Women are significantly outnumbered in the creative departments of ad agencies. Yet women are frequently behind some of the most creative ideas of the year.

Business Insider’s list of the most creative women in advertising looks to recognise the most talented women in the industry.

In order to put this list together, we asked adbiz insiders to nominate the women they believed are the most creative in the business. To counterbalance self-serving nominations, we also asked each agency to nominate a female staffer from a competitor, someone they would love to work with in the future or just someone they admire in the industry.

From these nominations, paired with our own research, we selected 36 women. Factors we considered included recognition within the industry, seniority in their respective agencies, size of the shop, and of course, exciting creative work that’s garnered attention outside of the advertising world.

Our list is by no means complete. But it does feature the fiercest talents in the business.

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