Cannes names juries for Design, Film Craft, Media, Promo & Activation and Radio Lions

The final five juries to sit at this year’s Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity have been named.

The remaining five juries will be led by Jack Klues, Chairman, Vivaki (Media Lions); Joe Pytka, Director, Joseph Pytka Productions, USA (Film Craft Lions); Mary Lewis, Creative Director, Lewis Moberley, United Kingdom (Design Lions); Ralph van Dijk, Founding Creative Director, Eardrum, Australia (Radio Lions); and Rob Schwartz, Global Creative President, TBWA Worldwide, USA (Promo & Activation Lions).

Australian judges included: Radio Lions Jury President: Ralph van Dijk, founding creative director, Eardrum, Australia; Tony Charlton, creative director & managing partner, Elmwood Melbourne, Australia; Michael Ritchie, managing director & executive producer, Revolver / Will O’Rourke, Australia; John Steedman, executive chairman, Group M, Australia and Ben Coulson, chief creative officer, George Patterson Y&R, Australia.

Philip Thomas, CEO of Lions Festivals says, “It is a privilege to have an assembly of such esteemed industry professionals in Cannes to judge and award the best work. And we are particularly delighted to count on 11 past Cannes Lions jury presidents amongst the total 308 jury members taking part in this year’s 16 different juries. The time, commitment and integrity applied to their task ahead will have a profound effect on moving the industry forward at a global scale.”   

Design Lions Jury

Mary Lewis, Creative Director, Lewis Moberley, United Kingdom – Jury President

Adam Scott, Creative Officer, FreeState, United Kingdom

Bhupal Ramnathkar, Chairman & Founder, Umbrella Design, India

Borja Borrero, Executive Creative Director, Interbrand, Spain

Conor Brady, Global Creative Director, Huge, USA

Eugene Bay, Chairman, VBAT, The Netherlands

Gustavo Greco, Creative Director, Greco Design, Brazil

Heath Lowe, Founding Partner & Creative Director, Special Group, New Zealand

Heinrich Paravicini, Chief Creative Officer, Mutabor, Germany

Helena Stendahl Hägg, Design Director & Senior Creative Partner, Identity Works, Sweden

Joanne Thomas, Creative Director – Design, The Jupiter Drawing Room, South Africa

Karl Heiselman, Chief Executive Officer, Wolff Olins, USA

Katrin Oeding, Creative Director, Studio Oeding, Germany

Lara Palmer, Art Director & Creative Director, Lara Palmer Advertising, Canada

Luciano Deos, Founder & CEO, Gad, Brazil

Nicolas Capéran, Creative Director, W&Cie, France

Pann Lim, Creative Director, Kinetic, Singapore

Pedro Albuquerque, Designer & Partner, Albuquerque, Portugal

Polly Chu, Chief Creative Officer, JWT, China

Tony Charlton, Creative Director & Managing Partner, Elmwood Melbourne, Australia

Yasuharu Sasaki, Executive Creative Director, Dentsu, Japan

Film Craft Lions Jury

Joe Pytka (left), Director, Joseph Pytka Productions, USA – Jury President         

Abhinay Deo, Director, Ramesh Deo Production, India  

Christopher O’Reilly, Executive Creative Director & Co-Founder, Nexus, UK

Elissa Singstock, Executive Producer, Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Jasper Thomlinson, Executive Producer, Cavier, USA  

João Daniel Tikhomiroff, Filmmaker, Executive Chairman/Partner, Mixer, Brazil

Maxime Boiron, Chief Executive Officer, \ELSE, France

Michael Ritchie, Managing Director & Executive Producer, Revolver / Will O’Rourke, Australia

Nicolas Perez Veiga, Director & Founder, Primo, Argentina

Sebastian Strasser, Director, Radical Media / Stink / Wanda, Germany       

Media Lions Jury

Jack Klues (left), Chairman, Vivaki – Jury President & Awarding Jury

Andrew Reinholds, Managing Partner, OMD, New Zealand

Brian Terkelsen, Chief Executive Officer, MediaVest Group, USA

Cheuk Chiang, Chief Executive Officer Asia Pacific, PHD – Awarding Jury

Christof Kaufmann, Chief Executive Officer, Aegis Media Group, Switzerland

David Castiglioni, Chief Executive Officer, Arena Media, Argentina

David Rodríguez, Director of Strategy & Innovation, Starcom MediaVest Group, Colombia

Dawn Rowlands, Chief Executive Officer, Aegis Media, South Africa    

Dominique Delport, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Havas Media – Awarding Jury

Doug Ray, Global President, Carat – Awarding Jury

Francisco Fernandez, Chief Executive Officer, UM Mexico      

Francisco Hojas Bauzá, Managing Director, Havas Media, Chile

Hugh Cameron, Chief Strategy Officer, PHD Media, UK          

Hugo Llebrés, Managing Director, MEC, Spain

Ike Kwon, President & CEO, Innocean Worldwide Europe, Europe       

Jim Elms, Global Chief Executive Officer, Initiative Worldwide – Awarding Jury

Jim Vail, President, RJ Palmer, USA – Awarding Jury

John Steedman, Executive Chairman, Group M, Australia

Karen Nayler, Chief Exective Officer, Mindshare, Canada  

Lawrence Teherani-Ami, Global Media Director, Wieden+Kennedy, Global             

Lior Grintz, Media & Managing Director, Havas Media, Israel

Marco Muraglia, Chief Executive Officer, Starcom MediaVest Group, Italy    

Masaki Mikami, Corporate Officer, Hakuhodo-DY Media Partners, Japan – Awarding Jury

