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Meet our Judges

Our judging panel features guest judges from both industry and academia—bringing together seasoned professionals and educators with deep expertise in design, eCommerce, and digital innovation.

CKS Studio

Communications, Marketing & Design Agency
CKS Studio has been a Wix Agency Partner for over 10 years and proudly serves as a Wix Community Leader in Argentina. Based in Buenos Aires, CKS leads with creativity, precision, and global perspective.

Professor Christine McCaw

Marketing Faculty, Humber Polytechnic
Christine McCaw is a Marketing Professor and course lead for Retailing Management at Humber Polytechnic, where students conceptualize and build retail businesses from the ground up—including store layout, branding, and eCommerce presence. As part of her course, students earn a Wix eCommerce Certification, aligning real-world tools with academic outcomes. Professor McCaw brings a deep commitment to student innovation and is thrilled to join the Wix Design Challenge as a judge for the first time.

Wix Design Challenge 2025
 

Think Fast. Design Bold. Win Big.

We’re bringing together the brightest students from design and development programs to compete in the Wix Design Challenge 2025: Portfolio & E-Commerce Edition, a fast-paced, hackathon-style competition.

Over the course of three hours in a single day, participants will be challenged to create a fully functional portfolio or e-commerce website, showcasing their creativity and technical skills under time constraints.

Join us for an intense, 3-hour Hackathon-style competition where students race against the clock to design and launch a fully functional website using Wix!

Competition Categories

  • Portfolio Website – Showcase your personal brand, work samples, and digital resume.

  • E-Commerce Website – Create an online store with products, marketing materials, and sales-driven strategies.

Prizes & Opportunities

  • 1st Place: $2,000 cash prize

  • 2nd Place: $500 cash prize

  • 3rd Place: $250 cash prize

  • Exclusive consideration for the Wix Campus Accelerator & Wix Innovation Hub

  • Bragging rights & industry recognition

Competition Dates

  • April 30, 2025 – Virtual Hackathon for U.S. Institutions

  • July 21, 2025 – Virtual Hackathon for International Institutions

  • Stay Tune for the next Challenge ​

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July Competition
International Institutions

Students will have 3 hours to submit site on July 21st.

TIME:

Hack-a-thon begins 12:00 PM EST

Submissions end by 3:00 PM EST

July 21, 2025

Winners are announced Live. Join session to get an opportunity to network with judges for industry insights. 

TIME:

Live Results 12:00 PM EST 

Announcements

Live Webinar Link

Agenda July 24th
Eastern Time Zones
12:00 pm  Welcome 
12:10 pm  Guest Speaker Programs:

   Wix Campus Accelerator
   Wix Innovation Hub
   CKS Studio 

12:30 pm  Announcement of Winners
12:35 pm - 12:50 pm Networking with students
1:00 pm  Close out event

July 24, 2025

Ignacio Salas

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Head of Marketing

CKS Studio Partner

Cynthia Cravero Klinsky

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Head of Design

CKS Studio Partner

Christine McCaw

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Marketing Faculty

Humber Polytechnic

How It Works
Join us for the Academic Wix Challenge 2025 — an exciting 3-hour Hackathon-style competition where you’ll race against the clock to design and launch a fully functional website using Wix!
 

Pick Your Challenge

 Choose Portfolio or E-Commerce 

Hackathon Style 

Build Your Site in 3 Hours
       Compete in real-time using Wix.

Submit & Impress

Deliver a functional, optimized, and well-designed site before time runs out!

April 30, 2025 Contest Winners

Audrey Chou 

New York University

e-Commerce Site

First Place Winner

Liza Angell

University of Virginia

e-Commerce Site

Second Place

Winner

Luisana Barajas

Florida International University

Portfolio Site

Third Place

Winner

July 21, 2025 Contest Winners

Muhammad Talha 

University Of Sargodha, Punjab Pakistan

Portfolio

First Place Winner

Noam Layfer

Shenkar College

Portfolio

Second Place

Winner

Purvasha Choudhari

Karnavati University 

eCommerce

Third Place

Winner

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