Tag: Gerety Awards

Gerety Awards announces a deadline extension and that it will not be accepting Covid-19 related ads!

Stuart Mitchell

Gerety Awards has a new deadline extension, confirms its judging will be remote this year and announces it will not be accepting Covid-19 related ads!. Gerety Founders said: “An online petition called for award shows to place a ban on COVID-related entries, we agree with the sentiment that this is not a “cultural moment.” It’s a humanitarian catastrophe. Therefore, we will not be accepting any Covid-19 related ads this year. This does not take away from the fact that agencies are creating fantastic work in response to the Covid-19 virus,…

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Extended deadline for the Gerety Awards until April 17 & Covid-19 update.

Stuart Mitchell

After the buzz of its call for entries campaign that saw purple mustaches sent to industry leaders while asking the question, “what does a woman have to do to get onto an advertising jury?” the Gerety Awards are extending the deadline. Gerety founders said: “Due to the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic we have made preparations for the judging to be done remotely and online. What we hope to do with Gerety is prove the importance of representation. When women get to decide what work actually speaks the most persuasively, I…

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Gerety Awards Call for Entries Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

What does a woman have to do to get onto an advertising jury? The Gerety Awards launch a call for entries campaign with a message of action to the industry as a whole. It always becomes news when an ad award show jury makes 50/50 gender parity. Despite all the talk, most jury members are still men.  As the first ad festival with an all-woman jury working to counterbalance that, the Gerety Awards decided to create an awareness campaign that would get the industry to walk the talk. Purple moustaches were…

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The first edition of the Gerety Awards reveals its winners

Stuart Mitchell

The Gerety Awards were designed to provide a global platform for talent and support initiatives that champion diversity in the creative industries. After the Executive jury sessions which took place in 10 capital cities the Grand jury have now chosen the final winners. Grand Prix were awarded to LOLA MullenLowe for HIDDEN FLAG, McCann New York for Changing the Game, VMLY&R Warsaw for The Last Ever Issue and two Grand Prix were awarded to AMVBBDO for Viva La Vulva. BBDO New York were awarded agency of the year with 2…

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The Gerety Awards 2019 Shortlist Announced

Stuart Mitchell

After 3 weeks of intense judging in 10 capital cities with some of the world’s most esteemed creatives, the Gerety Awards is proud to announce its shortlist. Launched this January, The Gerety Awards is challenging the status quo of the awards circuit through its jury. Co-Founder Lucía Ongay said “The executive judging sessions were riveting and without doubt this shortlist will set a benchmark for all other award shows this year. We were excited to see what our jury would pick and how it will compare with other industry events.…

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