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MUSE Strategic Program Awards

Recognizing Outstanding Long-Term Communication and Engagement Programs Worldwide

The MUSE Strategic Program Awards category is the dedicated Strategic Program category within the MUSE Creative Awards. It recognizes sustained communication initiatives that address complex organizational, brand, social or audience objectives through research, planning, coordinated activity and measurable outcomes.

Open to communications agencies, public relations firms, brand consultancies, marketing teams, corporations, nonprofit organizations, institutions and independent professionals worldwide, the category celebrates programs that create meaningful progress over time.

Who Should Enter the
MUSE Strategic Program Awards?

The MUSE Strategic Program Awards welcomes work from:

  • Strategic communications agencies
  • Public relations firms
  • Brand and business consultancies
  • Integrated marketing agencies
  • Advertising and creative agencies
  • Corporate communications teams
  • Internal communications teams
  • Human resources and employer-brand teams
  • Public affairs agencies
  • Government and public-sector organizations
  • Nonprofit and advocacy organizations
  • Educational and cultural institutions
  • Sustainability and ESG teams
  • Community relations teams
  • Brands and in-house marketing teams
  • Research and insight teams
  • Independent strategists and communications professionals

MUSE Strategic Program Awards
Categories

Explore the active MUSE Strategic Program Awards subcategories and select the options that best represent the program’s objective, audience, organizational context or strategic approach.

SP27001

AI Transformation Communications (NEW)

— description

Communication programs guiding employees, customers, or stakeholders through the adoption and impact of artificial intelligence.

SP27002

Branding Refresh

— description

Strategic updates to a brand’s identity or expression that preserve its core positioning while improving relevance.

SP27003

Brand Strategy Campaign

— description

Long-term campaigns translating a defined brand strategy into coordinated messages, experiences, and audience touchpoints.

SP27004

Business Transformation (NEW)

— description

Communication programs supporting major changes to an organization’s structure, operations, technology, culture, or direction.

SP27005

Comm / Marketing Campaign

— description

Planned communication or marketing initiatives created to achieve defined organizational, audience, or commercial objectives.

SP27006

CSR Program

— description

Ongoing programs connecting corporate responsibility commitments with measurable social, environmental, or community action.

SP27007

Customer Experience (CX) Campaign

— description

Campaigns designed to improve customer interactions, satisfaction, loyalty, and experiences across the full journey.

SP27008

Digital Marketing Campaign

— description

Strategic campaigns using digital channels, platforms, content, and technology to achieve measurable marketing objectives.

SP27009

Employee Relations

— description

Programs managing communication, trust, engagement, and relationships between an organization and its employees.

SP27010

Event Campaign

— description

Coordinated campaigns promoting an event and engaging participants before, during, and after it takes place.

SP27011

Interactive Brand Experience

— description

Branded experiences planned to encourage active participation, strengthen connection, and support strategic objectives.

SP27012

Internal Comm Campaign

— description

Employee-facing communication programs created to inform, align, motivate, or guide people within an organization.

SP27013

Marketing Disruptor (NEW)

— description

Marketing initiatives that challenge established category practices through an unconventional strategy, model, or approach.

SP27014

Mobile Campaign

— description

Mobile-led campaigns using apps, messaging, devices, location, or mobile media to reach and engage audiences.

SP27015

Omnichannel Marketing Campaign

— description

Coordinated programs connecting online and offline channels to provide a consistent audience or customer experience.

SP27016

PR Campaign

— description

Strategic public-relations initiatives designed to manage visibility, media coverage, stakeholder relationships, or public understanding.

SP27017

Product Launch

— description

Campaigns introducing a new product to the market through coordinated positioning, communication, promotion, and audience engagement.

SP27018

Reputation Management Campaign

— description

Programs created to build, protect, repair, or reposition the public reputation of a brand or organization.

SP27019

Search Engine Marketing

— description

Paid search programs using keywords, targeting, bidding, and landing pages to achieve defined marketing objectives.

