Cresta International Advertising Awards

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Cresta Awards
Awarded forcreative excellence in international advertising, digital design and marketing communications
CountryWorldwide
First awarded1993
Website www.cresta-awards.com

The Cresta Awards are worldwide awards whose purpose is to acknowledge high standards of creative achievement in the international advertising, digital design and marketing communications industry. The award decisions are made through an alternative judging process based upon narrow criteria. [1]

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History

The awards, launched in 1993 by Creative Standards International Inc. in partnership with the International Advertising Association, [2] were spearheaded by Nancy Ross, who had formerly helped to run the Clio Awards for 16 years. [3] Cresta, which stands for "Creative Standards", [4] has grown extensively with the evolution of digital media. In its 2019 competition it included: moving image, digital, print advertising, billboards/posters, ambient & experiential, integrated, radio, podcasts, branded entertainment, direct marketing, design, social media, creative crafts and technology. In 2019 it introduced a new category, exploring future media. [5]

Cresta's headquarters were located in New York City from 1993 until 2018. In November 2018 the headquarters moved to London, when the Awards were acquired by Creative Standards International Ltd, a company led by Lewis Blackwell as CEO and Alan Page as President, both with backgrounds as creative directors. In January 2019 the Awards were relaunched, with a revised website and new commitments to community and educational initiatives. [6]

Judging

Cresta is an extensive and highly selective awards program. An official 2017 press release noted that more than 3,300 entries, from 53 countries, had been received for the 2016 competition, with 74 entries from 13 countries designated as winners. [7] Entries are judged by a Grand Jury of more than 80 seasoned creative directors, graphic artists, design and film specialists, from around the world. Members judge the shortlisted entries in their own time and individually, with a no-discussion policy placing the stress on creativity alone. [8] This body decides on the Gold, Silver and Bronze winners, as well as whether an entry has met the pre-determined standard of earning a Grand Prix award, which is based on two elements: originality of the idea and the quality of the idea's execution. [9]

In 2010, Cresta introduced the Network of the Year and Agency of the Year honors, awarded to those whose entries achieve the highest scores, based on a points breakdown at all levels of competition. For the three years 2016-18, the overall Network of the Year was McCann. [10]

Awards

For its first 12 years, Cresta held an annual awards ceremony in cities throughout the world, including Budapest, Milan, and New York. After the 2004 awards, it was determined that future winners would be announced via an online ceremony, allowing exponentially more participants the chance to view the winners. Following a relaunch in January 2019, Cresta committed to creating educational and inspirational events around the world, to further the discussion of creative standards and of the award winners. It also announced the launch of an international review periodical, dedicated to exploring creative standards. [11]

The Cresta statuette is a crystal "S" shape with an embedded metal "C" component, which together are intended to embody the "Creative Standards" namesake. The "C" component is color-coded in order to reflect the four levels of winners: Grand Prix, Gold, Silver and Bronze.

Entries submitted must be "broadcast, published or released in a commercial environment with client approval", according to a specific time frame, and accompanied by the respective single or campaign entry fees. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Cresta Award Guidelines Archived 2019-05-02 at the Wayback Machine : Archived 2019-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Creative Standards International
  3. ↑ Elliott, Stuart: THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING; A new award for ad creativity, the Cresta, joins a long line of aspirants for the title of the next Clio. The New York Times, February 23, 1993
  4. ↑ "Time for the Cresta International Advertising Awards". New Straits Times. Malaysia: The New Straits Times Press. 1999-02-28. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  5. ↑ "Cresta Categories 2019".
  6. ↑ "LBBOnline reports on Cresta pledge".
  7. ↑ "Cresta Awards calls for entries to the 25th annual worldwide creative competition by March 10". 13 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Cresta Judging process".
  9. ↑ "Judging criteria". Archived from the original on 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  10. ↑ 18th Annual Cresta International Advertising Awards Announce Winners Archived 2014-03-13 at the Wayback Machine Press Release, October 25, 2010
  11. ↑ "Cresta to launch invaluable global review for clients and creative agencies".
  12. ↑ "Current Info and Deadlines".
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