good, and provide a platform to highlight and amplify the work currently being produced in this space.
View the full list of winners here.
PHD’s full list of winners at the 2025 Festival of Media Cause Campaign Awards was:
GRAND PRIX:
- Agency Network of the Year: PHD Worldwide
- Agency of the Year: PHD USA
- Campaign of the Year: Sandy Hook Promise, ‘Just Joking’ (PHD USA)
WINNERS:
- Best Campaign for a Charity: Sandy Hook Promise, ‘Just Joking’ (PHD USA)
- Best Campaign for the LGBTQ+ Community: Nosotras, ‘Me Feat. Me’ (PHD Chile)
- Best Small Budget Campaign: Sandy Hook Promise, ‘Just Joking’ (PHD USA)
- Best Use of Accessibility in a Campaign: Diageo (Guinness), ‘Never Settle’ (PHD Ireland)
HIGHLY COMMENDED:
- Best Campaign for a Charity: British Heart Foundation, ‘Til I Died’ (PHD UK)
- Best Campaign Celebrating Cultural Communities: Medalla Light, ‘Found in Translation’ (PHD Puerto Rico)
- Best Reactive Response: Sandy Hook Promise, ‘Just Joking’ (PHD USA)
