The Creative Director can give your brand spine.

AI can now do what your agency used to charge six figures for.

Design. Copy. Strategy. Content.

All automated. All commoditised.

All spin.

No spine.

So if everyone can make, the only thing that matters is what’s worth making.

That’s not a job for the data guy. It’s the domain of the Creative Director.

And in Malaysia, that role is dangerously misunderstood.

We still treat creatives as those who are brought in to “make it pop” after the strategy is done.

But in reality, the Creative Director is the only person who knows what not to do.

In a market flooded with sameness, brand is your last unfair advantage.

And brand is built, not by algorithms, but by people with taste. Vision. Discernment.

Not the ones chasing trends. But the ones who start them.

The right Creative Director doesn’t make campaigns.

They turn marketing into meaning.

They give your brand a spine, a soul, and a shot at being remembered.

TIME TO ENTER APPIES

The APPIES is an annual event that presents a rare opportunity for creative, media, digital and marketing agencies or brands to present their best campaigns to the industry.

This is the only event where Live Presentations meets Live Judging.

Similar to TED Talks, The APPIES is the chance for great presenters with outstanding work to show it off to some of the industry’s most important industry leaders.

This year’s winners will receive Gold, Silver or Bronze trophies for 21 categories, and 6 special Best of Best categories (red trophies) that require no submissions!

Campaign entries must have run between June 2024 to May 2025

SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY

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