"We are proud to have been showcased and honored at multiple prestigious art and culture festivals, celebrating our commitment to creativity, innovation, and cultural excellence."
Global Recognition Award 2025 Winner
La Cuevita Publi Co has been honored with the prestigious Global Recognition Award 2025, a monumental achievement that validates our creative excellence, innovation, and transformative capabilities on an international scale. This award underscores exceptional performance across six key evaluation areas, proving that world-class creativity knows no geographic boundaries.
Multifaceted Excellence on the World Stage
We were recognized for our mastery across multiple categories, spanning service, innovation, and artistic accomplishment. Our approach was assessed using rigorous measurement scales, allowing us to stand out against global competition.
Impact Driven by Innovation and Scale
The award highlighted several unique operational and strategic strengths:
Integrated Model & Efficiency: The merger of Publi Co. and La Cuevita has enabled us to integrate creative services with in-house production capabilities. This "one-stop-shop" model eliminates delays and enables unmatched speed to market.
Humanitarian Reach: We received an exceptional rating for extending our creative expertise beyond commercial projects to address humanitarian causes, such as the "One Love Rhythm" campaign for Jamaican relief efforts. Global Ranking Leadership: This recognition adds to our position in a global ranking worldwide, competing with the largest agencies in the industry. Artistic Mastery and Cultural Relevance Our agency earned exceptional scores in originality, influence, and cross-cultural impact. Work for clients like Ford Latin America and Copa Airlines exemplifies our ability to bridge local Panamanian sensibilities with international traveler perspectives. Our portfolio, published on platforms like Ads of the World, demonstrates consistent visual innovation without compromising brand integrity.
"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
Cristian Alberto Fernández leads La Cuevita Publico with a vision rooted in craftsmanship, radical creativity, and an unshakeable belief that world-class work can come from anywhere. From early beginnings in Panama’s art scene to senior roles at major networks, his career has been defined by an instinct to merge artistic discipline with strategic thinking. The merger with Itza Ramos’ atelier, La Cuevita, marked a turning point that expanded the studio’s capabilities and earned them international recognition in less than a year.
La Cuevita Publi Co is rapidly redefining the potential of an independent creative studio, earning global recognition in record time. Our work has captured the attention of the industry elite, securing multiple appearances in Best Ads on TV's acclaimed "Best Six of the Week":
Best 6 of the week (Dec 15, 2025): Judge by Jordan Doucette, CCO at McCann Canada.
Best 6 of the week (Dec 1, 2025): Judged by Jindai Joseph, ECD at Elite Media, NY.
Best 6 of the week (Dec 1, 2025): Judged by Jindai Joseph, ECD at Elite Media, NY.
Best 6 of the week, 2nd (Nov 10, 2025): Judged by Robin Fitzgerald, CCO at BBDO Atlanta
Best 6 of the week (Oct 25, 2025): Judged by Jake Barrow, CCO at VML Czechia.
These accolades have propelled us to the top of the global charts. In less than two months, we secured an impressive #5 position in the Global Print Category Ranking, competing directly with industry giants.
We currently hold the #60 spot in the Overall Global General Agencies Ranking and stand firm as the #1 Agency in Panama, also leading the Art Director and Creative Director categories.
La Cuevita Publi Co's upward trajectory in the global landscape continues with notable recognition from Creative Pool. This platform, which champions excellence and innovation in the creative industry, has honored us with a featured spot in its Spotlight section.
This recognition adds to an even greater achievement: we have reached the #47 position in Creative Pool's Global Creative Agencies Ranking. This milestone is particularly significant as it places us ahead of numerous established and globally renowned agencies, demonstrating that our Panamanian creativity consistently competes with the industry's best.
Being highlighted by Creative Pool validates our focus on high-quality work and flawless execution, and reinforces our commitment to challenging the biggest agencies in the industry with fresh, powerful ideas.
La Cuevita Publi Co's global visibility skyrocketed thanks to our Halloween campaign "Better Run" (created for Grumpy Dad Co.), which became an instant international highlight.
The campaign's impact was so significant that it earned us a place of honor within the industry: we were featured on the homepage of the prestigious Clio Awards website. This recognition underscores the world-class quality of our work and its ability to capture the attention of the global creative community in one of the world's most influential awards programs.
Furthermore, "Better Run" has been selected to be part of the featured Halloween gallery on Ads of the World (AOTW), a leading platform for creative excellence. This achievement adds to the publication of several of our other works on AOTW, consistently validating our philosophy:
world-class talent and execution do not depend on location, but on passion and perspective.
Our social campaign, "Some Marks Tell Histories," proved that Panamanian creativity is truly world-class.
This work, created for breast cancer awareness, achieved massive international recognition: it was selected as part of the "Best 6" on Best Ads on TV, published on Ad Forum and Ads of the World (AOTW), and even resonated in Saudi Arabia.
This global visibility reaffirms our core philosophy: World-class talent and execution do not depend on location, but on passion and perspective.
our recent work has been featured in Campaign Brief's prestigious "Bestads Best of the Week" section. Our November entry was selected by top industry reviewers and secured second place among the week's top six campaigns.
This acknowledgment is particularly significant as "Bestads Best of the Week" aims to select the "very best advertising in the world, in every medium.
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.
