AGENCY OF THE YEAR – OVER 80 EMPLOYEES
Arqam FC
ArqamFC is a media sports hub that caters to some of if not the biggest clients in world football, the likes of CAF, AFC, and FIFA being on our list of clients.
We’ve gone from a social media sports company to an all-encompassing sports hub in a concise span of time and last year was our chance to prosper and expand upon our horizons by taking on more projects, covering more tournaments, registering new records, and writing chapter upon a chapter in our company history. The first-ever Women’s African Champions League, the FIFA Arab Cup, The FIFA Club World Cup, and the CAF Africa Cup of Nations; we covered each of these competitions!
We set new milestones by registering new digital records during the Africa Cup of Nations, covered the first ever CAFWCL and provided the women’s game in Africa with the proper exposure, produced 15+ films, series, video editorials, and documentaries for FIFA, broadened our production capabilities as a while with KSA based web-show YallaGoal, and shot multiple projects in 4 different continents despite travel restrictions.
We’ve had an incredibly successful year, and more awaits us on the horizon!
Engage Digital Partners Limited
EDP is now ten years old following a 2012 MBO from Endemol Sport. Three core principles that drove the business still resonate today:
Storytelling. Community. And Media Owner Models working alongside existing rights deals.
Underpinned by the inexorable rise of social media, ongoing investment in data techniques, plus a commitment to building out a modular but full-service global client proposition, Engage was engineered to grow audiences and revenue for some of the biggest and most eclectic sports brands on the planet.
2022 has been an unprecedented year seeing us create and deliver social media strategies for Real Madrid’s Champions League 14th Title, The Six Nations & ICC Cricket World Cups with the women’s World Cup generating huge engagement and audience for the sport.
We would like to be judged on 2022 and long term performance; a ten year CAGR of 20%, over 40 long term clients, and 130 staffers across our offices in London, Bangalore, Melbourne & Sydney.
With an even split of revenue across our six operating divisions and investments behind Web3 & Gaming; we will continue to grow fan engagement for our partners, building on an already strong and sustainable core and plan for the next ten.
Fifty Digital
Fifty Digital was created with the intention of building an expert team that can help brands & rights holders to navigate the world of social media & sporting culture.
That vision still stands today & our 90-strong multidisciplinary team actively embraces our collective mission: to enrich people’s lives by building closer connections through sport.
Fifty Digital is a market-leading creative & social media agency in sponsorship & sport. The depth & breadth of our client list demonstrates our commitment to the sport & our understanding of the game from grassroots to the elite.
We have expanded our portfolio to include: FIFA World Cup 2022, Ferrari F1 Team, Volleyball World, Qatar Airways, The FA, NBA, England Football, NFL, W Series, United Rugby Championship, The British & Irish Lions, Shell, LiveScore & Cristiano Ronaldo, European Professional Club Rugby & the Heineken Champions & Challenge Cup.
Our consistency in exceeding client expectations in content strategy, creative ideation, content production, editorial output has enabled us to grow exponentially with our team trebling in size.
Little Dot Sport
Little Dot Sport, part of Little Dot Studios, is an award-winning digital content and media agency, incorporating the sport-specialist creative production agency WING. They create meaningful connections between premium content and digital audiences, and realise potential in every sporting moment.
With 85 dedicated digital experts, working across creative, account management and analytical functions, they support some of the biggest federations, teams and rights holders in sport, from Formula E and The FA, to the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team and the International Olympic Committee.
In 2022, Little Dot Sport was officially launched as it’s own label – the result of incredible success in previous years, despite the industry facing one of its toughest periods in history
A few months later, Little Dot Studios became Carbon Neutral to Future Net Zero standard across organisational and operational output, and increased offsetting efforts to account for their historical emissions backdating to 2013. Additionally, they have recently been ranked as one of the UK’s Best Places to Work, and have also been recognised specifically as one of the Best Places to Work for Women.
M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment
M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment is a world-leading passion marketing agency.
We help brands be more culturally relevant & commercially stronger through the things people love – their passions.
We do this by forging enduring connections between brands & consumers through their love of sport, entertainment & culture.
We are discipline-neutral & do whatever is required to build these connections, creating meaningful impact for brands & society.
We are a team of over 80 passionate people, divided into three teams of specialists across the remits of Sport, Entertainment & Culture.
We deliver blended teams across most clients because sport is entertainment & part of our culture.
In March 2022, we launched ‘Step Up’, a new product supporting our clients to use their partnerships to make passions more inclusive.
In summary, we are on a continued mission to take our creative output to new heights & become the most diverse and inclusive agency in our space, while helping our clients do the same.
