The Clios

Check out the top 5 ads that made us stop scrolling this week: 🍸 Ryan Reynolds and Maximum Effort spoof the infamously catchy Kars4Kids jingle - except this time the chorus is selling Aviation American Gin for the holidays. 🤖 Teleflora goes heart-first with a boy and his robot, proving even metal can melt in a tear-jerking holiday spot made with practical effects, no AI. 🏈 Gopuff, Tom Brady and Druski pitch Super Monday as a real national holiday - complete with footballs launched at unsuspecting office workers. From Shadow Lion. 🚕 Uber delivers a quiet, emotional holiday short where memories and mileage blend on a single ride home. From Mother and MJZ’s Michael Spiccia. 🌭 Subaru Corporation’s Barkley dog family gives chase to the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile in a live-action cartoon caper from Carmichael Lynch. Which one is your favorite? Watch them all here 👇

Is Black Friday dead?! Retailers now offer different deals on different days, driving confusion and chaos in an already crowded season. So what was Walmart's goal? Announce and drive excitement for Walmart’s big deal days – Wednesdays – during the Black Friday season in 2023. This iconic move got Publicis Groupe and Walmart a Gold Clio Entertainment Award in 2024 for Branded Entertainment & Content 🫶

We’re heading back into the Upside Down for the Stranger Things Season 5 premiere tonight! Trailer Park Group took us behind the scenes “One More Time” for the final chapter of the series, with their work earning a Silver Clio Entertainment Award in 2024.

Meet our 2026 Clio Awards Film Craft Editing Jury! They’ve made iconic work, and now they’re deciding what’s next. 👩⚖️ Introducing... Rich Orrick, Film Editor/Partner, Work Editorial David Brodie, Editor, Rock Paper Scissors Allison Gordon, Editor/Partner, Outsider Editorial Carla Luffe, Editor, Independent Alejo Santos, Editor, MVP Editorial Zhiyun Yee, Executive Producer, Smallshop Communications Pte Ltd Melina McDonald, Executive Producer/Co-owner, Darling Films South Africa Laura Cairney-Keize, Editor, Trim Editing Alex Hagon, Editor/Partner, Uppercut Discover more about the jurors here: https://clios.io/48h56A0

Meet our 2026 Clio Awards Film Craft: Production Design Jury! They’ve made iconic work, and now they’re deciding what’s next. 👩⚖️ Introducing... Lora Schulson, Global Chief Production Officer, 72andSunny Karim Bartoletti, Partner/Managing Executive Producer INDIANA Production Thomas Amoedo, LANDIA Michael Duttenhöfer, Managing Partner, TPF Nick Setounski, Global Head of Production, Wieden + Kennedy Tania Sethi, Chief Production Officer, Americas, Hogarth Worldwide Italy Myriam Abi Wardeh, Head of Production, Prodigious ME Discover more about the jurors here: https://clios.io/48h56A0

Meet our 2026 Clio Awards Student Jury! They’ve made iconic work, and now they’re deciding what’s next. 👩⚖️ Introducing... Gin Chen, Creative Director, Translation Gabriel Sehringer Creative Director, Rethink Hussein Rumaithi, Associate Creative Director, McKinney Canada Tom McMahon, Design Director, We Are Social José Arnaldo Suaid, Creative Director, INNOCEAN Berlin Sebastian Echeverria, Art Director Delta, MullenLowe Global Adriano Sato, Associate Creative Director, TBWA\Media Arts Lab Montserratt Cuevas Porras, General Creative Director, The Juju Discover more about the jurors here: https://clios.io/48h56A0

Meet our 2026 Clio Awards Media Jury! They’ve made iconic work, and now they’re deciding what’s next. 👩⚖️ Introducing... Asmirh Davis, Founding Partner & President, Majority Joanna Lawrence, Global Chief Strategy Officer, Havas Media Network Jennifer (Gordineer) Gardner, Chief Client Solutions Officer, Carat Monaz Todywalla, Chief Executive Officer, PHD India Nishant Shah, Executive Creative Director, Serviceplan Group Middle East Nick Palmer, Global Head of Creative Transformation, WPP Media Melinda Po, Chief Executive Officer, IPG Mediabrands Greater China Marina Prieto, Marketing Sr Director Latin America. Responsible for Branding, Media, Trade & Press PedidosYa Discover more about the jurors here: https://clios.io/48h56A0

Meet our 2026 Clio Awards Creative Commerce & Direct Jury! They’ve made iconic work, and now they’re deciding what’s next. 👩⚖️ Introducing... Alex Schill, Global Chief Creative Officer, Serviceplan Group Jeff Cruz, Chief Creative Officer, MRM Fabrice Plazolles, Managing Director & Chief Creative Officer, Havas Play France Keka Morelle, Chief Creative Officer, LATAM, Ogilvy Michael Aimette, Chief Creative Officer, FCB New York Muhammad Ali, Executive Creative Director, Leo UAE Lauren Portelli, Director - APAC, Special Group Cinzia Crociani, Chief Creative Officer, LePub | Milan Tammy Sheu, Founder & CEO, Banana Balloon Discover more about the jurors here: https://clios.io/48h56A0

Meet our 2026 Clio Awards Creative Business Transformation, Effectiveness & Strategy Jury! They’ve made iconic work, and now they’re deciding what’s next. 👩⚖️ Introducing... Ariana Stolarz, Global Chief Strategy Officer, Accenture Song Cheuk Shum, Head of Marketing, HSBC Hong Kong  Mike Wente, VP, Global Brand and Creative, PayPal Abbey Klaassen, Global Brand President, dentsu Creative + CEO, dentsu Creative U.S., Dentsu Creative Tessa Conrad, Global Head of Innovation, TBWA\Worldwide Amitesh Rao, CEO, Leo South Asia Renata Del Priore Bokel, CEO, WMcCann Andre (Dede) Laurentino, Deputy CCO, Ogilvy EMEA Martin Ringqvist, Executive Creative Director, Oatly Discover more about the jurors here: https://clios.io/48h56A0

Meet our 2026 Clio Awards Brand Jury! They’ve made iconic work, and now they’re deciding what’s next. 👩⚖️ Introducing... Perry Fair, Global Head of Creative, Mattel, Inc. Carla Klumpenaar, GM Marketing & Communications Al-Futtaim, IKEA Nabil Nasser, Global Head of Heineken®, The HEINEKEN Company Nitin Saini, VP Marketing, Mondelēz International India Caroline Gregory, AXE Global Brand Director, Unilever Chris Bellinger, Chief Creative Officer, PepsiCo US Gabriela Costa, Global Brand Director, AB InBev Discover more about the jurors here: https://clios.io/48h56A0