d Awards 2025 Finalists

Welcome to the era of Superhumanity

Meet the 2026 d-Awards Finalists pushing the boundaries of innovation and technology

Agency Categories

How Understanding Impactful Content Delivered Over 5 Million Engagements In 2025

Agency: REV Media Group


Culture. Intelligence. Impact.

Agency: Invictus Blue


ITTIFY: Building Sustainable Influence Beyond Campaigns

Agency: iMEDIA

Built to Scale, Built to Last

Agency: Hepmil Malaysia

Beyond Influence: How Gushcloud Redefined Creator Economy with AI

Agency: Gushcloud Malaysia

Big Enough to Care: How REV Scaled With Technology Without Losing Its Humanity in 2025

Agency: REV Media Group

iMedia x Weirdkaya: How We Built Malaysia’s Leading Gen-Z Publisher

Agency: iMEDIA

Going Beyond Sales – Unlocking Buyer Growth through Omnicom Commerce’s Tech Stack

Agency: Omnicom Media


Annalect: Redefining Malaysia’s Marketing Intelligence Engine

Agency: OMD Malaysia

Teads- The Omnichannel Outcomes Platform

Agency: Teads

Campaign Categories

KFC Raya, Memang Meowriah!

Brand: KFC


The Right Creator, The Right Cause: How Mimifly Made Deaf Inclusion Feel Real

Brand: KFC


#BossMekdi – Rebuilding Trust One Human at a Time

Brand: McDonald’s


How Real Moms and Kids Drove a +22% Sales Lift for Sunlight Nature with Authentic Storytelling

Brand: Sunlight Nature


Turning Night Laundry into 4M Views Through Influencer Mini Drama for Breeze Sakura

Brand: Breeze Sakura


Why a Finance Influencer Launched an EV Better Than a Car Reviewer

Brand: Proton e.MAS 5


Maybank MyImpact Drive Financing-i — “Bukan Kereta Impian. Ini Perjalanan Impian.”

Brand: Maybank


Breeze: Turning Sweat into a National Conversation

Brand: BREEZE


3 POVs, One Truth: Making Tashkent Believable

Brand: AirAsia


How CelcomDigi Turned Real Police Reports Into “Kisah Benar” Entertainment

Brand: CelcomDigi Berhad


How We Added A Gen Z Twist to Boring Property Talk With Internet’s Favourite Amma

Brand: Gamuda Land


How Grab Brought ASEAN Countries Together in Times of Adversity Through… Village Park Sambal?!

Brand: Grab ASEAN


Pertarungan Rasa: Chef vs Mak Cik

Brand: F&N Canned Milk


BELONGING: Turning old clothes into new hope

Brand: RHB Bank


Queue-T – Turning money changer queues into instant sign-ups

Brand: RHB Group


21 Days. 21 Hydrated Personas. One Content System.

Brand: 100PLUS


The 9.8kg Love Letter to Tiger Beer

Brand: Tiger


How Johnson’s Baby Turned Mum’s Trust into +23% More Buyers in One Month

Brand: Johnson’s Baby


From Boycott to Breakthrough: The Glow Story That Drove Growth

Brand: Garnier


More Than Just Viral News: The Secret Behind OHBULAN!’s 1.2 Million New Fans On TikTok

Brand: OhBulan!


Guardian Engineering Sustainable Growth Through Loyalty-Led Conquesting

Brand: Guardian


Diagnosing Doubt: LG Turned Online Hesitation into Digital Growth

Brand: LG


Edelweiss Breaks the Search Glass Ceiling for Alcohol Category

Brand: Edelweiss


Kaotim: Turning Insurance into Assurance

Brand: Kaotim


Maybank ONGpicious: The Bank That Owns the First Move of the Year

Brand: Maybank


Jom Tabung – Engaging Malaysians to Start Saving & Save More

Brand: MAE app


Hotlink Geng Bijak Berbajet: Winning Malay Mass with a Video-First Value Hack Strategy

