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The Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity has announced the five jury presidents set to lead the Design; Digital and Mobile; Direct and Promo & Activation; Integrated; and Media juries at this year’s Festival and Awards.
Commenting on the line-up Philip Thomas, CEO of Lions Festivals says, “Spikes Asia is privileged to have such a formidable line-up of jury presidents to judge the best of the region’s work this year. As thought-leaders and people of extraordinary talent they will award stand-out entries and steer the debate that will set trends for the future of the industry.”
Stefan Sagmeister, Designer, Sagmeister & Walsh, New York, will serve as president of the Design Jury. Stefan formed the New York based Sagmeister Inc. in 1993 and has since designed for clients as diverse as the Rolling Stones, HBO, and the Guggenheim Museum. He has earned practically every important international design award and finally won two Grammies for the Talking Heads and Brian Eno & David Byrne package designs, having been nominated eight times.
" Delegate Registration: open Entries: open Delegate Early Bird n Deadline: 17 July 2014
Entries Deadline: 25 July 2014
Spikes Asia Festival Dates: 23 - 26 September 2014, Suntec, Singapore"
Jean Lin, Global CEO, Isobar, will head up the Digital and Mobile Jury. Jean began her digital career by establishing Isobar’s first Greater China office and was the driving force behind the company’s expansion in the region. Now as Global CEO, Jean is responsible for one of the fastest growing, full service digital agency networks in the world. Jean was named one of 30 “Women to Watch” by Advertising Age in 2009; ranked amongst Asia Pacific’s top female talent in 2010 and was most recently named one of the region’s Top 5 CEOs by Campaign Asia Pacific
Josy Paul, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, BBDO, India, will preside over the Direct and Promo & Activation Jury. Josy set up BBDO India from the back seat of his car in 2008. Today, BBDO India’s brands include some of the most popular names in the country: Gillette, P&G, 7 Up, Mirinda, Quaker Oats, Visa Debit Cards, Johnson’s Baby, General Mills, Aviva Life Insurance and HP. His pioneering work on ‘brand movements’ has already won him ten Cannes Lions in under five years, including the Creative Effectiveness Lion - the only one in Asia.
Andy Greenaway, Executive Creative Director, SapientNitro APAC, has been named president for the Integrated Jury. Starting his career in direct marketing, Andy joined SapientNitro as Chief Creative Officer, Asia-Pacific in 2013. He has won metal in every major award show including 10 Gold’s and over 150 other awards at Cannes and numerous accolades at other shows including, D&AD, One Show and Clio.
Mark Patterson, CEO, Asia Pacific & Chairman, China, GroupM, will head up the Media Jury. Mark moved to Tokyo in late 2000, where he was appointed CEO of MindShare Japan. His role was extended to also include China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Korea before rising up the ranks at GroupM to his current position where he has overall responsibility for all of WPP’s media businesses in the region, including its four media agencies Mindshare, MEC, MediaCom and MAXUS.
Anyone wishing to enter the awards can find further information on how to submit, along with rules and fees at www.spikes.asia. Spikes Asia takes place from 23-26 September in Singapore.
