An international competition poised to honor excellence in the planning & execution of digital communications
The award recognizes and celebrates excellence in Websites, Video, Mobile, Social, Animation, Marketing, and Podcasts – across local and international.
Vega celebrates the very best brought forth by the world’s digital architects and craftsmen. Since the competition focuses on excellence, it does not matter whether the submission is from a firm or an individual; a professional or an enthusiast; a veteran or a novice – what matters is the work itself, wherein the details, innovation, creativity, and foresight shine brightest.
Vega accepts digital works and projects, which include advertising, design, interactive content, mobile apps, web design/development, and audio/video productions. The competition’s categories are set to be diverse in order to represent digital culture.
Submitted works must be within a two-year window from their creation, for example, 2020 to current competitive year (2022).
To go beyond the common and to set ourselves apart – that is what excellence strives for. There is a yearning for what’s beyond comforts of the known and safety of the established, something that goes beyond the limits or boundaries of that which we are used to. When the tangible and conceptual coalesce to move people beyond something that is quantifiable, we transcend boundaries.
The Vega team commends those who had gone beyond the normalized practices and had helped the world stay connected in these past two years. In times of uncertainty, your carefully crafted works stand as lighthouses for the wandering denizens of the web, beckoning to them and serving as a banner for those whose interests align to gather under.
Your beacons became symbols of hope, instilling an idea in the hearts of others that they are not alone. Those who rally communed, new societies formed, and the barriers of normalcy were transcended. Will the current status quo remain, or will be break past yet once more into the metaverse? How far will your works take us?
The future is in your hands, you who transcended boundaries.
The Vega Digital Awards competition is conducted in 500+ categories. Work may be entered into more than one category and will be separately evaluated separately in each. All multiple category entries are evaluated accordingly and are eligible for honors.
Entrants may submit their project in one or multiple categories. There is a fee for each category entered. If you are unsure of which category to enter, please email info@vegaawards.com and an awards representative will assist you.
Germany
Holger Koenig
CEO, KOENIGSFILM
With more than 20 years of television and marketing film production, Holger Koenig is able to distinguish the outstanding from the mainstream work. He is the Head of Film Jury at Best of Content Marketing Awards in Germany, judge for Healthcare Marketing Spots, and an expert in Storytelling and StoryBrand Certified Guide.
Canada
ISHAN GHOSH
CEO, Barrett and Welsh
As CEO and Partner at Barrett and Welsh, Ishan leads a team of Idea Generators. Ideas that help build his clients businesses. Ideas that engage and change the game in the markets that its clients operate in and which give them the cutting edge. As a marketing entrepreneur for three decades and having worked in network agencies, like Leo Burnett, Ogilvy, Lowe, etc, in several markets around the world, Ishan guides the agency’s clients, to recognize the relevance and criticality for marketers to engage the Diversity and Inclusion market in Canada and helps them see the limitless business opportunities that it brings. Ishan’s 30+ year career has spanned branding and advertising companies such as JWT, Ogilvy & Mather, Leo Burnett, and Vickers & Benson. He has been involved in the marketing and development of several international brands such as McDonald’s, Mothercare, Kellogg’s, Bata, Holiday Inn, P&G brands, Unilever brands, Walmart, TD Canada Trust and the Bank of Montreal. Ishan has been on the Summit Creative Awards jury in 2012. He has also served on the jury of the Georgie Awards (the marketing excellence awards of the Canadian Home Builders Association of British Columbia) for 15 years successively. He has been a judge for the Canadian Marketing Association, Marketing Effectiveness Awards for 4 years as well as the national Marketing Awards for creative for 2 years. He has also been on the awards jury of the MaRS centre for innovative startups competition twice.
Portugal
Liliana Farinha
Digital Director, By Interactive Brands Agency
With more than 10 years of experience in digital marketing, Liliana closely follows social media and web advertising projects as well as the more complex websites regarding specifications and implementation, among other communication projects. Her portfolio includes clients such as NOVO BANCO, REN, Minipreço, Pestana Group, FOX International Channels, The Navigator Company, Casa da Música, Honda, MSD, Zippy, NOWO, BFA, LACS, L'Oréal, Sogrape Vinhos, and Bayer, among others. Dedicated and passionate about the Web, project management and team management, she does not dispense with music and travel in her life.
United Kingdom
Gareth Leeding
Group Creative Director, We Are Social
Since joining We Are Social in 2012, Gareth has led campaigns and projects for global brands including Adidas, Audi, Red Bull, YouTube, and PlayStation. In 2018 he co-founded We Are Social Sport, the agency's first specialist division with the goal of rewriting the rules of sports marketing. He specializes in cut-through creative that uses the power of social, with a portfolio of award-winning work for Adidas that includes Pogba x Stormzy and Tango Squad FC.
If you’d like to be a part of our distinguished jury members, or be considered for future inclusions in the Vega Awards program, do consider nominating yourself, and we’ll get back to you soon.
Meticulously designed, and crafted by the International Awards Associate, the Vega statuette is victory personified. It is seen to be brazenly holding its helmet up high, with its head up and facing forward - like a gladiator soaking in glory after a fateful battle.
Its multifaceted surface signifies the endeavours invested to initiate change, ultimately transforming various aspects of digital media. At approximately one foot tall, and weighing over five pounds, the Canopus (platinum), Centauri (gold) and Arcturus (rose gold) statuettes are here to honor your esteemed presence in the universe of digital arts.
Christa Kleinhans Tuttle
Founder and CEO at Launch Marketing, United States
“ Awards like Vega truly ignite our passion for excellence, highlight our genuine commitment to delivering outstanding work to our clients and reiterate our goal to be the go-to B2B marketing firm in Austin, Texas. ”
Jonas Verheijden
Creative Director and Co-Founder at Superlab, Belgium
“ (Winning a Vega Awards) is a great accomplishment for a young and small company from Belgium. So we’re very proud and hope to win plenty more in the near future. ”
Emaneul Kapp
Director at Moz Parks Initiative | Ambassadors of Conservation, United States
“ It’s a great honor to be recognized (by Vega Awards) for the work we do. Everything we do is to promote conservation efforts and to be recognized for the work that we do helps us in those efforts. ”
International Awards Associate (IAA) is a group of industry innovators, creators, designers and communications professionals, deeply committed to recognize and honor the outstanding performance, talent and effort of the best digital and creative professionals around the world.
