Projects, Heists and Counts: Here are the winners of the 2026 Gerety Awards

Sep. 08, 2026

This year, more than 250 judges from over 50 countries took part in the Gerety Awards, bringing together some of the most respected creative leaders from different fields of advertising, marketing, production, design, and media, who showed their powerful perspective by choosing the best creative work. The complete list of winners includes 4 Grand Prix, 34 Gold, 69 Silver and 75 Bronze, with first time recognitions for Tunisia.

The Grand Prix winners include:

• No Project Without Drama for HORNBACH by HeimatTBWA\ Berlin in the Craft CUT-Production Design
• The Count for Sickkids by Soundtree Music for FCB Canada in the Craft CUT-Music
• The KitKat Heist for KitKat by VML UK wins 2 Grand Prix in the Communication CUT-PR and in the new category for this edition Moments CUT-PR.

Members of the Gerety Awards Grand Jury shared what stood out in this year’s winning work:

Dipshika Ravi, National Creative Director, Schbang, India said:

“In a year where everyone is chasing attention, the work that stood out was work that earned it rather than demanded it. The KitKat Heist is a particularly compelling example of this...what began as a brand ‘accident’ was transformed into an idea. The act of stealing KitKats became the communication, the PR, the cultural conversation and, ultimately, the proof of the idea. For me, that is a defining quality of Grand Prix-level work, when an idea is so well constructed that it doesn’t feel like advertising, but something you willingly engage with until the very end. The work doesn’t interrupt culture; it creates a moment within it․"

 

Maria Milusheva, CCO, OM Group & MUCH BETTER, Bulgaria commented:

“AI can manufacture content, but it cannot manufacture attention. KitKat did exactly that - they made a problem public and invited people to participate in solving it. That takes nerve. And audacity!"

 

Imen Gharbi, Managing Director, Doze Agency, Tunisia said:

“What stood out to me in this year’s winning work is how effortless the best ideas feel. Behind that apparent simplicity is an incredible level of craft, cultural understanding and precision."

 

Alejandra Fehrmann, Global Communications Executive explained:

“Great creative work doesn’t ask for attention—it earns it. The winners remind us that creativity has no single accent, market or formula. The best ideas travel because they surprise us, make us feel something and change the way we see."

 

Christen Rochon, Ad Partnerships Director at NBCUniversal, summed up with the following:

“These works are more than a celebration of creative excellence. The greatest Grand Prix winners reflect influence, are proactive in its evolution, and create a permanent thread in the fabric of culture, leaving an impact that extends far beyond the moment.”

 

Watch some of this year’s jury as they discuss trends and favourite campaigns from the 2026 Gerety Awards with the Gerety Grand Jury Insight panels taking place this week here․