WASHINGTON D.C. (May 17, 2021) – The Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) today announced the 80th Annual OBIE Award Winners. The OBIE Awards are the out of home (OOH) advertising industry’s oldest and most prestigious honors for creative excellence in out of home advertising design. OAAA presented […]
Call for Entries – The 80th Annual OBIE Awards The OBIEs are turning 80 next year and the celebration starts now with our call for entries. The OOH industry’s oldest and most prestigious awards honor the innovative, breathtaking ads that make people stop and take notice. Whether you’ve created for […]
By Anna Bager OAAA President & CEO I was bummed when my team (Sweden) lost to Ukraine in soccer…but I was proud of my industry. In the Euro soccer final, England lost to Italy at Wembley Stadium in a dramatic penalty kick shootout. I’m proud because a French company (JCDecaux) […]
The Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) has revealed 137 finalists for the 2021 OBIE Awards. Now in its 79th year, the OBIE Awards program is the oldest and one of the most prestigious shows in advertising, awarding creative excellence in the out of home (OOH) advertising medium. […]
The OBIEs celebrate the best in OOH creativity and innovation––whether complex, layered storytelling or simple, reductionist campaigns––meant to stop time for a moment. It’s no wonder OOH remains the creatives’ favorite medium. Never in the OBIEs’ illustrious history have we seen a year like 2020. Our beloved industry became […]
May 20, 2020 (Washington, DC) – The Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) announced today the 78th Annual OBIE Award Winners. OAAA presented the 59 OBIE Awards during a virtual awards show. The OBIE Awards recognize exceptional out of home (OOH) advertising design. This year’s Platinum OBIE Award, […]
By Anna Bager OAAA President & CEO Whenever I talk to advertisers and agencies they often ask me the same question. “Why out of home?” And “why now?” My answer is simple. OOH is on the move, it’s growing faster than any other traditional advertising platform, and it is breaking […]
By Kelly Peppers CEO at Colossal Media What makes a really great OOH campaign? I’m talking about the ones that go viral, win awards, transform the hearts and minds of people everywhere—what do those campaigns have in common? As I prepare for my first year as an OBIE Awards judge, […]
OBIE Awards Now Open for Submission October 28, 2019 (New York, NY) — The Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) has announced the jury for its 2020 OBIE Awards program. Joe Maglio, CEO of McKinney, will serve as chief judge on a jury of seven advertising and creative executives, who will determine which […]
By Nancy Fletcher OAAA President and CEO As OAAA welcomes new leadership in the fall, I want to take this opportunity at the halfway point of 2019 to share with you “must-know” news about the OOH industry and OAAA. OAAA’s new leader Soon the OAAA Search Committee plans to make […]
