Who's doing what in the world of commercial creativity.
“NO. The world REALLY needs a new kind of awards show.” With this as its mission statement, Lucía Ongay and Joe Brookes (both ex-Epica) have launched the Gerety Awards. “At a time when the advertising industry is trying …
Fourteen Australia creatives and three from New Zealand have been selected to join the D&AD Awards Jury for 2019. Australian jury presidents include Nick Law (chief creative officer & president of Publicis Communications at Publicis Groupe), …
The Communications Council has opened the 11th annual Australian Effie Awards for entries. The closing date is Thursday April 18. The Effies applaud the effectiveness of creative communications, recognising campaigns that can demonstrate outstanding measurable results. Following …
The New York Festivals Midas Awards shortlist is out. There are 317 finalist entries. Unsurprisingly, The US tops the tally with 178 finalists. South Africa is #2 with 40, Hong Kong is #3 with 18. The United …
AdFest has chosen all eight jury presidents for 2019. They are Mark Tutssel, Executive Chairman & Global Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett Worldwide in Chicago is this year’s Grand Jury President. He is also Jury President …
There are very many advertising festivals throughout the year, but few opportunities to listen to conversations about craft. Craft@AdFest March 20 - 21 2019, is one. It's dedicated to exploring the latest production, digital, content …
The unique creative talent, Mark Denton, is Kinsale’s jury president this year. Here’s a self-description by Denton (Thank you, D&AD): Mark is just getting the hang of advertising after 37 years playing around at it. He’s been …
The Shiny Awards for emerging directors is in its second year. And it has made an amendment. In its diversity category, the awards has added, Videos by Men. Because in all the fervour to be …
For the first time in the 9-year history of NYF’s Executive Jury, a president will preside over this panel of international chief creative officers. Matt Eastwood, who has just become global chief creative officer of …
The Snackable Content Awards, which applauds the best short content producers worldwide, has announced its 2019 winners. The awards are determined by an international jury of outstanding talents from agencies and brands around the globe. …
After 26 years, Cresta has been given a complete makeover. Following last year’s awards, Cresta founder, Nancy Ross, retired and brought in a new team to match the awards to the creative industries’ changes. New chief executive …
Augmented reality and virtual reality are becoming increasingly important parts of the advertising landscape. Snapchat has therefore sponsored to submission categories covering those areas for this year’s ADC 98th Annual Awards. Under the new agreement with The …