AKQA is a design and innovation company that employs over 6,500 professionals across 20 countries. Named Digital Agency Global Network of the Year in Campaign’s 2023 Global Agency of the Year Awards, AKQA was also awarded the Cannes Lions Grand Prix for Digital Craft in 2023, and the Grand Prix for Design in 2021. In 2023, AKQA was recognised as a winner in Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards. AKQA also won Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas in 2021, and 2022 and led Gartner’s research into global marketing agencies in 2021.
The most powerful force in the universe isn’t technology. It’s imagination.
Experience
We believe that simplification is a sincere form of innovation. This philosophy informs our approach to designing modern, accessible and valuable interactions between our clients and their ecosystem. Clients appoint AKQA to architect their full customer experience or focus on a single touchpoint (such as a mobile app or flagship store) to significantly improve satisfaction and therefore business performance. We unite physical and digital across service, product, architecture and commerce.
As communication continues the transition from interruption to relevance, we collaborate with clients to create influential work that builds emotional resonance, is shared and delivers superior returns. We help organisations shape and amplify their purpose, launch new products and create audience engagement by developing imaginative narratives and activations that inspire, entertain and improve lives.
AKQA’s multidisciplinary experts from the fields of strategy, data, media, analytics and technology create thoughtful solutions that drive tangible business results. Our teams are obsessed with finding new ways to elevate performance: to remove pain points, friction and missed opportunities from e-commerce; to dramatically enhance SEO outcomes; to serve with a useful and inspiring message at the time of need; to imagine services that create new revenue streams and recharge existing ones. All of which contributes to building loyal, one-to-one relationships between our clients and community.
By designing cohesive blueprints and delivering thoughtful work, our teams transform experiences, surpass goals and help future-proof organisations.
2020 Agency of the Year: Most Improved | APAC Campaign
2019 Agency of the Year | People’s Choice-Creative Pool
2019 Agency of the Year | Propmark
2017 Agency of the Year | Creative Pool
2017 Agency of the Year | Creative International Awards
2016 Agency of the Year | IAB Creative Showcase
2016 Agency of the Year | PROMAX BDA Game Marketing Awards
2015 Standout List | AdAge
2015 Most Respected Agency | Econsultancy
2015 Best European Agency | MIXX Awards
2015 Agency of the Year | IAB Creative Showcase
2014 Most Respected Agency | Econsultancy
2014 Most Innovative | Digiday
2014 Agency of the Year | Creativity Annual
2013 Standout Agency | AdAge
2013 Agency of the Year: Social Media | The Drum: Social Buzz Awards
2013 Most Respected Agency | Econsultancy
2013 Agency of the Year | Revolution Awards
2013 Agency of the Year | BIMA
2012 NMA Top 100 Interactive Agencies | New Media Age
2012 Best Agency for Mobile | iMedia
2012 Most Respected Agency | New Media Age
2012 Agency of the Year: Interactive | Eurobest
2012 Agency of the Year: Interactive | Campaign (Big Award)
2012 Agency of the Year: Game Marketing | Mi6/Game marketing awards
2012 Agency of the year: Digital | Ciclope
2012 Agency of the Year: Digital | AdWeek
2012 Agency of the Year | IAB Creative Showcase
2011 Agency of the Year | San Francisco Business Times
2011 Agency of the Year | Mobile-Mobile Marketer Awards
2011 Agency of the Year | IAB Creative Showcase
2011 Agency of the Year | Campaign
2011 Agency of the Year | AdWeek
2010 Agency of the Year: The Best 100 Digital Agencies in the World |Art-Spire
2010 Agency of the Year: Most Respected | New Media Age
2010 Agency of the Year: Digital | Creativity Annual
2010 Agency of the Year: Digital | Campaign
2010 Agency of the Year: Creative | New Media Age
2010 Agency of the Year | Revolution Awards
2010 Agency of the Year | OMMA
2010 Agency of the Year | IAB Creative Showcase
2009 Digital agency of the Year | Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Award
2009 Agency of the Year: Best Creative | OMMA
2009 Agency of the Year | Revolution Awards
2009 Agency of the Year | Mi6/Game marketing awards
2009 Agency of the Year | IAB Creative Showcase
2009 Agency of the Year | How Design Awards
2009 Agency of the Year | Creative Pool
2009 Agencies of the Decade | AdAge
2008 Agency of the Year: Creative | IAB Creative Showcase
2008 Agency of the Year | Campaign
2007 Agency of the Year |Nike Maxim Award
2007 Agency of the Year | Lovies
2007 Agency of the Decade | Revolution Awards
2006 Agency of the Year: Interactive | Creativity Magazine US
2006 Agency of the Year | PROMAX BDA Game Marketing Awards
2006 Agency of the Year | Lovies
2006 Agency of the Year | Campaign
2005 Agency of the Year: Interactive | B2B Magazine UK
2005 Agency of the Year | Creativity Magazine US
2005 Agency of the Year: Creative | Media Magazine US
2005 Agency of the Year | OMMA
1999 Agency of the Year | Agency.com