SP27020

Social Media Campaign

— description

Strategic social media campaigns developed around clear audience, content, engagement, and performance goals.

SP27021

Video Campaign

— description

Video-led campaigns using one or more films to communicate a strategic message across relevant channels.

SP27022

Zeitgeist Strategy (NEW)

— description

Strategies that respond to or influence a defining cultural moment, public conversation, behavior, or social shift.

SP27000

New Category

How Do I Choose the Right
Strategic Program Category?

Begin with the Challenge

Identify the brand, organizational, stakeholder or social challenge the program addresses.

Step 1 of 8

How Are MUSE Strategic Program Awards
Entries Judged?

Judged by International Creative and Communications Professionals

Eligible MUSE Strategic Program Awards entries are evaluated through blind judging by an international panel of experienced creative, communications and industry professionals. Materials prepared solely for judging should omit entrant-identifying information unless it is essential to understanding the program.

MUSE Creative Jury - Jed Moriarity

Sweden

Jed Moriarity

Art Director, IKEA

MUSE Creative Jury - Hannah Craig

Denmark

Hannah Craig

Global Senior Art Director, The LEGO Group

MUSE Creative Jury - JOSEPH DUBRUQUE

France

JOSEPH DUBRUQUE

CREATIVE DIRECTOR, MCCANN PARIS

MUSE Creative Jury - Amy Leo

Sweden

Amy Leo

Creative Director, IKEA

MUSE Creative Jury - Pierre Loo

Hong Kong SAR

Pierre Loo

Executive Creative Director APAC, China & Japan, IPG Health

MUSE Creative Jury - Adam D. Hirsch

United States

Adam D. Hirsch

Executive Brand Producer, Diageo

Entrant information is removed during evaluation to help support fairness and reduce potential bias.

Each submission is assessed according to five areas:

01

Strategic Thinking

02

Creativity & Originality

03

Execution & Craft

04

Effectiveness & Results

05

Overall Impact

How to Enter the MUSE Strategic Program Awards

Online Registration

Create or sign in to your MUSE Creative Awards account.

Online Submission

Add your project information, select the relevant Advertising categories and upload your supporting materials.

Entry Evaluation

Your completed submission is assigned to the international jury for blind evaluation.

Winners Selection

Entries meeting the required judging standards receive the appropriate MUSE distinction.

MUSE Strategic Program Awards
Frequently Asked Questions

What qualifies as a strategic program?

A strategic program is a structured, sustained initiative created to address a defined organizational, communication, stakeholder or social challenge over time.

How long should a strategic program run?

There is no single required duration. The entry should represent enough development, coordinated activity and results for the judges to evaluate its strategy and impact.

Can an ongoing program be entered?

Yes. Submit a clearly defined eligible phase and explain its place within the wider program.

Can an internal communications program be entered?

Yes. Employee engagement, change communication, culture, recruitment and other internal programs may enter the closest category.

Can a crisis or issues-management program be entered?

Yes. Provide sufficient context to explain the challenge, strategy, response, stakeholder communication and outcomes without revealing protected information.

Must the program include multiple communication channels?

Not necessarily. The program should use the activities and channels required by its strategy. Judges focus on strategic coherence, sustained implementation and results.

Can confidential results be included?

Yes, but present them carefully. Use percentages, indexed figures or verified summaries when exact confidential data cannot be disclosed.

Strategic Program or Integrated Marketing?

Choose Strategic Program for a sustained initiative addressing a broader or long-term organizational, stakeholder or social objective. Choose Integrated Marketing for a coordinated campaign in which connected marketing channels and audience touchpoints are central.

Strategic Program or Advertising?

Choose Strategic Program when research, long-term planning and coordinated action are the primary work. Choose Advertising when the campaign idea and persuasive advertising executions are central.

Make Your Strategic Program a MUSE

Choose the category that best represents your long-term communication or engagement program and present it to an international panel of creative professionals.