The Athar Awards 2025, sees 37 categories being awarded with the Awards winners being announced in two parts: Part 1 celebrating People and Part 2 celebrating Campaigns and Teams.
Awards Part 1
The Athar Awards, Part 1 will celebrate the talent and people across the creative marketing industry in Saudi Arabia. This celebration will take place on the evening of Day 1 of the Festival in a relaxed, informal setup at the Festival venue at JAX District.
All those who have a pass to attend the Festival are invited and have access to attend Part 1 of the Awards.
Date: 21 October
Time: 20:00 – 21:00
Location: JAX District, Riyadh
Tickets: Free to attend with your Athar Festival Pass
All individual category winners will be announced during this celebration. These are:
- Young Creative of the Year
- Young Marketer of the Year
- Creative Leader of the Year
- Marketing Leader of the Year
- Agency Growth Person of the Year
- NEW: Network Agency Leader of the Year
- NEW: Independent Agency Leader of the Year
- NEW: PR Leader of the Year
- NEW: Media Leader of the Year
- NEW: Disruptor of the Year
- NEW: Creative Designer of the Year
- NEW: Director of the Year
- NEW: Influencer of the Year
Awards Part 2
The Athar Awards Part 2 will celebrate award winning Campaigns and Teams across the Kingdom, over a formal gala dinner. The Awards will take place following Day 2 of the Festival at the Four Seasons Riyadh. Tickets for the Athar Awards Part 2 are an additional cost and not included in your festival pass. You can purchase tickets to attend the Gala Dinner here. INSERT LINK
Date: 22 October
Time: 20:00 – 23:00
Location: Four Season Riyadh
Tickets: INSERT COSTS and LINK to purchase
The following awards will be presented during the Athar Awards Part Two:
- Best Empowerment Campaign
- Best Innovative Campaign
- Best Transformation Campaign
- Best Destination Campaign
- Best Business Growth Campaign
- Best Campaign for the Future of Saudi Arabia
- Best Cultural Campaign
- Best National Holiday Campaign
- Best Sustainability Campaign
- Best Environmental Campaign
- Best National Development Campaign
- Best Not for Profit Campaign
- Best Partnership Campaign
- Best Government Campaign
- NEW: Best Artificial Intelligence / Augmented Reality Powered Campaign
- NEW: Best Fintech Solutions & Ecommerce Campaign
- NEW: Best Campaign for Luxury Lifestyle
- NEW: Best Video Storytelling Campaign
- Creative Team of the Year
- Marketing Communications Team of the Year
- Business Growth Team of the Year
- Media Team of the Year
- NEW: Production Team of the Year
- NEW: Startup of the Year
