2020 has got off to a great start for Hide the Shark, with the confirmation that their rebrand project with Old Mill has been shortlisted for the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)’s prestigious Marketing Excellence Awards 2020, which recognise innovation and creativity within the industry.

The CIM Marketing Excellence Awards have been running for over ten years and recognise and reward brilliance in the field of marketing, celebrating the finest minds within the profession.

“I would like to offer my congratulations to all those who have been shortlisted; they represent the very best in the UK’s marketing talent.”Chris Daly, chief executive of CIM

We are competing in the Financial Services Campaign category and will be judged by an esteemed panel of experts from across brands such as: Financial Times, HSBC, Hello Fresh, Everton Football Club and leading agencies.

The ceremony will see the best of UK marketing’s talent compete to be rewarded for their marketing campaigns over the last twelve months. Hide the Shark in partnership with Old Mill hope to be crowned in the Financial Services Campaign category for their unrivalled performance in delivering marketing excellence for clients.

Toby Farrow, Creative Director of Hide the Shark said “We are hugely excited to be short-listed for the CIM Marketing Excellence Awards, widely regarded as one of the Gold Standard awards within the Marketing Industry. It is great to have our unique combination of detailed storytelling and razor sharp design recognised by the Industries top players and marks a perfect end to what has been a hugely enjoyable and rewarding project with Old Mill.”

The awards will be held at London’s The Brewery on April 2nd 2020, marking a new location as they enter its 11th year of recognising the best industry talent. Previous winners include Britvic, Natwest, Royal Air Force, Transmission and Southeastern.

Fingers crossed we’ll be popping the champagne corks in April!

You can see a more in depth case study of the project here;

And read more about the CIM Marketing Excellence Awards here.