The LIT Advertising Awards is an international advertising awards program honoring excellence across advertising, digital campaigns, branding, and creative strategy. It recognizes agencies, brands, and creative professionals delivering impactful work in video advertising, websites, integrated marketing, corporate identity, and outdoor campaigns—where ideas translate into real audience engagement and brand results.
Open to entries across digital advertising, strategic campaigns, and advertising design, each submission is evaluated through blind judging by an international jury, ensuring recognition is based solely on creative quality, execution, and effectiveness.
Submit your strongest work to secure global recognition and industry distinction—and position your campaigns among the leading advertising achievements shaping today’s competitive landscape.
At the LIT Advertising Awards, your work is in the hands of the industry’s most accomplished professionals and creative powerhouses, who live and breathe creativity.
The Grand Jury Panel is a dynamic collective of visionary leaders, game-changers, and trendsetters, ready to be wowed by your brilliance. Find out if you have what it takes to impress some of the brightest minds in the field!
United States
Felipe Munhoz
EVP, Executive Creative Director, Area 23
Felipe Munhoz is an Executive Creative Director at Area 23 with more than 20 years of experience creating award-winning healthcare and consumer campaigns across Brazil and the United States. Throughout his career, he has developed impactful campaigns that combine strategic thinking, compelling storytelling, and creative innovation to deliver meaningful results for global brands. His work has received extensive international recognition for its creativity, effectiveness, and measurable impact, earning accolades across some of the industry's most respected award programs. By embracing emerging technologies and audience-centered approaches, he consistently creates ideas that inspire engagement and drive positive change. Felipe is experienced in creative direction, integrated campaign development, brand strategy, healthcare communications, consumer marketing, and multidisciplinary collaboration. Passionate about ideas that combine creativity, technology, and measurable results, he believes the best work does more than earn recognition—it changes behavior, improves people's lives, and creates lasting value for brands, audiences, and communities alike.
United States
Bruno Neri
Video producer / Director photographer , Latoya Films
Bruno Neri is a video producer with more than 20 years of experience in broadcast television and audiovisual production across Brazil and the United States. His career includes collaborations with major broadcasters such as TV Globo and SBT, as well as coverage of international events including the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games.
He has produced news, documentary, and community-focused content and currently works as a Video Producer in Florida. Bruno is also a member of SOC, ABI-Inter, and ABCine, and serves on the board of the Midia America Awards.
As a juror, he brings extensive industry knowledge and a strong appreciation for quality, creativity, and excellence in audiovisual storytelling.
Saudi Arabia
James H. Dargie
Senior Creative Director, Qiddiya
James H. Dargie is a BAFTA award-winning Senior Creative Director and World Builder with more than 20 years of experience across AAA gaming, Hollywood visual effects, and immersive entertainment.
His career includes acclaimed work on Call of Duty: Black Ops & Zombies, which received a BAFTA Games Award, and Metroid Prime, winner of the GDC Game of the Year award. He also contributed to the visual effects of The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions.
More recently, James has led creative and real-time interactive development for next-generation experiential projects, including work for Sphere Entertainment Co. in Las Vegas and Qiddiya Gaming City in Saudi Arabia. He brings strong expertise in immersive storytelling, innovation, and digital craftsmanship to the International Awards Associate judging panel.
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“ Winning the award validates that our work is resonating with brands and businesses, and underscores our primary objective as an agency - help our client’s grow. ”
~ John Sampogna, Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder of Wondersauce
“ Winning in the award is nice and getting recognition from peers who understand all the challenges that go into bringing an idea to life and how fragile it can be, is certainly reassuring that you’re doing something right. ”
~ Mauricio Galván, Creative Director at Madwell
“ Winning is incredibly meaningful, both personally and professionally. On a personal level, it validates the long hours, discipline, and dedication behind the work. ”
~ David Mateo González, Nuke Certified Trainer and Digital Compositor
“ Professionally, it reinforces our positioning as an agency that delivers not only growth, but also excellence! ”
~ Colm MacGowan, Founder of 80/20 Digital
“ Winning, for me, means two things: personally, it confirms that following a non-conventional path is worthwhile; on a professional level, it serves as meaningful external validation of my design methodology. ”
~ Louis Langone, Brand Architect and Experience Strategist of Langone Framework
“ Winning in the award is an incredible honor for me and Schrifteria Foundry. For me personally, it’s a proud moment to see SFT Schrifted Serif recognized on such a prestigious platform. ”
~ Yulia Gonina, Founder of Schrifteria Foundry
“ This award is especially meaningful as it supports our Barnett team’s mission to “elevate the goodness” in the world, and further celebrates the incredibly inspiring and life-changing work of our client, Eliminate Poverty Now. ”
~ Debbie Barnett, Founder & Creative Director at Barnett Design, Inc
“ It was an honor for a company so young to have such an important global projection, reinforcing the already spread out concept that Portuguese tech talent is among the best in the world. ”
~ Marco Oliveira, CEO of MOXY
“ We are thrilled to have won three gold awards for our project! This recognition not only validates our hard work and dedication but also inspires us to continue pushing the boundaries of creativity and innovation in our industry. ”
~ Peter Csuz, Co-Founder of Fragmental
“ Being recognized by a prestigious international award is deeply rewarding. The entire team feels honored and delighted. We want to win many more awards in the future. ”
~ Natalia Almeida, Creative Director at Giusti Creative PR
“ The fact that it was this project that we chose to enter—and that it was recognized—says a lot about the quality and personality of work we will continue to strive for. ”
~ Zack Hopkins, Senior Designer at History Factory
“ Winning the award is a tremendous honor for us, our company, and our entire team. We are truly grateful for this recognition and look forward to continuing to push the envelope in our future projects. ”
~ IN-VISIBLE Team
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Celebrate Your Creative Pulse!
The LIT Advertising Awards is your gateway to a universe of ideas that empowers you to think big, think bold, and think beyond boundaries. From digital marvels like engaging websites to strategic campaigns that inspire action and designs that redefine the art of advertising, LIT recognizes the masterminds behind the magic that make ideas pop in this ever-evolving industry.
Get ready to put your creative pulse on display, because this is where advertising legends are born.
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ABOUT INTERNATIONAL AWARDS ASSOCIATE
The International Awards Associate (IAA) is a group of industry innovators, creators, designers and communications professionals whose commitment is to move the industry forward through discovery and recognition of new and existing talent.
