Judging Procedures
JUDGING CRITERIA
All entries will be judged on concept, content, creativity, ease of navigation, design, functionality, and overall success in achieving the company’s/client’s goals.
AND THE WINNER IS...
The top 30% of entries will earn the Gold, Silver, Bronze, or Honors Award in its Category/Classification. Nominees have the opportunity to see the judges’ score sheets and comments. Winners will be notified by phone and e-mail.
WINNERS WILL RECEIVE...
Stunning metallic foil-stamped certificates will be sent to the Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Honors winners. Grand Award winners will receive a unique framed brushed aluminum plaque. The BEST OF SHOW will be honored with a marble and crystal trophy. Unlike other web competitions, there is no charge for your prize. Should you win, your certificate, plaque or trophy is YOURS!
Judges
The iNOVA Awards are judged by top-tier professionals representing web designers, site builders, creative directors, graphic designers, communications managers, marketing communications managers, presidents, and CEOs of agencies responsible for corporate websites from across the U.S.A., Canada, Europe, Hong Kong, and Australia.
FACULTY OF DISTINGUISHED JUDGES
The International Academy of Communications Arts and Sciences (IACAS) was founded by MerComm to set high standards for various communication specialties and to give professionals in the fields higher status by establishing the definition of excellence. Membership in the Academy is considered an international Who’s Who in the communication industry.
| 33 Visual – MEXICO 5D Factory – KOREA A. Plus Financial Press Limited – HONG KONG Addison – USA AIR Health – USA Akademie Deutscher Genossenshaften ADG – GERMANY Armacell International S.A – LUXEMBOURG Artists Estate Studio – USA ATREVIA – PORTUGAL ATREVIA – SPAIN Atruvia AG – GERMANY Avila Creative, Inc. – USA Bank of China – HONG KONG Berenberg – GERMANY BGA Publishing – USA BP Content – GERMANY BrandsOnSpeed GmbH – GERMANY Bring, LLC. – USA Burgess Strategic Marketing Services – USA C3 Creative Code & Content – GERMANY CD Corporate Reports SDN BHD – MALAYSIA CHC Enterprises – USA China Communications Services Corporation Limited – HONG KONG China Overseas Property Holdings Ltd – CHINA China Telecom Corporation Ltd. – HONG KONG China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited – HONG KONG Christian Rahofer GmbH – AUSTRIA CITIC Limited – HONG KONG Citizens Development Business Finance PLC – SRI LANKA C.J. Graphics – CANADA Colonial First State Global Asset Mgmt – AUSTRALIA ComfortDelGro Corporation Limited – SINGAPORE concept c media – GERMANY Content Performance Group GmbH – GERMANY Coolgrey Design Workshop Limited – HONG KONG Cope Content Performance Group GMBH – AUSTRIA Cre8 – HONG KONG CSR Consulting & Design – KOREA Curran & Connors, Inc. – USA Daimler AG – GERMANY Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. – JAPAN Dan Baron – USA Devon Title – USA Diehl Aviation – GERMANY DNA Komunika – INDONESIA Donnelley Financial Solutions – HONG KONG Doosan Infracore Ltd – REPUBLIC OF KOREA DOTPLUS Communications SDN BHD – MALAYSIA EDICO Financial Press Services Ltd. – HONG KONG Elegance Financial Communications Limited – HONG KONG Engage Media Pte. Ltd – SINGAPORE |
