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WARC Awards 2019 full juries announced

Written by ACN Newswire

LONDON, Dec 4, 2018 - (ACN Newswire) - Top agency strategists and planners alongside senior executives from brands including Uber, McDonald's and Mars Petcare are among the judges for the WARC Awards 2019, a global search for next-generation marketing effectiveness.The WARC Awards, an international case-study competition in search of the smartest...

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