TBWA\Tequila New Zealand’s Andy Blood to head Print Craft & Design juries at Adfest next month
ADFEST has confirmed a stellar line-up of seven jury presidents this year in its quest to create the ultimate pan-Asian Jury. All seven originate from different cities in the Asia Pacific so truly representative of the region’s creative diversity.
Andy Blood (left), group ECD & partner TBWA\Tequila New Zealand, is on board as this year’s Print Craft Lotus & Design Lotus jury president; Satoshi Takamatsu, chief creative director of Ground in Tokyo is this year’s Cyber Lotus jury president.
“With Satoshi Takamatsu and Andy Blood joining us as jury presidents, I think ADFEST has compiled its most diverse and prestigious panel of jury presidents of all time. This year, we wanted all our jury presidents – with the exception of our Grand Jury president – to be living and working in the Asia Pacific to reflect ADFEST’s unique heritage as the only festival that is truly ‘Made in Asia'”, says Jimmy Lam, President of ADFEST.
The remaining jury presidents announced earlier are:
– Jureeporn Thaidumrong, Executive Creative Director at Jeh United, Bangkok (Jury President, Film Lotus & Radio Lotus)
– David Guerrero, Chairman & CCO at BBDO Guerrero/Proximity Philippines and BBDO Asia Pacific, Manila (Jury President, Press Lotus & Poster Lotus)
– Sheung Yan Lo, Executive Creative Director (North East Asia) and Chairman, China, at JWT Shanghai (Jury President, Outdoor Lotus)
– Kien Eng Tan, Chief Executive Officer, Leo Burnett / Arc Worldwide /Alpha 245 Singapore / Kuala Lumpur (Jury President, Direct Lotus & Promo Lotus)
– Ram Madhvani, Director and Partner at Equinox Films, Mumbai (Jury President, Film Craft Lotus & New Director Lotus)
Overseeing the seven is Brazilian advertising guru Washington Olivetto (left), chairman & chief creative officer of WMcCann in Sao Paulo, who is this year’s Grand Jury president, which CB announced in early January.
“Washington and ‘The Magnificent 7’ are some of the cleverest thinkers in advertising today. With such an impressive line-up, I think the campaigns that are awarded at this year’s ADFEST are sure to be world-class,” says Lam.