Call for Submissions: Help Adweek Salute the Brand Geniuses of 2019

Submit your nominations for marketing’s top honor

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May 7, 2019

As the industry’s consummate honor, Adweek’s Brand Genius Awards salute best and brightest executives working in branding and marketing today—but we want your help in finding them. Do you work with a fearless chief marketer who bursts with ideas, breaks with convention and delivers measurable results? Then please, introduce us.

The Brand Genius class of 2019 will be chosen by a panel of senior Adweek editors and select industry experts. This year’s award recipients will be honored at a gala awards dinner to be held during Brandweek, Nov. 3-6, in Palm Springs, Calif.

Nominating is easy. Using the fields below, tell us why your Brand Genius meets our four criteria. (Note: All nominees must have a corporate title with a consumer brand, big or small—we cannot consider agency talent or consultants.) Be as specific as you can. Use examples if possible.

In the past 12-18 months, the successful nominee has:

• Played a key leadership role in developing and/or growing a brand—including introducing a new product, revamping an existing one or guiding a turnaround effort.

• Conceived and/or led the development of a truly innovative marketing campaign or otherwise guided the overall marketing of a brand in a definably new direction. (Courageous thinking and trend-bucking a plus.)

• Deployed the full arsenal of marketing tactics—including traditional, digital, social, experiential—to maximum effect.

• Proved the value of his/her marketing vision by producing measurable results in terms of fiscals, customer counts or other useful metrics. (Data that supports a candidate’s accomplishments a plus.)

Get your candidates in early! The deadline for nominations is Monday, June 10, 2019.

Nominee First Name*

Nominee Last Name*

Nominee Title*

Nominee Company*

Nominee Email*

Briefly explain how the nominee has played a key leadership role in developing and/or growing a brand—including introducing a new product, revamping an existing one, or guiding a turnaround effort. (up to 200 words - Required)

Briefly explain how the nominee has conceived and/or led the development of a truly innovative marketing campaign or otherwise guided the overall marketing of a brand in a definably new direction. Courageous thinking and trend-bucking a plus. (up to 200 words - Required)

Briefly explain how the nominee deployed the full arsenal of marketing tactics—including traditional, social, guerrilla, etc.—to maximum effect. (up to 200 words - Required)

Briefly explain how the nominee has proven the value of his/her marketing vision by producing measurable results in terms of fiscals, customer counts, or other useful metrics. (up to 200 words - Required)

Your First Name*

Your Last Name*

Your Work Email*

Your Company*

Your Business Type*

Your Job Level / Seniority*

Your Job Function*

Your Job Title*

• Played a key leadership role in developing and/or growing a brand—including introducing a new product, revamping an existing one or guiding a turnaround effort.

• Conceived and/or led the development of a truly innovative marketing campaign or otherwise guided the overall marketing of a brand in a definably new direction. (Courageous thinking and trend-bucking a plus.)

• Deployed the full arsenal of marketing tactics—including traditional, digital, social, experiential—to maximum effect.

• Proved the value of his/her marketing vision by producing measurable results in terms of fiscals, customer counts or other useful metrics. (Data that supports a candidate’s accomplishments a plus.)

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Call for Submissions: Help Adweek Salute the Brand Geniuses of 2019

Submit your nominations for marketing’s top honor

• Played a key leadership role in developing and/or growing a brand—including introducing a new product, revamping an existing one or guiding a turnaround effort.

• Conceived and/or led the development of a truly innovative marketing campaign or otherwise guided the overall marketing of a brand in a definably new direction. (Courageous thinking and trend-bucking a plus.)

• Deployed the full arsenal of marketing tactics—including traditional, digital, social, experiential—to maximum effect.

• Proved the value of his/her marketing vision by producing measurable results in terms of fiscals, customer counts or other useful metrics. (Data that supports a candidate’s accomplishments a plus.)

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