Tag: The One Club

VML’s Kaleeta McDade and Industry’s Oved Valadez Win 2025 ADCOLOR | One Club Creative Award

Stuart Mitchell

Kaleeta McDade, VML Global Chief Experience Officer, based in Atlanta, and Oved Valadez, Executive Creative Director and Founding Partner at Industry in Portland, are the recipients of this year’s prestigious ADCOLOR | ONE CLUB Creative Award, presented at the annual ADCOLOR Awards ceremony, part of the 2025 ADCOLOR Conference in Los Angeles. Now in its 16th year, the ADCOLOR | One Club Creative Award is given to a professional in a creative field from a historically excluded community who has demonstrated extraordinary talent and achievement within the media, creative, digital,…

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The One Club Announces Global Winners For Next Creative Leaders 2025

Stuart Mitchell

The One Club for Creativity today announced the 36 young creatives from 17 countries who are this year’s winners in Next Creative Leaders, a free global competition recognizing women and non-binary creatives on the rise. Celebrating its 10th year, Next Creative Leaders was created in partnership with The 3% Movement as the industry’s only free portfolio competition that identifies, celebrates, and provides a global platform to talented women, non-binary, and trans creatives who are making their mark on the world with both their work and unique point of view on creative leadership that’s changing…

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The One Club Launches The One Show Indies To Celebrate Independent Agencies

Stuart Mitchell

The One Club for Creativity recently announced the most significant change to its global One Show awards in decades: the launch of The One Show Indies, dedicated to celebrating the work of independent agencies, design firms, production houses, and creators. Debuting this year within The One Show 2026, The One Show Indies is open exclusively to agencies with truly independent ownership: a minimum 51% owned by founders or staff, and no more than four physical offices.   The goal is to make the global spotlight of a prestigious One Show…

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The One Club announces global shortlist for Next Creative Leaders competition

Stuart Mitchell

The One Club for Creativity today announced 120 talented young creatives and teams based in 30 countries and territories who have been shortlisted for Next Creative Leaders 2025, a free global competition recognizing women and non-binary creatives on the rise. Celebrating its 10th year, Next Creative Leaders was created in partnership with The 3% Movement as the industry’s only free portfolio competition that identifies, celebrates, and provides a global platform to talented women, non-binary, and trans creatives who are making their mark on the world with both their work and…

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The One Club Adds Three Creative Leaders To Board of Directors

Stuart Mitchell

The One Club for Creativity, the world’s foremost nonprofit organization whose mission is to support the global creative community, has added three creative leaders to its esteemed Board of Directors. Elected by a vote of The One Club membership to two-year terms for the first time, effective immediately, are Aaron Starkman, Global CCO at Rethink based in Toronto, and Xanthe Wells, VP, Global Creative at Pinterest in San Francisco.  Returning to the Board for a second time is Greg Hahn, Co-founder, CCO at Mischief USA in Brooklyn. Board member responsibilities…

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