Judging Procedures
CRITERIA FOR JUDGING
The ARC Awards Competition is unique in that each annual report is judged against itself, based on its success in communicating its company's story. Judging is based not on corporate profitability nor production, but on the values of creativity, clarity, effectiveness, and excellence as symbolized by the ARC Awards.
Some of the elements to be considered in the judging of the annual reports include: cover design, president's letter, interior design, clarity of written text, presentation of corporate information, expression of financial data, and how well the spirit of the organization is communicated.
JUDGING PROCESS
The ARC Awards are conducted as a “blind” judging.
(Nominating agency names are withheld from the judges.)
Each entry is evaluated three separate times during the preliminary rounds. The three sets of scores are then averaged into a single score for the individual entry. A certain minimum score must be achieved to qualify for an award. Only one Gold, Silver, Bronze and Honors Award will be given in each classification; however, if no entry scores high enough, no award will be given.
THE JUDGES
Judges come from around the globe to participate on the ARC jury panels. Preliminary judging is carried out independently by panels of judges representing leaders in the fields of investor relations, writing, design and photography. Final judging is made by presidents, CEOs and other senior executives of corporations, agencies, and design firms.
THE WINNERS
Annual reports scoring in the top 30 percent will be awarded Honors, Bronze, Silver and Gold certificates of outstanding achievement. All Gold Award winners become candidates for the Best of Category - Grand Awards. An ARC Award plaque will be presented to each of the Grand Award winners. The Best of Show trophy will be presented to the one top annual report that best exemplifies the spirit of the ARC Awards.
AWARDS CEREMONY
The ARC Awards will be presented during a Gala Celebration and Exhibition in
New York City. All winning annual reports will be on display. All winners will be called to the stage to receive their awards. For this year's date, please see the ARC Awards Calendar.
DISTINGUISHED FACULTIES OF INTERNATIONAL JUDGES
The distinguished panels of judges recognize the art of communications in a global economy and the science of the new technologies which enable the world-wide exchange of ideas and information. Members of the judging faculty will evaluate the entries based on the standards of international excellence through the measures of creativity and craft.
| 33 Visual – MEXICO A. Plus Financial Press Limited – HONG KONG SAR PRC Above The Line Company Limited – HONG KONG SAR PRC AIR – USA Airport Authority – HONG KONG SAR PRC Akademie Deutscher Genossenschaften E.V. – GERMANY AND Partners – USA ANTA Sports Product Ltd. – HONG KONG SAR PRC Avila Creative, Inc. – USA Bank of China – HONG KONG SAR PRC Beijing Pengtu Culture & Art Communication Co., Ltd. – PRC BESO by LLYC – SPAIN BGA Publishing – USA Brainds Marken und Design GmbH – AUSTRIA Bright Visuals – SLOVENIA Burgess Strategic Marketing Services – USA California Water Services Group – USA CD Communications Group SDN BHD – MALAYSIA China Communications Services Corporation Limited – HONG KONG SAR PRC China Telecom Corporation Ltd. – HONG KONG SAR PRC China Unicom – HONG KONG SAR PRC CODE Red – GERMANY concept c media GmbH – GERMANY COPE Content Performance Group GmbH – AUSTRIA Cre8 (Greater China) Limited – HONG KONG SAR PRC Creative Creature Company Limited – HONG KONG SAR PRC Curran & Connors, Inc. – USA Daniel Kennedy Communications Services – USA Design Kommune – GERMANY DNA KOMUNIKA – INDONESIA EDICO Financial Press Services Ltd. – HONG KONG SAR PRC Elegance Financial Communications Limited – HONG KONG SAR PRC Equity Financial Press Ltd. – HONG KONG SAR PRC |
