Call for 50/50 Male-Female Jury for 2014 Awards Competition Aims to Better Reflect Contributions of Women to Advertising Excellence

* The CLIOs to be Held in Fall 2014, With Entries Opening in February *

NEW YORK (May TK, 2013) -- The CLIO Awards, esteemed international advertising, design and communications competition, today issues a call to action to the advertising community worldwide to nominate a gender-equal juror committee for its 2014 competition that would more strongly reflect the contributions of women to the industry on the whole. Juror nominations, submitted via the website, are being accepted through August 29, 2013.

The call to action coincides with the announcement that the CLIOs will stage its awards show in Fall 2014, coinciding with Advertising Week New York. Entries will now open on February 3, 2014.
 
Through its call to action the CLIOs adds its voice to the “LET’S MAKE THE INDUSTRY 50/50” initiative, announced today by the Art Director’s Club (ADC), aimed at making measurable changes to the roles and participation of women within the creative sector. It calls for an equal level of participation for both genders across awards show juries, boards of directors and events and speaker lineups. The CLIOs effort encourages peers to nominate qualified female creatives and increase the pool of women for consideration in selecting the best creative work of the year. It has the support of leading agencies and advocates like the 3 Percent Conference.

“It is our aim to honor the industry’s most groundbreaking creative work, judged by the industry’s most elite talent, and that can be accomplished with juries that better represent both genders,” said Nicole Purcell, Executive Director, the CLIO Awards. “As this effort reflects, changing the status quo depends on the commitment and participation from the creative community across the globe.”

Each year, the CLIO Awards boasts a panel of industry-nominated jurors who review and select the world's best in creativity and communications for CLIO honors. All jurors must hold a title of Creative Director or higher and have won at least one award in an international advertising competition, epitomizing the vanguard of creative work themselves. While the ratio of men to women has been relatively high in the past, the juries still have mirrored an industry-wide issue of pervasive underrepresentation - only three percent of creative directors in advertising are female.

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About The CLIO Awards
The CLIO Awards is one of the world’s most recognized awards competitions for advertising, design and communications. The CLIO Awards has maintained its original commitment to celebrate and reward creative excellence, honoring a powerful form of communication and its impact on modern culture. At the same time, the CLIO Awards remains focused on evolving with the industry in order to acknowledge the most current, breakthrough work. To this day, CLIO’s iconic statue is the most widely recognized and coveted symbol of the industry’s creative accomplishments.

CLIO Mission
Our mission is to honor the groundbreaking work and talent that push the boundaries of creativity.
Everything we do is fueled by our passion for celebrating the power of creativity, provoking action and nurturing your vision.
As the standard bearer for visionary communications, we award those creators whose work exemplifies inventive thinking.
Celebrating Inspiration. Honoring Imagination. Fostering Creativity. This is the very essence of the CLIO Awards.

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