Nominated for Webby Award

The be a Webby Winner is what the New York Times calls “The Internet’s highest honor”. So, yes we’re really proud that the Pride Side is selected and nominated by members of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences evaluated against a number of tough criteria. The voting is open. We do need your vote, because the competition is quite tough. To put it mildly.

https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2024/social/features/best-photography-design

Big winner Sabre Awards 2024

Big group AMS (yes, that’s us) wins International Sabre Award! In the category Audio: Podcasts  & Music. The Sabre Awards are prestigious international awards that stand for superior achievement in branding, reputation & engagement. So, this award is in the pocket as they say in Dutch. And that’s not all. The Pride Side is also in the running for the Sabre Award in the best of the best in Inclusive Marketing. The winners will be announced on April 17 in London.

Winner European Content Awards

The European Content Awards celebrate excellence in content marketing and rewards agencies across Europe. big group ams is surprised and happy to share that ‘The Pride Side’ won the Podcast/Audio Content Campaign of the Year. Next to this win, we were also nominated for The Best Social Media Content Campaign of the Year. Thanks and congratulations to Mastercard and Table for Ten for a wonderful cooperation and realizing impact together to create change. 

https://europeancontentawards.com/2024-winners

Nomination Best Social 2023

The Best Social Awards are the prizes in the Netherlands for all the best on social media, the crème de la content. Big Group AMS is proud to share that our work ‘The Pride Side’ has been nominated in the category ‘Beste Podcast’ together with De Snobcast (Jort Kelder & Yvo van Regteren) en Dag en Nacht (voorheen Schaamteloos Randstedelijk).

https://thebestsocialawards.nl/business-winnaars/

Nomination European PR Award

The European Excellence Awards are described as Europe’s Leading PR Awards, honoring the most professional in their field. Big Group AMS feels really honored to share that our work in 2023 for Mastercard has been nominated. Together with Table for Ten we launched ‘The Pride Side’ Podcast series.The podcast is a collection of stories that revolve around the themes of being able to be yourself en being seen and appreciated for who you are.

https://www.excellence-awards.com/shortlist/

FSC certification

To protect large mammals, we urge that FSC certification or similar stringent schemes become the norm, as conventional logging is likely to result in half-empty forests dominated by rodents and other small species. »

This week, the leading scientific journal Nature published research by Dutch biologist Joeri Zwerts from Utrecht University. 

His research proves that 2.7 more large endangered mammals live in FSC certified tropical forests than in forests without certification. 2.7 times more!!!!

An incredibly important publication because this research convincingly shows that FSC-certified tropical forest management helps protect critically endangered species. 

Fortunately, this news was picked up by the NOS, NRC, Radio 1, RTL News, BRN and even the Jeugdjournaal! 

As a big group AMS we are incredibly happy with this ‘earned’ attention which is part of campaigning and activating , together with FSC, to get the idea across that if we use more   FSC certified tropical wood overhere (think of building houses, garden designs, bridge and water locks) we save more FSC certified tropical forest over there’. That you can make a direct impact. Leading to more biodiversity, safety and wellbeing for the people living there. 

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07257-8

Genomineerd top 100

Chuffed to see that two Biggies, just as the year before, are nominated at the list for most influential people in the Dutch advertising world. They ask more than 50.000 colleagues (is that all….) to indicate which people within our profession they consider the most influential.

https://www.marketingreport.nl/reclamebureau100-2024-de-genomineerden/

A pretty big interview with big about big.

MarketingReport spoke with us about the transformation into an EOT, the integration of AI and the dual role of AI as both a potential tool and as a source of concern and ethical issues, why we are happy to be independent and not part of a network with a listing on the stock exchange.

And of course our move to our new Playground on the Admiraal de Ruijterkade with lots of more space to think big and drive curiosity.

https://www.marketingreport.nl/interview-michel-van-den-houten-en-ge-key-big-group-amsterdam/

EOT x New Business Radio.

‘Everyone who works at big group is a partner, the transition from a few shareholders to an Employee Ownership Trust is a bold step’- and why does it matter, Ge Key @biggroup 

in conversation with Peter Wybenga en Bas Vlugt on New Business Radio. Other guests Patrick Krul – Global Head of Marketing Technology @Danone, Christiaan van Dijk – Development Director @Zigt, @Mark Koster- writer of the book ‘De Belg’ about Christian van Thillo, the media king reigning over @DPG.
https://newbusinessradio.nl/artikel/3409/marketing-report-61

A big hello to Anissa

Anissa started her design journey at the HKU with Interactive Narrative Design followed by her graduation Communication & Multimedia Design with a specialization in Immersive Design at Hogeschool Utrecht. She is also a keen illustrator, combining illustrations and graphic design to craft imaginative brand stories. Her work feels human and playful. Just as Anissa’s passion for birds and in particular the puffin! She herself has a pink cockatoo as a pet.