Far East Consortium International Ltd. – HONG KONG SAR PRC Fast Retailing Co., Limited – JAPAN FGI Design – USA Finar Kurumsal – TÜRKIYE Fulkrum Studio – USA Genesis Energy – NEW ZEALAND GENNEX Financial Press Limited – HONG KONG SAR PRC Global Reporting Services – AUSTRALIA Granato Creative Group – USA Great Thinks GmbH – GERMANY h2h Consulting – USA HeterMedia Services Ltd. – HONG KONG SAR PRC HGB Hamburger Geschäftsberichte GmbH & Co. KG – GERMANY HNB Assurance – SRI LANKA Hong Kong Metropolitan University – HONG KONG SAR PRC Hong Kong Police Force – HONG KONG SAR PRC Hong Kong Tourism Board – HONG KONG SAR PRC Hyundai Motor Group – SOUTH KOREA i.LINK Group Limited – HONG KONG SAR PRC Inbrax – CHILE Insight Creative – NEW ZEALAND iONE Financial Press Limited – HONG KONG SAR PRC IR & MEHR – AUSTRIA Jessica Qian – USA Journal International The Home of Content GmbH – GERMANY JUJU Studio – USA Jungheinrich – GERMANY Kanro Inc. – JAPAN KD1 Designagentur – GERMANY Kerry Properties – HONG KONG SAR PRC Killing Mario – SOUTH KOREA KMW. Kommunikation Maerz & Wolff GbR – GERMANY KPR – SOUTH KOREA KW Communications – GERMANY Lin Young – MALAYSIA LLYC – SPAIN Lorraine Gregory Communications – USA M-1 Studios – USA M&M Consulting Ltd. – HONG KONG SAR PRC Mag & Me – GERMANY |
M Digital Partners Company Limited – HONG KONG SAR PRC Media Genesis – USA Mensalia GmbH – AUSTRIA MetaFusion Pte. Ltd. – SINGAPORE Milenio 3 – MEXICO MM Partners – SOUTH KOREA Ngong Ping 360 – HONG KONG SAR PRC Noon Creative – USA Nova Fusion – MALAYSIA NZ Post – NEW ZEALAND Ocean Park Corporation – HONG KONG SAR PRC Orange Financial Printing Limited – HONG KONG SAR PRC PepperClub – GERMANY Profilwerkstatt – GERMANY PRATT Institute – USA Quaker Houghton – USA RBK Advertising & Design – USA REF Financial Press Limited – HONG KONG SAR PRC Reginald Pauffley – UNITED KINGDOM RE:think – MALAYSIA ringzwei – GERMANY Sakaguchi Corp. – JAPAN Sequel – USA Shian Inc. – JAPAN Six Group Services AG – SWITZERLAND Smart Media – SRI LANKA Solomon Financial Press – HONG KONG SAR PRC SS Digital Media – USA Stan Gellman Graphic Design Inc. – USA Studio 210, LLC – USA Symrise – GERMANY Tayburn – TÜRKIYE Territory – GERMANY The Hong Kong Society for the Aged – HONG KONG SAR PRC Toppan Nexus Limited – HONG KONG SAR PRC United Therapeutics – USA Walker Publicity Consulting – USA Wynk Design, Inc. – USA X_Design – MEXICO Yellow Creative (HK) Limited – HONG KONG SAR PRC Zavarovalnica Triglav, D.D. – SLOVENIA Zeev Zamir – USA |
2023 PRELIMINARY PANELS OF JUDGES
The International ARC 2023 Awards are presented by the International Academy of Communications Arts & Sciences. The winners of the 37th anniversary competition were selected by panels of judges, totaling over 170 professionals, headed by senior members of the organizations listed below:
| 33 VISUAL Mexico City, MEXICO Rafael Monroy – Photographer & Visual A.PLUS FINANCIAL PRESS LIMITED HONG KONG SAR PRC Walter Yu – Head of Design AIR Rockville, MD Martha Mater – Manager Creative Services Matt Mowczko – Graphic Design Lesa Rowe – Art Direction ANTA SPORTS PRODUCTS LIMITED HONG KONG SAR PRC Andy Lin – Senior ESG Officer Suki Wang – Senior Director IR & ESG Pamela Yeung – Investor Relations Manager Emily Ng Yu Yi – Sr. Investor Relations Manager AVILA CREATIVE Chicago, IL John Avila – Principal BANK OF CHINA (HONG KONG) HONG KONG SAR PRC Angel Yip – Deputy General Manager