Brand: Hotlink


BELONGING: Turning old clothes into new hope

Brand: RHB Bank


The Scent of Raya: A Cat’s Tale

Brand: Scentify x Enchanteur


FROM AUTOPILOT TO ATTENTION: HOW UPHAMOL MADE PAIN RELIEF SCROLL-STOPPING

Brand: UPHAMOL


Project Salam: Witnessing Belonging Through Video

Brand: Maybank


The Screen Became the Fabric: Immersive Freshness You Feel

Brand: Softlan


Restoring Young Malay Trust Through Video Resonance

Brand: McDonald’s Malaysia


100PLUS Zero to Legend with MLBB

Brand: 100PLUS


HYUNDAI x ASPHALT: THE ELECTRIC RACE

Brand: Hyundai Motor Company


When Ordering Food Became a Two-Player Game with GrabFood

Brand: GrabFood Malaysia


From Bored Swipes to Boxed Bites: How KFC Gamified The One Box

Brand: KFC


GrabCoins – The Ultimate Loyalty Companion

Brand: Grab


Wall’s Marshmallow Choc Crumble: Turning Play into Purchase

Brand: Wall’s


How CelcomDigi Built A Nationwide Shield Against Scams Through A 360° Ecosystem Of Trust

Brand: CelcomDigi Berhad


From Screens to Streets: Share A Coke’s Integrated Comeback

Brand: Coca-Cola


Electric on Air: Powering a Cultural Moment with Malaysia’s First EV-Powered Live Broadcast

Brand: Proton e.MAS 5


Softlan: From Scent Saturation to Sensory Reappraisal

Brand: Softlan


Breeze: Turning Sweat into a National Conversation

Brand: BREEZE


From Hesitation to Liberation: How YSL LIBRE Reimagined the Professional Commute as a Luxury Recruit

Brand: Yves Saint Laurent Beauty


Unlocking User Habit using Data. 21 Days. 21 Hydrated Personas.

Brand: 100PLUS


Intelligent Inventory: When Data Decides What to Sell Next

Brand: Carro


Heineken’s Data Reset for Influencer Marketing

Brand: Heineken Malaysia


Finding the SMEs Who Don’t Search: A Data Story for Alliance HiO

Brand: Alliance Islamic Bank


Maybank: We Didn’t Target Savers. We Targeted Saving Moments.

Brand: Maybank


Stop Chasing Clicks: How McDelivery Used Data to Find Real Buyers

Brand: McDonald’s Malaysia


Turning Voice Search Into Malaysia’s New App Acquisition Channel

Brand: KFC


Munchy’s: The M We Built Together

Brand: Munchy’s Malaysia


Reclaiming Relevance: How Safi Re-Entered Teen Culture Through an AI Personality

Brand: Safi


Tutler: Media That Protects, Not Just Promotes

Brand: CelcomDigi Brand


From Content to Checkout: How Carlsberg Turned Excitement into Sales with Grab

Brand: CARLSBERG


Making Google & Meta Think: How Alliance Engineered Live Audiences with Social Listening AI

Brand: Alliance Bank DSME


Tiger Cracks the Messaging Black Box

Brand: Tiger


The Atmospheric UV Guard: How Vaseline Used Programmatic Intelligence to Map Visible UV Risk

Brand: Vaseline Malaysia


255% Surge in McDelivery Sales Conversion Through Algorithm Re-Engineering

Brand: McDonald’s


Molfix: Breaking Through Malaysia’s Diaper Wars

Brand: Molfix


Ranking As The #1 Malay Drama Title Searched For Proves Malaysians Want REAL Stories

Brand: Tonton


Owning the furniture SERP – IKEA Malaysia’s shift from paid dependence to organic dominance

Brand: IKEA


How AI Max Changed Search for CelcomDigi

Brand: CelcomDigi Brand


Search in Stereo: Winning in Parallel Universes (Search and LLMs)

Brand: Carro


Grab Mart: Grocery Discovery with AI-Powered Search Automation

Brand: GrabMart


Jotun: The Paint That Made People Search for the Most Beautiful Home

Brand: Jotun Majestic – Most Beautiful Paint for Pure Colour


KaoTim MediKad – From Zero to Hero

Brand: Kaotim Medikad


Edelweiss, The First Alcohol Brand to Win in Search – Without Google

Brand: Edelweiss


Turning Market Volatility into Search Opportunity for Alliance Bank

Brand: Alliance Bank DSME


KFC Raya, Memang Meowriah!

