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Featured campaign · 20th Century Studios

A gender reveal.
A horror twist.

The First Omen turned a familiar social moment into a horror story. The organic TikTok post earned over 50 million views, as reported in the Shorty entry.

Shorty Silver Honor · Gender-reveal video
2024 Silver Telly · Campaign series

The First Omen gender-reveal campaign: smoke, balloons and a surprise reveal
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Platform case studies

Roku Advertising

PureGym’s CTV campaign

CTV creative supporting PureGym’s New York expansion, documented by Roku with MediaNug credited as the creative agency.

963attributed memberships · 54-day campaign

Snapchat for Business

PureGym’s Snapchat campaign

Creator-led Snap Ads encouraging young women back into the gym, with MediaNug named as PureGym’s creative partner.

+21 pointsad recall lift

Meta

Focus Features’ film launch

Creator partnerships for the launch of Didi, featured in Meta’s business case study on Facebook and Instagram Reels.

MetaPublished platform case study

Results belong to the individual campaigns documented by each publisher.

“By implementing Snapchat’s best practices, we were able to design creatives that significantly outperformed benchmarks”

Tom Donegan · Paid Social Manager, PureGym
Excerpt from Snapchat’s published client testimonial.
Read the full testimonial on Snapchat ↗
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Campaign awards

Shorty Awards

Twisters digital marketing campaign

Micro-Influencer Strategy winner and TikTok Gold Honor, plus two Audience Honors and a finalist placement. Universal Pictures entered the campaign; MediaNug team members are credited.

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Shorty Awards

The First Omen: Gender Reveal

Silver Honor in Short Form Video at the 17th Annual Shorty Awards. Entered by 20th Century Studios, with MediaNug credited as the creative and production partner.

Silver Telly Award

Telly Awards

The First Omen viral campaign series

2024 Silver Winner in Social Video, Series–Media & Entertainment. MediaNug is listed as the entrant. This recognition covers the campaign series.

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Industry coverage

CDC Gaming • Focus on Partners

NugVerse and the creator economy

John G. Brokopp interviews Adam Heiman about NugVerse, creator matching and the production process behind the marketplace.

CDC Gaming • Focus on Partners

Building communities through social creative

Mark Gruetze speaks with Matt Estremera about audience relevance, creative testing and building long-term relationships with gaming customers.

COMPLETE iGAMING

Creative systems that scale in gaming

Hillary McAfee interviews Matt Estremera about continuous production, creative testing and working within gaming’s approval requirements.

April 24, 2026Read the original

Also syndicated by CDC Gaming.

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