OREANDA-NEWS. April 03, 2015. To promote best practices and celebrate the accomplishments of modern marketers around the world, Oracle has announced the winners of the 2015 Markie Awards.

Now in its ninth year, the annual Markie Awards recognize top companies and leaders for creative, innovative, and effective modern marketing campaigns that delivered increased engagement, conversation and ROI.

The 2015 Markie Awards featured 20 categories that reflect the evolving marketing landscape, including: Brand Experience of the Year, Customer Centricity, CMO’s Marketing Team of the Year, Best Audience Creation, Best Integrated Ad Campaign, and Going Mobile.

“It’s amazing to see the results that organizations have been able to achieve through the adoption of modern marketing best practices,” said Kevin Akeroyd, senior vice president and general manager, Oracle Marketing Cloud. “The winners for 2015 have gone above and beyond, fully leveraging the most innovative marketing technologies to create customer-centric campaigns that deliver increased engagement, conversation and ROI. Oracle is proud to recognize and honor winners for their outstanding achievements and their dedication to Modern Marketing.”

Winners of the 2015 Markie Awards are:

Best Audience Creation: Dell Inc.

Best Cross-Channel Marketing Program: Cetera Financial Group

Best Data Activation: IHS

Best Digital Marketing Ecosystem: Rockwell Automation

Best Integrated Ad Campaign: CSC

Best International Campaign: F-Secure

Best IT-Marketing Collaboration: Dell Inc.

Best Lead Nurturing Program: DocuSign, Inc.

Best Social Campaign: LifeSize

Brand Experience of the Year: Twitter

Content is King: Thermo Fisher Scientific

Customer Centricity: Lojas Colombo

CMO’s Marketing Team of the Year: Penton

Extraordinary Email: Telstra

Going Mobile: Rautaruukki

Metrics That Matter: FIS

Modern Marketing Leader of the Year: Rhonda Wunderlin, Penton

Most Creative Marketing Campaign: Eaton

Revenue Growth: FIS

Rookie of the Year: comScore, Inc.

The 2015 Markie Awards were presented last night during Oracle Modern Marketing Experience in Las Vegas, Nevada.