Brand: KFC


Grab4Family – Seniors As The Face of Innovation

Brand: Grab Transport


A Thousand Comments with One Electric Moment – the Proton e.MAS 5 Launch

Brand: Proton e.MAS 5


Beyond the Scroll: How Kiehl’s Used Social Media to Bridge Digital Hype and Physical Sales

Brand: Kiehl’s


Breeze: Turning Sweat into a National Conversation

Brand: BREEZE


How DUREX Invisible & Lube Slid into DMs to Become VISIBLE Through TikTok & Reels

Brand: Durex Malaysia


When Horror is Heard, Not Seen – How The Conjuring turn avoidance into attention

Brand: Warner Bros. Discovery


From Battery to Broadcast: Rewiring Digital Audio with an EV

Brand: Proton e.MAS 5


Maybank SME MyImpact: Why Podcast Became the Pivot to Futureproof SMEs

Brand: Maybank


Lumi News: The Only Aggregator Reinventing Malaysian News Using Creative AI

Brand: Lumi News


KFC Thric3: Malaysia’s First AI Boyband Built as a Digital Product

Brand: KFC


SUARAKU : Giving Raya a Voice Through AI

Brand: U MOBILE


Grab Mart: Grocery Discovery with AI-Powered Search Automation

Brand: GrabMart


Alliance: AI-Powered Live Audience Engineering

Brand: Alliance Bank DSME


Maybank: Turning National Sentiment into Financial Action

Brand: Maybank


The Engine Behind 1,000+ Bar Visits

Brand: Heineken


Not All Palm Oil Is Created Equally – NAPOICE

Brand: SD Guthrie International


1300 Hooks, One AI: Boost Bank SME Growth Map

Brand: Boost


Maybank Halal2U — From Certification to Commercial Scale

Brand: Maybank Islamic


Alliance Islamic Bank — Making the Unsearchable SME Discover HiO

Brand: Alliance Islamic Bank


Maybank SME MyImpact: Turning Thought Leadership into a Working Platform for SMEs

Brand: Maybank


M2U Biz SME Financing: Empowering SMEs through various Growth Stage

Brand: Maybank2u Biz


Serving Hope, Building Futures for B40 Women

Brand: F&N Canned Milk & 100PLUS


BELONGING: Turning old clothes into new hope

Brand: RHB Bank


Kisah Benar: Turning Scam Awareness into National Recognition

Brand: CelcomDigi Brand


Multiply the Goodness with Tropicana Twister

Brand: Tropicana Twister


Maybank Merdeka: Pembina Impian Tidak Mengenal Jarak

Brand: Maybank


Project Salam: Designing Belonging, One Salam at a Time

Brand: Maybank


Alliance AEIOU Logo Design Challenge— Redesigning How Financial Literacy is Experienced

Brand: Alliance Bank


How CelcomDigi Stopped Commuters In Their Tracks With The First Hologram OOH

Brand: CelcomDigi Berhad


Owning Moments: How KFC Turned Routine Touchpoints into Sales-Driving Action

Brand: KFC


How Share a Coke Used Integrated Screens to Power Personalisation at Scale

Brand: Coca-Cola


Larger Than Life

Brand: Warner Bros. Discovery


Turning the Heart of Malaysia into the Heart of Fries

Brand: McDonald’s


The Atmospheric UV Guard: How Vaseline Used Programmatic Intelligence to Map Visible UV Risk

Brand: Vaseline Malaysia


People Categories

XiaoWan Soo

Agency: WPP Media

Anoushka Kabi

Agency: WPP Media

Elyana Wilson

Agency: Universal McCann

Chen Yi Lian

Agency: iMEDIA

Nadiah Sanchez Yu

Agency: REV Media Group

Muhammad Hafizi Bin Idrus

Agency: REV Media Group

JEMIMA YAN XIN AI

Agency: Publicis Media

HO SHU HUEY

Agency: Publicis Media

TIO YING HAN

Agency: Publicis Media

NUR HANIS ZAHIRAH BINTI MOHD RUZLAN

Agency: Publicis Media

KU MUNIRAH BINTI KU IBRAHIM

Agency: Publicis Media

Tan Win Han

Agency: Publicis Media

Jerylene Siew

Agency: Publicis Media

Nayab Amjad

Agency: Publicis Media

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