PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Modig, Erik AU - Dahlen, Micael TI - Quantifying the Advertising-Creativity Assessments of Consumers Versus Advertising Professionals AID - 10.2501/JAR-2019-009 DP - 2020 Sep 01 TA - Journal of Advertising Research PG - 324--336 VI - 60 IP - 3 4099 - http://www.journalofadvertisingresearch.com/content/60/3/324.short 4100 - http://www.journalofadvertisingresearch.com/content/60/3/324.full SO - J Advert Res2020 Sep 01; 60 AB - Research has shown the importance of advertising professionals' creativity assessments in achieving desired consumer responses. Consumers also assess the level of creativity in the advertisements they encounter, however, and their subjective creativity assessments may correlate positively with their reaction to the advertisement. Should advertisers and agencies focus on the creative judgments of the agency's professionals or of the client's customers? Recognizing and addressing both perspectives might increase the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.