BGA PUBLISHING Brightwaters, NY Beau Gardner - President BURGESS STRATEGIC MARKETING SERVICES Troy, MI Sandra J. Burgess – Owner CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP San Jose, CA Shannon Dean – VP Customer Service & Chief Citizenship Officer CD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP SDN BHD Selangor, MALAYSIA Dato Shamsimar Yusof – Group Managing Director CHINA COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES CORPORATION LTD HONG KONG SAR PRC Joanna Lee – Executive Assistant to Company Secretary & Deputy CFO CHINA TELECOM CORPORATION LTD HONG KONG SAR PRC Lisa Lai – Director of Investor Relations, Investor Relations Department CHINA UNICOM (HONG KONG) LIMITED HONG KONG SAR PRC Michelle Lam – Senior Manager, Company Secretary Department Enrica Lee – Assistant Company Secretary CONSULTANT Chichester, UK Reginald Pauffley – Independent CONSULTANT Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA Lin Yong – Creative Director CONTENT PERFORMANCE GROUP GMBH Wien, AUSTRIA Dr. Katrin Seidel – Editor in Chief CRE8 (GREATER CHINA) LIMITED HONG KONG SAR PRC Wayne Cheung – Creative Director Jefferson Chiu – Senior Art Director Iris Lam – Art Director Davy Li – Managing Director DESIGNKOMMUNE Filderstadt, GERMANY Karin Schurr – Art Director DNA KOMUNIKA Jakarta, INDONESIA Meta Magdalena – Director Faisal Bayhakih Umar – Creative Director EDICO FINANCIAL PRESS SERVICES LIMITED HONG KONG SAR PRC Amy Donati – Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer Queenie Shek – Director, Creative & Graphic Department Ricky Tse – Director, Print Bind/Logistics Department ELEGANCE FINANCIAL COMMUNICATIONS HONG KONG SAR PRC Eiko Cheng – Art Director Aman Ho – Assistant Art Director Ken Lam – Art Director EQUITY FINANCIAL PRESS LTD HONG KONG SAR PRC Dr. Catherin Chan DBA – Director Harry Hui – Senior Designer June Kan – Senior Designer Anita Tang – Chief Design Officer |
FAST RETAILING LTD Tokyo, JAPAN Risa Ohashi Naota Tsuneoka FGI DESIGN New York, NY Trevor Paccione – Creative Director Susan Weiss – Senior Vice President FINAR KURUMSAL ILETISIM COZUMLERI LTD. STI. Istanbul, TURKEY Nihan Yasa Sonmez – Project Director FULKRUM Troy, MI Dan Baron – Account/Project Manager GENESIS ENERGY Auckland, NEW ZEALAND Chris Mirams – GM Communications GENNEX FINANCIAL MEDIA LIMITED HONG KONG SAR PRC Corrin Chan – CEO, Managing Partner Laetitia Wong – Associate Creative Director Maxx Wong – Associate Creative Director GRANATO CREATIVE GROUP Charlotte, NC Roy Granato – President GREAT THINKS Cologne, GERMANY Brigitte Lapper-Rohricht – CEO HETERMEDIA SERVICES LTD. HONG KONG Charles Ho – Design Manager Orling Or – Business Development Director Anna Sung – Business Development Manager HGB HAMBURGER GESCHÄFTSBERICHTE GMBH & CO. KG Hamburg, GERMANY Claudia Gutsche – Director Consulting & New Business Olaf Koehnke – Managing Director Catherine Marx – Creative Director Peter Poppe – Managing Director INBRAX Santiago, CHILE Cristian Chavez – Creative Director Rod Gallardo Valdivieso – Art Director INSIGHT CREATIVE LIMITED Auckland, NEW ZEALAND Mike Tisdall – Founding Director iONE FINANCIAL PRESS LIMITED HONG KONG SAR PRC Candy Chan – Art Director Ricky Chan – Art Director Axel Kiang – Creative Director JUNGHEINRICH AG Hamburg, GERMANY Sandra Siegele – Senior Communications Manager, Finance KANRO INC. Tokyo, Japan Kentaro Onoda – Senior Manger KERRY PROPERTIES LIMITED HONG KONG SAR PRC Michelle Lam – Senior Director, Sustainability & Communications LORRAINE GREGORY COMMUNICATIONS Edgewood, NY Deana Ambrosio – Managing Director Peter Spalding – Chief Growth Officer M. DIGITAL PARTNERS COMPANY