Equity Financial Press Ltd. – HONG KONG Excel Communication and Perception Management – TURKEY Fast Retailing Co., Limited – JAPAN FGI Design – USA Fiducia & GAD IT AG – GERMANY Finar Kurumsal – TURKEY Fronius International GmbH – GERMANY Fuhrmann Films – GERMANY GenNex Financial Media Limited – HONG KONG Global Reporting Services – AUSTRALIA Graffiti – TURKEY Great Thinks – GERMANY Grupo Insud – ARGENTINA H2H Consulting – USA HeterMedia – HONG KONG HGB Hamburger Geschäftsberichte GmbH & Co. KG – GERMANY HKBN Group – HONG KONG House of Communications – USA Hyundai Motor Group – KOREA i.LINK Group Limited – HONG KONG Ideas on Purpose – USA INBRAX – CHILE Inc. Design – USA Informa PLC – UNITED KINGDOM Insight Creative – NEW ZEALAND International Finance Corporation (IFC) – USA iONE Financial Press – HONG KONG IR & MEHR – AUSTRIA IZ Iletisim – TURKEY John Madere Photography – USA Jolly Good Films – NEW ZEALAND Karin und Walter Blüchert Gedächtnisstiftung – GERMANY KD1 Designagentur – GERMANY Kerry Properties – HONG KONG KorteMaerzWolff Kommunikation – GERMANY KW Communications – GERMANY LLYC – COLOMBIA LLYC – SPAIN loved GmbH – GERMANY Luke Communications Group – USA M-1 Studios – USA M&M Consultancy – HONG KONG Marco – SPAIN Media Genesis – USA Mensalia GmbH – AUSTRIA mensemedia – GERMANY MerchantCantos – ENGLAND MerchantCantos – USA MetaFusion Pte Ltd – SINGAPORE Michigan Door – USA Milenio3Genera – MEXICO Miramar Group – HONG KONG MM Partners – KOREA MSI – LUXEMBOURG Mubadala Investment Company – UAE Newport3 Communications – GERMANY Nova Fusion – MALAYSIA OMV Aktiengesellschaft – AUSTRIA Orange Financial Printing Limited – HONG KONG Paragraphs Design – USA Parcel Design – CANADA |
People’s Leasing & Finance PLC – SRI LANKA PepperClub – GERMANY PETRANIX Corporate and Financial Communication – SWITZERLAND Plan P. GmbH – GERMANY PRATT Institute – USA PRH Hamburg Kommunikation GmbH – GERMANY Profilwerkstatt GmbH – GERMANY Protop Financial Press Limited – HONG KONG PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk – INDONESIA Publik. Agentur Für Kommunikation GmbH – GERMANY q30 design, Inc. – CANADA ramp.space – GERMANY REF Financial Press Ltd. – HONG KONG Reg Pauffley – UNITED KINGDOM Rethink – MALAYSIA ringzwei – GERMANY S/O Project – KOREA Sakaguchi Company – JAPAN Sedgwick Richardson – HONG KONG SEQUEL – USA Shian Inc. – JAPAN Signi Design – MEXICO Silicon Plus Communications PTE Limited – SINGAPORE SinoMedia Holding Limited – CHINA SIX Group Services AG – SWITZERLAND Smart Media – SRI LANKA Solomon Financial Press Limited – HONG KONG SS Digital Media – USA Stagg & Friends GmbH – GERMANY Stan Gellman Graphic Design Inc. – USA Studio 210, LLC – USA süden ad agency – GERMANY Sydinvest – DENMARK Symrise – GERMANY Tayburn – TURKEY TERRITORY Content to Results GmbH – GERMANY The Charles NYC – USA The Dubs – AUSTRALIA The Hong Kong Society for the Aged – HONG KONG The Open University of Hong Kong – HONG KONG Toppan Merrill Limited – HONG KONG TronnCom KG – AUSTRIA Troy Chamber of Commerce – USA Twice Graphics – HONG KONG Ulled Barcelona – SPAIN United Therapeutics – USA USA WRITING SERVICES – USA VOK Dams Events & Live Marketing – GERMANY Wachovia Securities – USA Walker Publicity Consulting – USA Wendy’s Bloggers – USA WILO SE – GERMANY Wynk Design, Inc. – USA X_Design – MEXICO Xanadu Communications – USA Yellow Creative (HK) Limited – HONG KONG YesTogether – IRAN |
2021 iNOVA FACULTY OF DISTINGUISHED JUDGES
| AIR Arlington, VA Laura Browning – Graphics Design Rachel Huggins – Marketing Communications Martha Mater – Creative Services BANK OF CHINA Hong Kong Angel Yip – Deputy General Manager CHINA UNICOM (HK) LIMITED Hong Kong Michelle Lam – Manager, Joeling Law – Senior Manager Enrica Lee – Assistant Company Secretary |
ELEGANCE FINANCIAL COMMUNICATION LIMITED Hong Kong Toni Chan – Creative Director Eriko Cheng – Art Director HETERMEDIA SERVICES LIMITED Hong Kong Orling Or – Business Development Director Fiona Wong – Business Development Manager |
KARIN UND WALTER BLUCHERT GEDACHTNISSTIFTUNG Hamburg, Germany Magdalena Bluchert – Vorstand MM PARTNERS Seoul, Korea Young-il Kim – Senior Director SangHyun Lee – Art Director Jong-Kook Yi – Chief Director TOPPAN MERRILL LIMITED Hong Kong Wilson Kwan – Senior Creative Director Derek Ma – Senior Art Director Iris Wong – Senior Art Director |