Nomination Criteria

• A nominee must work in advertising, media, communications, marketing or design, be based in North America, and have turned 40 on or before March 18, 2026.
• Nominations are for individuals only. Duos, trios, groups, etc. will not be considered.
• Past honorees are not eligible for this award. 
• All nomination forms must be submitted with a headshot of the nominee. All headshots should be color, 300 DPI, and preferably professionally shot. Images should be no smaller than 3”by 3”. File size should not be less than 300KB.
• Nomination fee of $320 due at time of submission for the Standard Deadline. Any nomination submitted during the Extended Deadline will incur a $60 late fee.
• All information shared with Campaign as part of the nomination process will be considered part of the public domain and potentially be included in the honoree’s profile and/or a program for the event celebrating the honorees. Please do not include information in the nomination that you wouldn’t want published.

Nomination Questions

• Nominee career highlights (300 words)
• Why should Campaign US consider this nominee? (300 words)
• Support Material
  • Each nomination must be submitted with a headshot of the nominee
  • Headshots should be HD if possible, at least 300 dpi