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Multi-Year Global Education Programme in Partnership with Cannes Lions Announced by Google To Improve Diversity and Representation in Creative Industries
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced Google as the Creative Marketer of the Year 2018. The award honours brands that distinguish themselves through consistently outstanding creative storytelling.
This year, the company is recognised for embracing creativity across their brand marketing, the application of new technology to creating effective campaigns, and inclusive storytelling.
It will be collected by the company’s Chief Marketing Officer, Lorraine Twohill, during the closing Award Ceremony on Friday 22 June.
To celebrate the award and ensure the future of the marketing industry is one which is driven by a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences, the company will launch the Google Creative Campus at the 2018 Cannes Lions.
The Creative Campus will focus on driving greater gender, ethnicity and socio-demographic diversity in the creative industries.
Operating in partnership with the Roger Hatchuel Academy, the combined programme will educate 45 students in Cannes, at least 50% of which will come from groups that are historically underrepresented in advertising and marketing.
Students will be selected by Cannes Lions representatives, from advertising, communications, and related marketing disciplines and additionally, ten of the chosen students will receive bursaries from the company.
“At Google, we build for everyone, and our marketing campaigns must speak to people all around the world with different backgrounds, languages, and points of view.
“We want to support more talented newcomers who bring different perspectives into the industry. This is not about ‘multicultural marketing’; it is marketing in a multicultural world. Without this diversity, there is no creativity,” said Twohill.
Following a week of training at Cannes Lions in June, the group will participate in a second week-long immersion trip at the company’s Mountain View headquarters in California in the second half of the year.
“Alongside its obvious achievements as a technology company, as a brand it has crafted a reputation for marketing campaigns that are bold, courageous and creative. Over the history of the Festival, the company has taken home an incredible 127 Lions.
“Ground-breaking campaigns like NYT VR, Google Deepmind Alphago, Google Cardboard, Google Voice Search and Hilltop Reimagined for Coca-Cola – all of which won Grands Prix – are clear examples of the company’s drive to constantly challenge and strive for creative excellence.
“We are pleased to be able to honour them with this prestigious award and also look forward to launching the Creative Campus at this year’s Festival – another testament to their commitment to furthering creativity,” said Jose Papa, Managing Director, Cannes Lions.
Previous winners of the Creative Marketer of the Year Award include Burger King, Samsung, and Coca-Cola.
The World Branding Forum is an official media partner of Cannes Lions.
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