Unilever awarded Cannes Lions Advertiser of the Year

Tim Burrowes

May 26, 2010 8:03

Unilever, owner of brands including Lipton, Dove and Lynx, has been named this year’s Advertiser of the Year at the 57th Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival.

Keith Weed, Unilever

The global FMCG company won its first Cannes Lion for Omo washing powder back in 1961.

Since then, Unilever brands have gone on to win close to 200 Lions over the years, including the Media Grand Prix in 2002 for “Magnum 7 Deadly Sins – Give In To It”, and both the Cyber and Film Grand Prix in 2007 for its Dove “Evolution” ad led by Ogilvy.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.