Melanie Varley, Global Chief Strategy Officer, MEC Global – Awarding Jury

Nathalie Peters, Managing Director, Mediabrands Audience Platforms, The Netherlands

Paulo Cesar Queiroz, Co-President, DDB, Brazil

Richard Dunmall, Global Chief Executive Officer, Naked Communications – Awarding Jury

Rikke Grundtvig, Strategic Director, Vizeum, Denmark

Rupert McPetrie, Chie
f Executive Officer, ZenithOptimedia Russia and CEE, Russia   

Sasha Savic, Chief Executive Officer, Mediacom, USA                               

Sean Healy, Global Planning Director, ZenithOptimedia, Global

Shashi Sinha, Chief Executive Officer, Mediabrands, India

Sonja Klein, Managing Director, OMG, France

Susanne Koll, Chief Executive Officer, OmnicomMediaGroup, Austria

Sven Traichel, Chief Executive Officer, Havas Media, Germany  

Sylvie Irzi, Managing Partner, Initiative, Belgium

Tomás Gonzalez-Quijano, Chief Executive Officer, Mindshare, Portugal

Tracy de Groose, Chief Executive Officer, Carat, UK

Urban Hilding, Chief Executive Officer, Initiative Universal Media (IUM), Sweden

Xu Yongping, Director, Shanghai Media Group, China   

Young Tak Jung, Head of Media Division, Innocean Worldwide, South Korea

Promo & Activation Lions Jury

Rob Schwartz (left), Global Creative President, TBWA Worldwide, USA – Jury President

Anu Niemonen, Senior Creative, Hasan & Partners, Finland

Arno Lindemann, Chief Creative Officer, Lukas Lindemann Rosinski, Germany

Ben Coulson, Chief Creative Officer, George Patterson Y&R, Australia

Bruno Lambertini, Founder & CEO, Circus Marketing, Mexico

Diana Rossi, Creative Director, Alpha 245, Switzerland

Fredrik Josefsson, Creative Director, Åkestam Holst, Sweden

Georges Mohammed-Cherif, President, Buzzman, France

Jaime Rosado, VP Regional Creative Director for Puerto Rico & Caribbean, JWT San Juan, Puerto Rico

John Davenport, Executive Creative Director, Ireland/Davenport, South Africa

John Treacy, Executive Creative Director, Elvis, United Kingdom

Karen Howe, Senior Vice President & Creative Director, One Advertising, Canada

Katya Bazilevskaya, Chief Commercial Officer & Co-Founder, Look at Media, Russia

Levi Slavin, Creative Director, Colenso BBDO, New Zealand

Lode Schaeffer, Creative Director & Owner, Indie, The Netherlands

Luca Pannese, Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi, Italy

Mario D’Andrea, Chief Creative Officer, Fischer & Friends, Brazil

Mark Taylor, VP/Executive Creative Director, Crispin, Porter + Bogusky, USA

Min Soora, Creative Director, Cheil Worldwide, South Korea

Nicolas Courant, Executive Creative Director, Memac Ogilvy Label, Tunisia   

Papón Ricciarelli, Executive Creative Director & Founder, Don, Argentina

Rafael Rodriguez-Galobart, Chief Creative Officer, Gap’s, Spain

Sabbas Joseph, Director, Wirzcraft International Entertainment, India

Stijn Gansemans, Creative Partner, Dallas Antwerp, Belgium

Takeshi Nozoe, Creative Director, Hakuhodo, Japan

Radio Lions Jury

Ralph van Dijk (left), Founding Creative Director, Eardrum, Australia – Jury President   

Akshay Kapnadak, Executive Creative Director, McCann Mumbai, India

Beto Nahmad, Executive Creative Director, VCCP, Spain

Chuck Rachford, Global Creative Director, DDB, USA   

Dagmar Kollstrøm, Copywriter & Founding Partner, Ernö, Norway

Jean-François Bernier, President & Creative Director, Alfred, Canada         

João Livi, Chief Creative Officer, Talent, Brazil

Malin von Werder, Creative Director, Garbergs, Sweden

Martin Vinacur, President & Executive Creative Director, AldeA Santiago, Chile

Mike Schalit, Chief Creative Officer, BBDO, South Africa

Philip Maes, Creative Partner & Copywriter, Ph. M. Radio, Belgium

Ralf  Heuel, Chief Creative Officer & Partner, Grabarz & Partner, Germany

Regan Grafton, Executive Creative Director, Draftfcb, New Zealand

Russell Ramsey, Executive Creative Director, JWT, United Kingdom

Troy Lim, Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather, Singapore