LIMITED HONG KONG SAR PRC Ray Chan – General Manager Jemmie Chiu – Creative Director M&M HONG KONG SAR PRC Mike Moulders – Principal Brand Design Consultant MEDIA GENESIS Troy, MI Antoine Dubeauclard - President MENSALIA UNTERNEHMENSBERATUNGS GMBH Vienna, AUSTRIA Larissa Alterdinger – Consultant Sandra Degen – Art Director Christophe Gilet – Managing Partner META FUSION PTE LTD SINGAPORE Francis Chua – Managing & Creative Director Ian Toh – General Manager MILENIO 3 GENERA Mexico City, MEXICO Daniela Popp – CEO Georgina Popp – Sustainability Director |
MM PARTNERS Seoul, SOUTH KOREA Lee, Sang Hyun – Art Director Kim, Young Il – CPD Yi, Jong-Kook – Chief Director NOVA FUSION SDN BHD Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA SDH Chin Chuan – Senior Web Designer Ng Jun Han – Senior Art Director Chiew Yow Hing – Senior Art Director Lee Ji Hing – Senior Web Designer Zenith Lai – Senior Web Designer Darren Lee – Senior Art Director Jays Soh – Head of Web Eloise Teng – Chief Operating Officer Michael Wong – Senior Art Director OCEAN PARK CORPORATION HONG KONG SAR PRC Cindy Chan – Public Affairs Director Ben Lei – Public Affairs Manager ORANGE FINANCIAL PRINTING LIMITED HONG KONG Carbie Chan – Account Director PRATT INSTITUTE New York, NY Alisa Zamir – Professor, Graduate Communications/Packaging Identities & Systems Design QUAKER HOUGHTON Conshohocken, PA Victoria K. Gehris – Assistant Corporate Secretary & Director, Legal Administration Amy O’Neill – Senior Legal Coordinator REF FINANCIAL PRESS LIMITED HONG KONG SAR PRC Alex Choi – Creative Director Jerry Lam – Associate Creative Director Emmy Sin – Head of Design RETHINK Selangor, MALAYSIA Audrey Soon – Operations Director S. Indran A/L M Subramaniam – Chief Executive Officer SAKAGUCHI COMPANY Tokyo, JAPAN Johnny Kwok Wah Law – Executive Director Kiichiro Sakaguchi – President SEQUEL NY, NY David Phan – Creative Director SHIAN INC. Tokyo, JAPAN Design and Editing Team SSDM Troy, MI Laura Oliveto – Communications Manager STAN GELLMAN GRAPHIC DESIGN St. Louis, MO Mary Muehlemann – Designer Teresa Thompson – Owner/Designer Bryan Wakeland – Senior Designer TRIGLAV INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD Ljubljana, SLOVENIA Wilson Kwan – Regional Creative Director Raul Law – Art Director Donald Tang – Senior Designer TOPPAN MERRILL LIMITED HONG KONG SAR PRC Wilson Kwan – Regional Creative Director Raul Law – Art Director Donald Tang – Senior Designer UNITED THERAPEUTICS Silver Spring, MD Bill Rock – Executive Creative Director Randy Scope – Media Specialist USA WRITING SERVICES.COM NY, NY Daniel Kennedy – CEO Karin Kennedy – E.V.P. WACHOVIA SECURITIES NY, NY Zeev Zamir – Financial Advisor (Retired) WYNK DESIGN, INC. Huntington, NY John Einemann – Creative Director & Partner Kim Ann Piccora – Creative Principal & Founder X_DESIGN Mexico City, MEXICO Pilar Munoz - CEO YELLOW CREATIVE (HK) LTD. HONG KONG SAR PRC Rebecca So – Managing Partner Ellen Zee – Managing Partner |
| Rafael Monroy Photographer and Visual Storyteller 33VISUAL Mexico City, Mexico Martha Mater Manager, Creative Services AIR Rockville, MD John Avila Principal AVILA CREATIVE Chicago, IL Angel Yip Deputy General Manager BANK OF CHINA (HONG KONG) Hong Kong SAR PRC Shannon Dean VP Customer Service & Chief Citizenship Officer CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP San Jose, CA Lisa Lai Director of Investor Relations, Investor Relations Department CHINA TELECOM CORPORATION LTD Hong Kong SAR PRC Michelle Lam Senior Manager, Company Secretarial Department CHINA UNICOM (HONG KONG) LIMITED Hong Kong SAR PRC Enrica Lee Assistant Company Secretary CHINA