From memorable advertising campaigns to ambitious creative agencies, there are plenty of categories that recognise campaigns, companies and people at this year’s Prolific North Creative Awards.
Back for 2025 with a number of returning and brand new categories to truly reflect the creative sector, the Creative Awards celebrates all the talented individuals, teams and companies working across the creative sectors in the North of England and Scotland.
The early bird deadline is open until 24 February and by entering, it can help raise your profile, receive industry recognition and can lead to attracting new clients and collaborations. So we’ve pulled together a handy guide of all the categories for campaigns, companies and people below to help!
- Advertising Campaign: Micro, Small and Large – This award is for memorable creative campaigns and will be split across three categories: Micro: £5k and below; Small: over £5k – under £50k; Large: £50k and above.
- Best Collaboration –.If you’ve worked on an exciting collaboration that has resulted in brilliant work and compelling results – the judges want to hear from you.
- Brand Launch/Activation of event – Celebrating either an unforgettable event, a captivating digital campaign, or a multi-channel activation.
- Rebrand – This category celebrates the creativity behind a rebrand that has a deep understanding of target audience, market trends, and evolving industry landscapes.
- Healthcare Campaign – This one is for important campaigns that have leveraged the power of creativity to effectively raise awareness of critical health issues, encouraging healthy behaviours, or enhancing the patient experience.
- Social Impact Campaign – Have you helped to ignite positive social change through the power of creativity? The judges want to hear from you.
Recognising companies and people
- Creative Agency – This category is for creative agencies able to demonstrate exceptional creativity, strategic thinking, and innovation.
- Creative Brand – The judges will be looking for an in-house team that has transformed their brand with the execution of striking creative content.
- Creative Studio – This category celebrates studios that consistently demonstrate excellence in creativity, innovation, and artistic prowess.
- Production Company – Made a big impact for a marketing campaign, television or the big screen over the past year? Then this category is for you.
- Creative Rising Star – This category is free to enter and is designed to spotlight an emerging individual who has shown exceptional creativity, innovation, and prolific output in the early stages of their career.
- Creative Trailblazer – Also free to enter, this award recognises the individual who can demonstrate impressive results and initiatives have left a lasting impact on the North’s creative landscape.
Entries are now officially open, so make sure you get your entries in before midnight on the 24 February to take advantage of the early bird discount.
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