International Advertising Competition
The Mobius Advertising Awards was founded in 1971.
The competition provides an international forum through which advertising agencies, producers, art directors and designers, TV and radio stations as well as corporate advertisers can attain recognition for creative endeavors.
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Interview Q&A
How long have you been in business?
The competition, headquartered in Los Angeles, began in 1971 and attracts entrants from the US and around the world annually.
What is your primary product or service?
Mobius Awards is an international advertising, digital, design, and creativity competition recognizing outstanding work from professionals and students in the following Mediums:Brand Identity, Branded Content/Entertainment, Brochure/Book, Cinema/In-Flight, Digital – Mobile, Digital – Online Direct, Guerilla / Ambush Marketing, Integrated Campaign, Online Commercials, Outdoor/Out-of-Home, Package Design & Redesign, Point-of-Purchase, Print, Radio,
Social Media Marketing, Spec Advertising, Television.
How did you first become interested in your line of business? (if owner) - What is your background? (If owner or store manager)
Owner Lee Gluckman became chairman of the Mobius Advertising Awards and its sister company, U.S. International Film And Video Festival, in 2001. He has spent his entire career in film and video production. In 1967, Lee Gluckman founded Producers Group, Ltd., in Chicago as a creative and production company with offices in Hollywood. The company's offices are now exclusively in Redondo Beach, Calif. Producers Group has an extensive credit list of productions numbering well over 375 shot worldwide and having won film festival and Emmy Awards in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Prior to that, he worked in network television and educational television.
Additionally, from 1988 through 1991, he was vice president USA of Intertrade Film Distributors, a worldwide theatrical, TV and home video distribution company based in Hollywood. Since 1968, Gluckman has been the chief negotiator representing film and video producers nationally in labor contract negotiations with the Screen Actors Guild & the American Federation of Radio and Television Artists.
Gluckman is a member of the International Documentary Association and Media Communicators International and is a founding member of the International Quorum of Motion Producers (IQ) and president of The International Committee of Tourism Film Festivals (CIFFT). He is a graduate in Communications from Michigan State University.
He graduated in Communications from Michigan State University.
How do you differentiate yourself from other businesses in your category and area?
Mobius is privately owned, which means it is not affiliated with any publication or trade group. Its judging is done internationally and winners are selected on individual merit, meaning judges are not required to give first and second place awards if no entry warrants one.
How many locations do you have and do you have plans to expand?
We have one location; our expansion comes through additions to our competition categories.
Provide detailed directions to your location
Mobius Awards, Ltd., 713 South Pacific Coast Highway, Suite A, Redondo Beach, California 90277-4233 USA
What type of payments do you accept?
Credit Cards: Visa, MasterCard, American Express (A 3.75% Credit Card Network Charge will be added to your invoice)
Check or Money Order by US Bank Draft in US Dollars, payable to: Mobius Awards, Ltd.
713 South Pacific Coast Highway, Suite A, Redondo Beach, California 90277-4233 USA
Bank Transfer: Bank details will be emailed to entrants after their entries have been finalized.
An additional Bank Transfer Fee of US$35 will be applied for each bank transfer.
Which areas do you service?
Mobius Awards is an international competition.
Who owns your company or runs daily operations?
Daily operations are handled by owner Gluckman, Creative Director & Digital Coordinator David Chan, Manager, Entrant Relations & Operations Kristen Gluckman, and Manager, Press & Media Relations Sandra Kelly.
What are your hours of operation?
8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
What is the best compliment anyone can give you?
Enter our competition.