Creative Awards Categories

 

Recognizing achievement since the beginning of 2023 in all creative management, copywriting, art direction, editorial, audio-visual production, animation, illustration, photography, etc., functions. 
   Nominations that won in the 2024 IBAs may be resubmitted for consideration in the 2025 IBAs.  If they have been updated with recent achievements they may be submitted to the same categories in which they won.  If they have not been updated they must be submitted to categories different from those in which they won.

The information requirements for entries in these categories in the 2025 competition include:

1  An essay of up to 650 words describing the nominee's accomplishments since 1 January 2023, OR a video of up to five (5) minutes in length describing the same.

2  In bullet-list form (up to 150 words), a brief summary of up to ten (10) of the nominee's chief achievements since 1 January 2023

3  Optional (but highly recommended), a collection of supporting files and web addresses that you may upload to our server to support your entry and provide more background information to the judges

D01. Advertising or Design Agency of the Year

Enter this category if you wish to recognize everyone who works at your advertising, marketing or design agency, regardless of their function, location, seniority or position.

D02. Creative Department of the Year

Enter this category if you wish to recognize everyone who works in creative functions in your organization, regardless of function, location, seniority or position.

D03. Creative Team of the Year

Enter this category if you wish to recognize some subset of your entire creative organization, such as a specific animation, video, event-production, or client-creative team, for example.  The team may be multidisciplinary, may stretch across multiple organizations (your own organization, client organizations, and agency or vendor organizations, for example), and may be a permanent team or a temporary team that was assembled only for a specific task or assignment.

D04. Creative Executive of the Year

Enter this category to recognize the achievements of individual creative executives.

D05. Breakthrough Creative Use of Technology (new for 2025)

Recognizes innovative applications of technology in creative projects, such as AI-driven designs, AR/VR experiences, or interactive campaigns.

D06. Excellence in Collaborative Creativity (new for 2025)

Celebrates partnerships between multiple organizations or disciplines that result in exceptional impact.

D07. Most Innovative Creative Project (new for 2025)

Honors singular creative projects that demonstrate originality, innovation, and exceptional impact.