LIA appoints Young & Rubicam Global CCO Tony Granger to lead the 2013 ‘NEW’ Jury in Las Vegas

Tony Granger, the global chief creative officer of Young & Rubicam returns to chair LIA Jury in 2013. Granger is no stranger to the role of Jury President, although this is the first time he will be chairing The NEW Jury.

Since arriving at Y&R in 2008, Granger has attracted some of the industry’s best creative talent and fully integrated digital into the agency.

Just as important, he has built a global creative community in both spirit and practice. As a result, Y&R’s clients, anywhere in the world, get access to precisely the right creative talent they need to create the most appropriate and powerful work.

Creating a collaborative creative culture has resulted in great work and results for clients such as LG, Virgin Atlantic, Land Rover, Dell and Xerox.

With Granger at the helm Y&R has also earned great industry recognition. Since Granger ‘s arrival, the agency moved up to #6 from #14 in The Gunn Report, a reflection of the agency’s strong performance at the most prestigious international creative competitions.

At the 2012 Cannes Festival, Y&R enjoyed its best performance ever, the agency was named the #4 Agency Network in the world. Y&R’s agencies won 51 Lions across 14 categories, including a prestigious Titanium/Integrated Lion. In 2010 Y&R was named Network of The Year at LIA. The same year RKCR/Y&R, London was named LIA Agency of the Year.

“I’m really excited to be chairing The NEW Jury. NEW is a word that is banded around a lot these days. And thankfully too. Where would our industry be without new?” remarked Granger.

Says Barbara Levy, President of LIA: “We are extremely honoured that Tony has agreed to chair again. Whilst he has performed the role of Jury President for us before in 2007, this was on our Traditional Advertising Jury. As Granger has morphed Y&R into an agency for the future it seems quite fitting that he is chairing our medium that looks to the future. Tony’s excitement and belief in the future of this Industry, in a climate where many are questioning its future, makes him the perfect candidate to chair The NEW.”

28th London International Awards judging takes place at the Encore Hotel in Las Vegas from 4th – 12th October 2013.

About LIA: Receiving over 15,000 entries from 76 countries in 2012 LIA has established itself as a revolutionary global leader celebrating creativity, the power of ideas, and new technology in all forms of Advertising and Design. Defining its 28-year history, Barbara Levy, Founder and President of LIA, continues her innovative leadership meeting the demands of our ever-changing industry. Launched in 1986 with the purpose to be different, LIA was the first truly international award, accepting entries in Television, Print and Radio media from around the world, and judging them equally. LIA now accepts entries into ten unique media types.

LIA Educational Initiative: In 2012, LIA announced the launch of its ‘Creative Conversations’ program targeted to Young Creatives from around the globe. As a way to give back to the very industry that has made LIA a trailblazer across the awards landscape, LIA coordinated a week of seminars, ‘conversations’, lunches and dinners that were both educational and stimulated discussions around the future of Advertising.

In 2013, ‘Creative Conversations’ will once again take place at Encore/Wynn Las Vegas during the week of the October 2013 LIA Judging Sessions. The entire initiative, including travel, meals and hotel expenses, is fully funded by LIA.

Only seventy attendees from around the globe will be invited to this intimate, invitation-only event. LIA has communicated word of the ‘Creative Conversations’ to various global agency networks, independent agencies, production companies, associations and media outlets. The managers of these companies and associations will chose individuals for the exclusive opportunity to experience LIA’s educational initiative.

The leaders of the ‘Creative Conversations’ in 2012 included: Ted Royer, Susan Credle, Israel Diaz, Sonal Dabral, Tony Calcao, Jeremy Craigen, Faris Yakob, Neil French, Phil Growick, Doerte Spengler-Ahrens, Bob Garfield, Jonathon Ker, Ralph van Dijk and Scott Elias.