Adweek Creative 100 is an annual celebration of today's most fascinating innovators, agency leaders, influencers, marketers, and other creative game-changers. Award categories include TV and Streaming Innovators, Visionary Directors, Media Innovators, and Icons and Influencers. Count on Adweek's Creative 100 page to stay up to date with the most inspiring talents from across the advertising and marketing industries. Stay informed on how these creative talents are reshaping the industry and talents you should be watching and get up and close personal in interviews with these awe-inspiring marketers.

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Creative 100: Visionary Directors Changing How We See the World

These filmmakers have created some of the year’s most buzzed-about work—short films for brands, documentaries, passion projects and more—and have received well-deserved critical acclaim in the process. They’re also driving [...]

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Creative 100: Agency Leaders Who Are Defining a New Era

Meet 30 senior execs directing advertising's next act.

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Creative 100: Agency Talents to Watch

The early years of a creative’s career can often be grueling ones, with long hours, intense deadlines and an uphill road when it comes to earning a role on major [...]

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Creative 100: Today’s Most Innovative Icons and Influencers

From musicians, authors, comedians, actors, performers, designers and dancers to social media creators and TV personalities, these celebs and stars are leveraging their fame and followings to impact culture and [...]

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Creative 100: TV and Streaming’s Top Innovators

It took the TV industry two years to fully recover from 2020’s pandemic-fueled production shutdowns—and as streaming services rapidly bulk up their original content slates, 2022 is on track to [...]

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Creative 100: Innovators Reshaping the Media Landscape

As media formats merge and explode beyond print, digital and Web3, the stage is set for a cast of creators, entrepreneurs and technologists (not to mention song exploders and visionary [...]

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Creative 100: Visual Innovators Grabbing the World’s Attention

The budget range with which you can create incredible artistry has never been wider. If you’ve got a phone, a smart idea and the willingness to see it through, the [...]

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Adweek’s Creative 100: The Most Innovative and Inspiring Individuals of 2022

There is never one singular entity to thank for stellar creativity. From burgeoning agency talent to industry thought leaders, prolific writers to onscreen icons, the art that sustains us is [...]

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Creative 100: Branded Content Innovators You Should Know

In a market that vocally craves more authenticity and less cringe-inducing fluff, creating effective content as a brand has never been more challenging. This year’s roster of branded content leaders [...]

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How to Nominate Someone for Adweek’s Creative 100

The deadline for 2022 nominations is March 22.

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Amber Ruffin Braves the Awkward Gynecology Visit in Hilarious Web Series for the CDC

Health agency uses humor to encourage healthier attitudes toward preventative care.

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Rewatch Adweek’s Fourth Annual Elevate: Experiential and Creativity Summit

Speakers included best-selling author Jonny Sun, Adobe's John Travis and Leo Burnett's Chaka Sobhani.

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All in the Line of Duty: Jed Mercurio on What Drives him Creatively

Jed Mercurio, included in Adweek's 2021 Creative 100 list, talks about his career and engaging with the audience.

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Adweek Podcast: The 100 Most Creative Professionals in the World

Hear Adweek editors discuss our 2021 Creative 100 honorees. Creative 100 is an annual celebration of today's most fascinating creative professionals.

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Creative 100: Artists and Authors to Follow

Discover the writers and visual creators making sense of an increasingly complex world.