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Amazon Brand Innovation Lab

BIL delivers custom, award-winning creative advertising experiences uniquely powered by Amazon's data, devices, and ecosystem — at no additional creative fee for qualifying advertisers.

Seattle, Washington, United StatesFounded 2015Parent: Amazon Ads

Last updated May 11, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team

Industry
Creative Services / Retail Media / Digital Advertising
Business Model
Agency (In-house creative services, bundled with Amazon Ads spend)
Target Market
Enterprise
Employee Count
201-500
Stock Symbol
AMZN
Parent Company
Amazon Ads
API Available
Limited
Market Position

Amazon Ads' flagship in-house creative studio, competing with platform-native creative labs and traditional agency creative units for large brand advertising budgets

Overview

Amazon Brand Innovation Lab (BIL) is the in-house creative agency arm of Amazon Ads, dedicated to developing bespoke, high-impact advertising campaigns and experiences for brands advertising on Amazon and its properties. Operating in 17 countries, BIL works directly with advertisers to conceive and execute custom creative solutions that go beyond standard ad formats — including interactive experiences, shoppable content, Alexa integrations, live events, and immersive brand activations. The lab functions as a strategic creative partner for brands seeking differentiated storytelling within the Amazon ecosystem. BIL has earned significant industry recognition, including multiple Cannes Lions awards, cementing its reputation as a legitimate creative force within the AdTech and advertising industry. Its work spans a wide range of formats and channels, leveraging Amazon's unique first-party data, device ecosystem (Fire TV, Echo, Kindle, Twitch), and retail media infrastructure to create campaigns that are both creatively ambitious and commercially measurable. This positions BIL as a rare hybrid of creative agency and technology-driven media company. Within the AdTech ecosystem, Amazon Brand Innovation Lab represents Amazon's strategic push to compete with traditional holding company agencies and platform-native creative studios like Meta Creative Shop and Google's Unskippable Labs. By offering custom creative services as part of the broader Amazon Ads suite, BIL helps attract and retain large enterprise advertisers, deepening their investment in Amazon's advertising platform and reinforcing Amazon Ads' position as a top-three global digital advertising player.

Products & Features

Custom Brand Experiences

Bespoke interactive and immersive ad units built for brand campaigns on Amazon properties

Alexa Integrations

Voice-activated brand experiences and skills developed for Amazon Echo devices

Shoppable Content

Creative formats that connect brand storytelling directly to Amazon product purchase flows

Fire TV & Streaming Activations

Custom creative executions for connected TV and streaming environments on Amazon's Fire TV platform

Twitch Brand Activations

Interactive and live-streaming brand experiences developed in partnership with Twitch

Live Event & Experiential Campaigns

Real-world and virtual brand activations tied to Amazon tentpole moments like Prime Day and Thursday Night Football

Key Features
Custom creative development at no incremental agency fee for qualifying media spendsAccess to Amazon's full device and media ecosystem for multi-touchpoint campaignsFirst-party Amazon shopper data informing creative strategyMulti-country presence across 17 marketsAward-winning creative talent with Cannes Lions recognitionIntegration with Amazon DSP and Sponsored Ads for full-funnel execution
Use Cases
Large brand advertisers seeking custom creative beyond standard Amazon ad formatsProduct launch campaigns requiring immersive storytelling on AmazonVoice and smart home brand activations via AlexaConnected TV brand campaigns on Fire TVTentpole event sponsorships tied to Prime Day or NFL on Prime VideoShoppable video and interactive content for fashion, CPG, and entertainment brands
Customer Segments
Fortune 500 and large enterprise brand advertisersConsumer Packaged Goods (CPG) brandsEntertainment and media companiesAutomotive brandsFashion and luxury brandsTechnology companiesRetail and e-commerce brands
Corporate history
  • 2015Founded
Connections
See integrations with Amazon Brand Innovation Lab (5)

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