Verve has been nominated for 16 awards for this year’s APMC Star Awards. Within the categories of discipline or technique, the agency, founded and run by Ronan Traynor, has been nominated for best innovation for Coca-Cola’s Melodic Wood, best use of experiential for Coca-Cola and Diageo and best use of digital for KBC Bank and Hockey Ireland.
Verve also received nominations for Diageo’s Guinness 6 Nations in best international, best sponsorship and best integrated campaign. Senior account manager Eva McCarthy (pictured) was nominated in the awards’ rising star category. It is the first year that this accolade will be presented in recognition of an outstanding achiever under 30.
Winners of the AMPC Star Awards are due to be announced on Thursday, April 2.