Clio Key Art Awards
Clio Sports Awards
The Clio Awards
New York City + Los Angeles
CHALLENGE
Capture Studios was engaged by the Clio Awards to fully recreate and reimagine its live event series across three flagship properties: the Clio Key Art Awards, Clio Sports Awards, and the main Clio Awards shows. The objective was to evolve the experience beyond a traditional awards format and deliver a more elevated, cohesive, and modern live event platform that reflected the prestige and cultural relevance of the Clio brand.
The challenge extended far beyond producing a single show. Capture was tasked with designing and executing multiple distinct award experiences across both New York City and Los Angeles, while maintaining a consistent standard of excellence and a refreshed creative identity throughout. In addition to the live shows themselves, the engagement also included rethinking the full guest journey, from arrivals and media moments to after parties and hospitality environments.
APPROACH
Capture Studios led the transformation of the Clio live event series through a fully integrated creative and production approach, overseeing both the visual reimagination and the end-to-end execution of each show. Across all three properties, Capture managed stage design, lighting design, content creation, live show calling, stage management, artist management, and overall guest experience.
The team approached each awards show as its own premium live experience while ensuring alignment under a broader Clio event vision. This included developing environments that felt polished, contemporary, and brand-right, while also supporting the pacing, energy, and storytelling of each live program.
Beyond the stage, Capture also designed and executed the full after party experience for each event. This work included venue design, guest arrivals, media management, and food and beverage oversight, creating a seamless extension of the main event and ensuring every touchpoint felt intentional, elevated, and professionally managed.
By centralizing creative strategy, production leadership, and experiential design under one team, Capture helped Clio deliver a more unified, immersive, and high-touch event series across both markets.
RESULTS
Capture Studios successfully helped reinvent the Clio live event series into a more modern, elevated, and experience-driven platform across New York and Los Angeles for five years. Through its leadership across creative, production, show execution, and hospitality, Capture delivered three distinct award shows and their corresponding after parties with a consistent level of polish, energy, and brand cohesion.
The result was a refreshed live event identity for the Clio Awards—one that strengthened the guest experience, elevated the presentation of each show, and reinforced Clio’s position as a premier global awards brand. By reimagining both the onstage and offstage experience, Capture Studios helped transform the series into a more dynamic and memorable live platform for audiences, honorees, partners, and industry leaders alike.
