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    WE’RE SHORTLISTED. THREE TIMES. AT OUR FIRST ATTEMPT.

    Published on — February 20, 2026

    WE’VE BEEN QUIET ABOUT THIS ONE. NOT BECAUSE WE WEREN’T CONFIDENT (WE’RE ALWAYS CONFIDENT), BUT BECAUSE WE WANTED TO LET THE SHORTLIST NOMINATIONS DO THE TALKING.

    It’s doing quite a lot of talking.

    TIDAL’s first entry into the UK Paid Media Awards. Three campaigns submitted. Three shortlists secured. If you’re the kind of person who likes conversion rates, you’re welcome.

    UK Paid Media Awards Shortlisted

    THE NOMINATIONS

    • Best Use of AI in Paid Media

      TIDAL Digital & Perfume Direct, Launch of the Fakefluencers

    • Best Use of Automation

      TIDAL Digital & Perfume Direct, Launch of the Fakefluencers

    • B2B Campaign of the Year

      TIDAL Digital & British Fossils, Fossil Fuelled Growth

    Two very different briefs. Two very different categories. One consistent thread: campaigns built around strategic intent, not tactical novelty.

    The Fakefluencers campaign for Perfume Direct didn’t use AI because it was interesting. It used AI because the brief demanded a smarter, more scalable approach to paid media, and automation because doing it any other way would have compromised the quality of the output. Making the shortlist in both categories reflects what happens when technology serves strategy rather than the other way around.

    Fossil Fuelled Growth for British Fossils is a different story entirely: a B2B campaign that proves category ownership thinking applies just as powerfully in niche markets as it does in crowded consumer ones. A shortlist nomination for B2B Campaign of the Year is a recognition of what integrated, brand-led thinking can achieve when the brief pushes beyond the obvious.

    UK Paid Media Awards 2026

    WHY THIS MATTERS TO US

    We don’t measure success in awards. We measure it in compound growth, category position, and business outcomes for our clients.

    But industry recognition matters for a specific reason: it validates that the approach works. That integrating brand thinking with performance execution, rather than treating them as competing priorities, produces work that is both commercially effective and creatively significant.

    Three shortlist nominations from two campaigns, across AI, automation, and B2B strategy, speaks to the breadth of what that integrated approach can deliver.

    WHAT’S NEXT

    Winners are announced 17th March. We’ll turn up, clap politely, and hopefully carry three pieces of glass home.

    To everyone on the team: if you touched these campaigns (or simply helped build the standards and culture behind them), you’re the reason this keeps happening. Clients, if you’re reading, this is what happens when you don’t settle for safe.

    Stay tuned. We’re not done.

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