UNICOM (HONG KONG) LIMITED Hong Kong SAR PRC Reginald Pauffley CONSULTANT United Kingdom Lin Yong CONSULTANT-CREATIVE DIRECTOR Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Jefferson Chiu Senior Art Director CRE8 (Greater China) LTD Hong Kong SAR PRC Mike McMurray RegionalVice President, Creative Director CURRAN & CONNORS INC. Ronkonkoma, NY Karin Schurr Art Director DESIGNKOMMUNE Filderstadt, Germany Faisal Bayhakih Umar Creative Director DNAKOMUNIKA Jakarta, Indonesia Amy Donati Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer EDICO FINANCIAL PRESS SERVICES LIMITED Hong Kong SAR PRC Dr. Catherine Chan DBA Director EQUITY FINANCIAL COMMUNICATIONS Hong Kong SAR PRC Naota Tsuneoka FAST RETAILING CO. LTD. Tokyo, Japan Trevor Paccione Creative Director FGI DESIGN New York, NY |
Susan Weiss Senior Vice President FGI DESIGN New York, NY Chris Mirams GM Communications GENESIS ENERGY Auckland, New Zealand Corrin Chan CEO, Managing Partner GENNEX FINANCIAL MEDIA LIMITED Hong Kong SAR PRC Maxx Wong Associate Creative Director GENNEX FINANCIAL MEDIA LIMITED Hong Kong SAR PRC Orling Or Business Development Director HETERMEDIA SERVICES LIMITED Hong Kong SAR PRC TEAM: Yannick Burtelt, Boris Fister, Annika Kunkic Project Manager, Director Consulting & Processes, Project Manager HGB HAMBURGER GESCHÄFTSBERICHTE GMBH & CO. KG Hamburg, Germany Mike Tisdall Founding Director INSIGHT CREATIVE LIMITED Auckland, New Zealand Axel Kiang Creative Director iONE FINANCIAL PRESS LIMITED Hong Kong SAR PRC Terence Lau Managing Director iONE FINANCIAL PRESS LIMITED Hong Kong SAR PRC Doris Gstatter IR & mehr Vienna, Austria Sandra Siegele Senior Communications Manager, Finance JUNGHEINRICH Hamburg, Germany Kentaro Onoda Senior Manager KANRO, INC Tokyo, Japan Michelle Lam Senior Director – Sustainability & Communications KERRY PROPERTIES LIMITED Hong Kong SAR PRC Peter Spalding Chief Growth Officer LORRAINE GREGORY COMMUNICATIONS Edgewood, NY Darrelle Bay Senior Art Director META FUSION PTE LTD Singapore Ian Toh General Manager META FUSION PTE LTD Singapore Daniela Popp CEO MILENIO 3 GENERA Mexico City, Mexico Jong-Kook Yi Chief Director MM PARTNERS Seoul, South Korea Tang Lien Managing Director NOVA FUSION SDN BHD Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Carbie Chan Account Director ORANGE FINANCIAL PRINTING LIMITED Hong Kong SAR PRC Alisa Zamir Professor, Graduate Communications/Packaging Identities & Systems Design PRATT INSTITUTE New York, NY Alex Choi, Creative Director REF FINANCIAL PRESS LIMITED Hong Kong SAR PRC Lisa Wong Project Manager REF FINANCIAL PRESS LIMITED Hong Kong SAR PRC Johnny Kwok Wah Law Executive Director SAKAGUCHI COMPANY Tokyo, Japan Kiicchiro Sakaguchi President SAKAGUCHI COMPANY Tokyo, Japan David Phan Creative Director SEQUEL New York, NY Design & Editing Team SHIAN INC Tokyo, Japan Ananda Jagoda Chief Creative Officer SMART MEDIA THE ANNUAL REPORT COMPANY Colombo, Sri Lanka Teresa Thompson President STAN GELLMAN GRAPHIC DESIGN St. Louis, MO Wilson Kwan Regional Creative Director TOPPAN MERRILL LIMITED Hong Kong SAR PRC Iris Wong Creative Director TOPPAN MERRILL LIMITED Hong Kong SAR PRC Bill Rock Executive Creative Director UNITED THERAPEUTICS Silver Spring, MD Randy Scope Media Specialist UNITED THERAPEUTICS Silver Spring, MD Zeev Zamir Financial Advisor (Retired) WACHOVIA SECURITIES New York, NY Kim Ann Piccora Creative Principal & Founder WYNK DESIGN, INC. Huntington, NY Pilar Munoz CEO X_DESIGN Mexico City, Mexico TEAM: Rebecca So, Chun Hong Wong, Ellen Zee Managing Partner, Executive Creative Director, Managing Partner YELLOW CREATIVE (HK) LIMITED Hong Kong SAR PRC |