Our work has been recognized by international rankings, award programs, and industry publications that value clarity of concept, strength of execution, and creative distinction.
Global Recognition Award 2025 Winner
La Cuevita Publico was awarded the Global Recognition Award 2025, an international distinction that recognizes outstanding performance across creativity, innovation, service, and artistic achievement. The recognition speaks to the agency’s ability to unite strategic thinking, refined execution, and in house production within a single, highly coherent practice. It also acknowledged the cultural relevance of the work, its technical sophistication, and its capacity to extend beyond commercial performance into projects of broader human and social value. More than an award, it stands as a marker of creative authority and a clear sign of the agency’s emergence within the international landscape.
"La Cuevita Publi Co proves that world-class creativity transcends geography. Their exceptional scores across multiple evaluation criteria demonstrate not just isolated excellence but a systematic capability to deliver innovative solutions that resonate across cultures while maintaining technical sophistication."
Alex Sterling, spokesperson for the Global Recognition Awards
Aaron Award 2026 Finalist
Our campaign for Grumpy Dad Co., Better Run, was shortlisted at the Aaron Awards 2026 in the Stock and AI Creative Alchemy category. Chosen from entries spanning 45 countries, the work placed La Cuevita Publico alongside some of the industry’s most established names, while standing as the only Latin American finalist in its category. Beyond the recognition itself, the project reflects the kind of work we value most: conceptually strong, emotionally resonant, and capable of opening broader cultural conversations. In this case, technology served as a vehicle for human meaning, proving that innovation becomes most relevant when it deepens impact rather than distracting from it.
Lürzer's Archive
Our work for Cobbetts Brewing Co. was selected for Lürzer’s Archive 200 Best Digital Artists Worldwide 2025, with all five pieces created for the Summer Campaign and Micro Brew Fest Panamá 2025 chosen for inclusion. Beyond the distinction itself, the selection speaks to the cultural resonance of the work and its ability to translate a local brand experience into imagery with international appeal. It reflects a practice where visual craft, atmosphere, and storytelling come together to create work that feels rooted in place while remaining legible to a global creative audience.
Two of our campaigns, The One Love Rhythm and Some Marks Tell Stories, were selected for the ACT Responsible Exhibition 2026 at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and later included in the ACT Good Ads database in collaboration with AdForum. This recognition carries particular weight for us because it honors work created in response to real human realities. The One Love Rhythm was developed in support of humanitarian relief efforts in Jamaica, using creativity as a way to bring visibility, empathy, and momentum to a cause that required collective attention. Some Marks Tell Stories approached breast cancer awareness from a more intimate perspective, encouraging care, conversation, and early attention through a message grounded in emotional truth. Together, both campaigns reflect our belief that creative work can extend beyond visibility to generate awareness, solidarity, and meaningful social impact.
Creativepool captured a moment of international emergence for La Cuevita Publico, framing the agency not as a regional curiosity but as a serious creative force with growing global relevance. In its feature, the platform positioned Cristian Alberto Fernández’s leadership around craftsmanship, conviction, and the belief that exceptional work is not confined by geography. It also recognized the merger with Itza Ramos’ atelier, La Cuevita, as the turning point that expanded the agency’s capabilities and accelerated its rise beyond Panama. That editorial recognition was reinforced by Creativepool’s global ranking, where La Cuevita Publico reached the #22 position worldwide, a clear signal that the work had entered an international conversation on its own terms.
Best Ads On TV became one of the strongest confirmations of La Cuevita Publico’s international standing. Through a sustained series of Best Six of the Week selections judged by senior creative leaders from Ogilvy Paris, McCann New Zealand, VML New York, Dentsu Creative Taiwan, McCann Canada, BBDO Atlanta, and VML Czechia, the agency’s work entered the global conversation with unusual force and consistency. This was not a single moment of visibility, but a sequence that positioned La Cuevita Publico alongside some of the most competitive creative names in the industry. The impact was immediate and measurable. In less than two months, the agency reached the number 1 position in the Global Print Category, climbed to number 5 in the Overall Global General Agencies Ranking, and secured the number 1 agency position in Panama, while also leading the Art Director and Creative Director categories. For an independent agency operating far from the industry’s traditional capitals, the achievement signaled something larger than momentum. It confirmed a level of international relevance earned through sustained excellence, not proximity.
Creativepool has recognized La Cuevita Publico both editorially and competitively, featuring the agency in its Spotlight section and ranking it among the leading creative agencies worldwide. Reaching the #32 position in the global ranking marked an important milestone in our trajectory, not only for what it represents in numerical terms, but for what it confirms about the strength of the work itself. For an independent agency based in Panama, this recognition affirms that clarity of vision, rigorous craft, and consistent execution can resonate far beyond geography.
Our Halloween campaign Better Run for Grumpy Dad Co. became a powerful catalyst for La Cuevita Publico’s global visibility, proving the agency’s ability to create imagery with immediate international pull. The campaign gained exceptional exposure after being featured on the homepage of the Clio Awards website, placing the work before one of the most influential audiences in the creative industry. Its visual impact continued through Ads of the World, where Better Run was selected for the platform’s featured Halloween gallery, joining a growing number of our projects published there over time. Together, these recognitions affirmed more than the success of a single campaign. They confirmed our capacity to produce work with the kind of visual force, atmosphere, and cultural sharpness that can travel instantly across borders and stand out within the global creative conversation.
AdForum placed two of our campaigns among the Top 5 in Latin America in January and March 2026, reinforcing La Cuevita Publico’s presence within the region’s most visible creative conversation. Some Marks Tell Stories brought breast cancer awareness into view through a visual language that was intimate, restrained, and emotionally piercing, transforming ordinary marks into a metaphor for care, attention, and urgency. Better Run, created for Grumpy Dad Co., delivered a very different kind of impact, using striking visual tension and cinematic atmosphere to command instant attention. Together, both recognitions revealed the range of our creative voice and our ability to create work that is not only conceptually strong, but visually powerful enough to travel, resonate, and stand out across the Latin American landscape.
Our work was featured in Campaign Brief’s Bestads Best of the Week, where our November entry was selected by leading industry reviewers and awarded second place among the week’s top six campaigns. The recognition is especially meaningful given the standard of the platform itself, which seeks to spotlight what it defines as the very best advertising in the world across every medium. For La Cuevita Publico, the feature marked another moment in which the work moved beyond regional visibility and held its place within a broader international field of creative excellence.
We are thrilled to announce that our impactful social awareness campaign, "Some Marks Tell Stories," has been featured in the latest edition of the Maher Ad Book!
This powerful initiative, launched by Grumpy Dad Co. in collaboration with the creative minds at La Cuevita Publico (Panama/USA), goes beyond fashion. The campaign aims to redefine traditional masculinity and strongly encourages men to become active allies in the fight against breast cancer.
We are incredibly proud to see this message gain further recognition and appreciate the opportunity to share our mission with the Maher Ad Book audience.
Our campaign was featured on the official Clio Awards website.
Our Halloween campaign was featured as a highlight on Ads of the World.
Our Breast Cancer Awareness campaign was featured on Ads of the World.
Our Halloween campaign was featured on The Best Ads on TV.
Our Breast Cancer Awareness campaign was featured on Maher Ad Book.
