Cannes Lions announces Cyber, Design and Direct jury members in lead-up to the festival

Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced the jury members for the Cyber, Design and Direct Lions categories which includes Australia’s James McGrath, creative chairman, Clemenger BBDO Melbourne who is set to chair the Direct Lions category.

Also representing Australia on the juries is Kristian Saliba, digital head of art, The Monkeys on the Cyber Lions jury and David Park, creative director at Maud on the Design Lions jury.

Says Philip Thomas, CEO of Lions Festivals: “The prestige associated with winning a Lion is largely a result of the calibre of the professionals judging the work. It is therefore fitting to have such a formidable group of industry experts, who will no doubt help inspire and advance the global communications industry with the outcome of their deliberations. We very much look forward to welcoming them all to Cannes in June.”

The juries will be chaired by Susan Bonds, chief executive officer, 42 Entertainment, USA (Cyber Lions); Karl Heiselman, chief executive officer, Wolff Olins, USA (Design Lions); and James McGrath, creative chairman, Clemenger BBDO Melbourne, Australia (Direct Lions).

Cyber Jury

Susan Bonds, Chief Executive Officer, 42 Entertainment, USA – Jury President

Aaron Turk, Head of Digital Creative, Colenso BBDO, New Zealand

Andre Piva, Chief Creative Officer, LOV Dentsu, Brazil

Atawoot Wesaranurak, Founder/Managing Director, Adapter Digital, Thailand

Brian Yongsik Nam, Chief Executive Officer, Cheil Opentide, China

Daniel Granatta, Chief Creative Officer, Flock, Mexico

Drew Ungvarsky, Chief Executive Officer & Executive Creative Director, GROW, USA

Eric Schoeffler, Chief Creative Officer, DDB Tribal Group, Germany

Joe Alexander, Chief Creative Officer, The Martin Agency, USA

Jordan Doucette, Executive Creative Director, TAXI Advertising & Design, Canada

Jung A Kim, Executive Creative Director, Innocean Worldwide, South Korea

Kaoru Sugano, Creative Technologist, Dentsu, Japan

Kristian Saliba, Digital Head of Art, The Monkeys, Australia

Mariano Jeger, Executive Creative Director, R/GA, Argentina

Meera Sharath Chandra, Founder Chief Executive Officer & Chief Creative Officer, Tigress Tigress, India

Melanie Exon, Chief Digital Officer, BBH, UK

Nathalie Huni, Executive Creative Director, TWBA DAN\PARIS, France

Pepa Rojo, Creative & Managing Director, WYSIWYG, Spain

Ron Peterson, Director of Social, AKQA, UK

Simon Schwaighofer, Creative Director, Red Bull Creative, Austria

Tom Loockx, Executive Creative Director, Havas Worldwide Brussels, Belgium

Tony Högqvist, Creative Director, Perfect Fools, Sweden

Tytus Klepacz, Associate Creative Director, 180Heartbeats +Jung von Matt, Poland

Valerie Cheng, Chief Creative Officer, JWT, Singapore

Wesley ter Haar, Founder & COO, MediaMonks, The Netherlands

Design Jury

Karl Heiselman, Chief Executive Officer, Wolff Olins, USA – Jury President

Adrian Burton, Executive Creative Director, Lambie-Nairn, UK

Alisa Wolfson, Senior Vice President, Leo Burnett, USA

Arch MacDonnell, Creative Director, Inhouse, New Zealand

Barry Quinn, Executive Creative Director, Juniper Park, Canada

Bruno Bertani, Creative Director/ Head of Design, Prole, Brazil

Catrin Vagnemark, Creative Director, BVD, Sweden

Claire Parker, Partnership Creative Director, Design Bridge, The Netherlands

Claudia Fischer-Appelt, Partner, Karl Anders, Germany

David Park, Creative Director, Maud, Australia

David Mously, Creative Managing Director, BBDO Berlin, Germany

Fei Wang, Head of Art, Ogilvyone, China

Hideto Yagi, Creative Director, Art Director, Dentsu, Japan

Mangesh Rane, Founder Director, Open Strategy & Design, India

Mat Heinl, Chief Executive Officer, Moving Brands, UK

Miguel Viana, BrandDesign Master, BrandiaCentral, Portugal

Nancy Villanueva, Managing Director, Interbrand, Spain

Pum Lefebure, Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Design Army, USA

Sulet Jansen, Creative Director, Switch, South Africa

Ted Lim, Chief Creative Officer, Dentsu Aegis Network, Singapore

Tristan Macherel, Executive Creative Director, Landor Associates, France

Direct Jury

James McGrath, Creative Chairman, Clemenger BBDO Melbourne, Australia – Jury President

Ajay Thrivikraman, Chief Creative Officer, Publicis, Singapore

Alistair Thompson, Creative Director, Demner, Merlicek & Bergmann, Austria

Antonio Pacheco, General Creative Director, MRM/McCann, Spain

Bridget Johnson, Executive Creative Director, Ireland-Davenport, South Africa

Diego Duprat, Partner & Chief Creative Officer, El Almacen, Argentina

Dimitri Guerassimov, Executive Creative Director, Marcel Worldwide, France

Fredrik Simonssen, Creative Director, DDB Stockholm, Sweden

Humberto Polar, Chief Creative Officer, Mayo Draftfcb, Peru

Jason Romeyko, International Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi, Switzerland

Jin Saito, Creative Director/Music Campaign Director, Six, Japan

Josh Moore, Executive Creative Director, Y&R, New Zealand

Joy Schwartz, President, Havas Worldwide, USA

Kai Roeffen, Partner and Managing Director, Thjnk Düsseldorf, Germany

Liz Ross, President, North America, BPN, USA

Marie-Laure Cliquennois, Creative Director, AIR Brussels, Belgium

Mehdi Lamloum, Regional Creative Director, Social@Ogilvy, Hong Kong

Patrick Tom, Group Creative Director, TBWA\Shanghai, China

Paul Tullo, Creative Partner, TMW, UK

Rajat Sethi, Partner, Strategic Caravan International, India

Roberto Vilhena, Chief Creative Officer, Artplan Group, Brazil

Rodrigo Torres Silva, Creative Director & Founder, ERE, Colombia

Roehl Sanchez, Executive Vice President, Chief Creative Officer, BIMM, Canada

Rona Yakobi, VP Creative, McCann Erickson, Israel

Sergio Rodriguez, CEO & Chief Creative Officer, JWT, Italy

Thierry Albert, Creative Director on Heineken, Wieden + Kennedy, The Netherlands

Cannes Lions takes place from 15-21 June at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France, with winners to be announced at four awards ceremonies held during the festival. For further details on rules across all 17 categories, fees and how to enter work please visit www.canneslions.com.

The deadline for entries is 28 March.