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NOMINATIONS OPEN
Do you know a young executive who's taking the world by storm—someone who just gets it? A savvy, up-and-coming leader with the moxie to envision future trends? Someone who relentlessly innovates and raises the bar, then challenges others to do the same? Someone destined to be an industry superstar?
Open to U.S.-based talent working for any automaker, supplier, mobility company or service provider in the auto industry, the 2024 Automotive News Rising Stars will honor dynamic executives who are poised to grow in prominence or step into senior leadership roles. To qualify, candidates should have a minimum of 10 years of work experience, be based in the U.S. and be born after Sept. 22, 1979.
Honorees will be notified in August and announced in the Sept. 23 issue of Automotive News.
Questions? Visit the criteria and FAQs sections. If your question isn't answered, please contact the Automotive News awards team.
DEADLINE
2025 deadline
Applications open: Monday, October 21, 2024
Applications close: Monday, January 13, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. EDT
CRITERIA
Eligibility
Entry is open to executives from automakers, suppliers, mobility companies and service providers within the U.S. auto industry. Candidates must be based in the U.S., born after Sept. 22, 1979 and have at least 10 years of work experience.
Requirements
In the entry form, you will be asked to:
- Outline the nominee's current role, business challenges and key prioritie
- Detail three key achievements that demonstrate the nominee's innovation, leadership and sustainable business improvement
- Provide references from two senior executives with whom the nominee has worked closely with during their automotive industry career
Please note: Past Automotive News Rising Star honorees, regardless of title or company, are not eligible for entry.
All information included should be publishable by the time the winners are announced in September 2024. Any information noted as “not for public” or “off the record” will not factor into the judges’ evaluation.
Final deadline
June 14, 2024, at 5 p.m. EDT
FAQs
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FAQs
Campaigns do not have to be created in-house by the auto company; they can be entered by an advertising agency or external partner that helped create the work.
We only ask that work entered was created and produced for a real company and ran in a media environment. Please do not enter work that was created only to run in award shows. If judges raise any flags, we will be following up and we’ll disqualify bogus work (e.g. work not approved by a client, work done for a client you don’t have, ads that were run once, at 3 a.m. in an obscure place, so they would be eligible to enter awards, etc.).
Campaigns must have run between Jan. 1, 2023, and July 1, 2024.
Business results can include basic ad metrics like awareness or recall, but entrants will get further if submissions demonstrate success through other KPIs such as sales and market share.
The entry portal requires all direct uploads (photos, videos or other files) to be 2GB or less. For anything larger, please supply a link. NOTE: Embedded hyperlinks are not supported within the portal. If you would like to link to a website, please include the full URL.
Please note changes cannot be made to the submission once the final deadline has passed and judging has started.
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CONTACT US
Got questions? We're happy to help.
For award inquiries, contact Nuha Mosa at nuha.mosa@autonews.com.