Categories → Advertising
Considerations
This award honours original, innovative, and quality advertising projects. This could include but is not limited to:
Integrated Campaigns
Multi-channel campaigns that seamlessly blend various media and platforms to deliver a unified message.
Print Advertising
Creative and impactful print executions in magazines, newspapers, posters, or any physical format.
Outdoor & Ambient
Advertising that creatively utilises public spaces, billboards, transit, and unexpected locations to capture attention.
Digital & Social
Campaigns designed for online and social media platforms, including interactive experiences, viral content, and platform-native storytelling.
Film & Video
Branded content, TV commercials, online videos, and cinematic storytelling crafted for advertising impact.
Experiential & Activation
Advertising that engages audiences through real-world experiences, brand activations, and immersive storytelling.
Radio & Audio
Audio advertising that demonstrates exceptional creativity in sound, scriptwriting, and production.
AI & Data-Driven Advertising
Work that uses artificial intelligence, machine learning, or data-driven insights to create targeted and personalised campaigns.
Guerrilla & Unconventional Advertising
Bold, disruptive, and unexpected advertising that breaks through the noise in innovative ways.
Brand Storytelling
Narrative-driven advertising that builds emotional connections and deepens brand identity.
Branded Content & Entertainment
Advertising that integrates seamlessly into entertainment formats, including podcasts, branded films, and series.
Social Impact & Purpose-Driven Advertising
Campaigns that inspire change, raise awareness, and promote meaningful causes.
All forms of advertising are welcome in this category.
Who can enter?
You.
If you produce creative work, whether alone or as part of a team, this is for you. If you commission creative work and want to celebrate it, this is for you.
Freelancers, students, studios, small agencies, huge agencies, collectives, creative organisations, ambitious businesses, unofficial groups, weirdos, creatives, designers, strategists, animators, motion designers, digital makers, architects, coders, illustrators, artists, project managers, photographers, tattooists, creative thinkers and chancers.
Entry Process
- Explore the categories and select the ones you would like to enter.
- Enter your project(s) by the 31st July 2026.
- After creating an account, you can save, edit, and submit entries until the deadline.
- Projects will meet the jury on the 12th August 2026.
- Visit our website on the 11th September 2026 to learn if your work has been shortlisted for an International Creative Award.
- Celebrate your achievement at the Awards Ceremony during International Assembly in Scotland on the 13th November 2026 (optional).
- Selected projects will be showcased during International Assembly, across social media and INTL channels.
- Awarded projects will receive a handcrafted concrete trophy and Recognised projects will receive a bespoke certificate and concrete certificate holder.
What do you win?
Awarded projects will receive a handcrafted concrete trophy created by renowned Glasgow artist Charles Stephen Myatt in collaboration with Warriors Studio. Recognised projects will receive a bespoke certificate and concrete certificate holder.
All shortlisted projects are invited to attend the Awards Ceremony in Scotland on Friday 13th November 2026 to collect their trophy or certificate and celebrate their achievement. Selected projects will also be showcased at the International Assembly festival and featured across social media and INTL channels.
Jury
To be announced.
What do you submit?
- Title of Project
- Short Summary of Project (50 words max)
- Longer Description of Project (300 words max)
- Upload (max 10) images/videos/files etc which showcases your project. This could be photographs, digital images, drawings, moving image etc. A range of file formats, links, URL’s are accepted.
- Project Credits
We try to keep the entry process as efficient as possible.