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 A. Plus Financial Press Limited – HONG KONG SAR Above The Line Company Limited – HONG KONG SAR Aimclear – USA AIR – USA Airport Authority – HONG KONG SAR ANTA Sports Products Ltd. – HONG KONG SAR Avila Creative, Inc. – USA Bank of China – HONG KONG SAR Beijing Pengtu Culture & Art Communication Co., Ltd. – PRC BGA Publishing – USA Bright Visuals – SLOVENIA Brooke Boen – USA Burgess Strategic Marketing Services – USA By J Design Group – SOUTH KOREA California Water Services Group – USA CD Communications Group SDN BHD – MALAYSIA Centerline Digital – USA China Communications Services Corporation Limited – HONG KONG SAR China Telecom Corporation Ltd. – HONG KONG SAR China Unicom – HONG KONG SAR COPE Content Performance Group GmbH – AUSTRIA Cre8 (Greater China) Limited – HONG KONG SAR Creative Creature Company Limited – HONG KONG SAR Curran & Connors, Inc. – USA Daniel Kennedy Communications Services – USA Design Kommune – GERMANY DNA KOMUNIKA – INDONESIA EDICO Financial Press Services Ltd. – HONG KONG SAR Elegance Financial Communications Limited – HONG KONG SAR Emagewise (Pvt) Ltd – SRI LANKA Equity Financial Press Ltd. – HONG KONG SAR Fanda – UAE 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 Granato Creative Group – USA Great Thinks GmbH – GERMANY HeterMedia Services Ltd. – HONG KONG SAR HGB Hamburger Geschäftsberichte GmbH & Co. KG – GERMANY HNB Assurance – SRI LANKA Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd. – HONG KONG SAR Hong Kong Metropolitan University – HONG KONG SAR Hong Kong Police Force – HONG KONG SAR Hong Kong Tourism Board – HONG KONG SAR Hyphen Group – SOUTH KOREA Inbrax – CHILE Insight Creative – NEW ZEALAND iONE Financial Press Limited – HONG KONG SAR Jessica Qian – USA Journal International The Home of Content GmbH – GERMANY JUJU Studio – USA Jungheinrich – GERMANY Kanro Inc. – JAPAN Kerry Properties – HONG KONG SAR Killing Mario – SOUTH KOREA KMW – GERMANY KPR – SOUTH KOREA Kreatif Fabrika – TÜRKIYE Lin Young – MALAYSIA LLYC – SPAIN Lorraine Gregory Communications – USA Miracle Digital Transformation Agency Limited – HONG KONG SAR M-1 Studios – USA M&M Consulting Ltd. – HONG KONG SAR Mag & Me – GERMANY Mark Joseph Photography – USA Media Genesis – USA Mensalia GmbH – AUSTRIA MetaFusion Pte. Ltd. – SINGAPORE Milenio 3 – MEXICO |
Mitragrafia (PT Mitra Gagasemha Kreasi) – INDONESIA MM Partners – SOUTH KOREA Nakama Media Publishing – GERMANY Nancy Burgess Strategic Marketing, Inc. – USA Ngong Ping 360 – HONG KONG SAR Nova Fusion – MALAYSIA NZ Post – NEW ZEALAND Ocean Park Corporation – HONG KONG SAR Orange Financial Printing Limited – HONG KONG SAR PepperClub – GERMANY Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad – MALAYSIA Quaker Houghton – USA RBK Advertising & Design – USA REF Financial Press Limited – HONG KONG SAR Reginald Pauffley – UNITED KINGDOM RE:think – MALAYSIA Sakaguchi Corp. – JAPAN Sequel – USA Shian Inc. – JAPAN SiliconPlus Communications Pte Ltd – SINGAPORE Six Group Services AG – SWITZERLAND Smart Media – SRI LANKA SSDM – USA Stan Gellman Graphic Design Inc. – USA Studio 210, LLC – USA Sydinvest – DENMARK Symrise – GERMANY Tayburn – TÜRKIYE Territory – GERMANY The Hong Kong Society for the Aged – HONG KONG SAR Toppan Nexus Limited – HONG KONG SAR Ulled Asociados – SPAIN United Therapeutics – USA Virtus Asia – HONG KONG SAR Wynk Design, Inc. – USA X_Design – MEXICO Yellow Creative (HK) Limited – HONG KONG SAR Zeev Zamir – USA |
2025 iNOVA FACULTY OF DISTINGUISHED JUDGES
| AIR Naperville, IL Lesa Rowe – Lead Senior Graphic Designer BGA PUBLISHING Brightwaters, NY Beau Gardner – President |
CHINA UNICOM (HONG KONG) LIMITED HONG KONG SAR PRC Michele Lam – Senior Manager, Investor Relations Dept. (Company Secretary Dept.) Enrica Lee – Assistant Company Secretary FGI DESIGN New York, NY Trevor Paccione – Creative Director Susan Weiss – Senior Vice President |
INDEPENDENT Los Angeles, CA Jessica Qian – Art Director KREATIF FABRIKA Istanbul, TURKEY Miray Bingöl – Group Account Director Efsane Uzan – Creative Group Head TOPPAN NEXUS LIMITED HONG KONG SAR PRC Toni Chan – Art Director Derek Ma – Art Director Iris Wong – Creative Director |