Athar Festival Awards

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Athar Festival of Creativity Awards

Honoring Creative Marketing Excellence

Campaigns - Individuals - Organisations

The only Awards for Saudi creative marketing, aligned with Saudi Vision 2030.

The Athar Awards recognise creative marketing excellence in Saudi Arabia. An accolade specifically for the Kingdom, the Award will celebrate creatives for their effectiveness, marketers for their vision and their teams for pushing through to deliver results through creative marketing.

Work that can be entered includes but is not limited to, television and cinema, radio, print, design, branding, digital and social media, outdoor, events, PR and Gurerrilla marketing. You can view the full guidance list of work that can be entered here.

Categories for the Athar Awards 2024 have been put together through thorough research with industry leaders and experts with a focus on the key pillars of Saudi Vision 2030. The Awards will honour work in the Kingdom that have helped further the goals of Vision 2030 like positive transformative change, infrastructure development, successful partnerships, forward thinking, business growth, positive environmental challenges, education & healthcare.

With the vision of setting a new standard for creative marketing excellence each year, Athar Award winners will be awarded based on research, idea generation, strategy, execution, results, innovation and contribution to the industry among other criteria.

Why Enter

  • Recognise individuals, companies and campaigns that help drive positive transformative change, infrastructure development, successful partnerships, forward thinking and business growth
  • Honour campaigns that focus on environmental challenges, promote education & healthcare, effective approaches to sustainable practices
  • Celebrate creative marketing efforts that further the goals of Vision 2030
  • Gain validation and visibility for your agency’s ability in delivering creativity campaigns that deliver results
  • Enhance your agency’s reputation in the industry among clients and attract new business opportunities
  • Attract and retain top talent who want to work in an environment known for producing exceptional work