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2020
A-LIST & CREATIVITY AWARDS

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Update: The A-List & Creativity Awards Gala has been postponed. Ad Age is currently exploring alternate dates, and we appreciate your patience as we work to find solutions. We will keep you posted on details as we have them. We look forward to bringing you together to celebrate soon. If you have any questions, please email aaevents@adage.com

The coveted Ad Age A-List & Creativity Awards honor the forward-thinking leaders, top agencies and creative innovators in the industry today. The long-running A-List is handpicked by the editorial staff at Ad Age, who comb through hundreds of submissions. The Creativity Awards are chosen by esteemed juries led by Ad Age.

New this year, we have expanded the Creativity Awards to include a dedicated Production section. It will include our ongoing Production Company A-List as well as honors for various individuals and top post-production companies. 

Ad Age A-List winners and Creativity Awards finalists and winners will be jointly recognized at a gala held in New York.

 

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2020 AD AGE A-LIST AWARDS

Being named on the A-List is one of the most prestigious honors in advertising. The recognition reflects game-changing creativity, bold leadership and the ability to point the industry in new directions.

A-List honorees will be named in the following categories:

Agency of the Year and A-List

Media Agency of the Year

Multicultural Agency of the Year

International Agency of the Year

Creative Agency of the Year

In-House Agency of the Year

Data/Analytics Agency of the Year 

Design Agency of the Year 

Agency Executive of the Year

Brand CMO of the Year 

 

For A-List Awards judging criteria and entry instructions:

Ad Age A-List Awards general requirements

How to enter Ad Age A-List Awards

FAQ

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2020 AD AGE CREATIVITY AWARDS

Earning recognition in the Creativity Awards means that your efforts have been a driving force behind the success of campaigns, your company is using technology in savvy ways or your work is setting new standards in emerging categories.

New this year, we have expanded the Creativity Awards to include a dedicated Production section. It will include our ongoing Production Company A-List as well as honors for various individuals and top post-production companies.

Creativity award finalists and winners will be recognized at the A-List & Creativity Awards Gala in New York.

To be eligible for the Ad Age Creativity Awards, work must have debuted and run between Nov. 1, 2018 and Dec. 31, 2019.

For the Creativity Awards, esteemed juries convened by Ad Age will choose finalists and winners. See the judging section for this year’s 2020 Creativity Award judges. 

Creativity Awards honorees will be named in the following categories:

 

Work

Idea of the Year

Experiential Campaign of the Year

Content Marketing of the Year

Best Work for Good 

Tech Innovation of the Year

Craft of the Year 

Tiny But Mighty

 

People

Chief Creative Officer of the Year  

Creative Director of the Year

Creative of the Year

Chief Strategy Officer of the Year 

Strategic Planner of the Year

Media Planner of the Year

Brand Manager of the Year  

Account Manager of the Year 

Diversity & Inclusion Champion of the Year 

 

Production

Production Company of the Year and A-List

Agency Producer of the Year NEW

Director of the Year

Director to Watch NEW

Editorial Company of the Year NEW

VFX Company of the Year NEW

Music & Sound Company of the Year NEW

 

Business

Best ROI: Work that works  NEW

Best Launch of the Year  NEW

Visionary/Founder of the Year

D-to-C Brand of the Year NEW

 

For Creativity Awards judging criteria and entry instructions:

How to enter Ad Age Creativity Awards

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JUDGES

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The honorees in the long-running A-List Awards are handpicked by the editorial staff at Ad Age. For the Creativity Awards, esteemed juries convened by Ad Age will choose finalists and winners. See below for this year’s 2020 Creativity Award judges.

  Work Jury

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Judy John

Global Chief Creative Officer

Edelman

Judy John

Global Chief Creative Officer

Edelman

As the first ever global chief creative officer at Edelman, the world’s largest communications firm, Judy leads the team of creatives and planners. Before joining Edelman, she was at Leo Burnett where she served as chief creative officer for North America and CEO for Canada.

Judy has been recognized globally, winning at virtually every show and is known as the driving force behind the Always #LikeAGirl campaign which went on to win the Emmy for Outstanding Commercial, Black Pencil at D&AD, Titanium, Grand Prix and Glass Lion at Cannes, and was named by CBS as one of the top three Super Bowl Commercials of all time.

Judy ranked as the No. 1 chief creative officer in the world in Ad Age’s 2015 Awards Report, was named to Business Insider’s 30 Most Creative People in Advertising, and Ad Age’s Creativity 50 2014: The Most Creative People of the Year. And in 2019, she was on Gold House’s A100 List of Most Influential Asians in Culture.

Along the way, she’s judged and chaired top international awards shows including Cannes, Clios, ADC and D&AD. Judy also sits on the board of the One Club for Creativity, Ad Council Creative Review Board and Girl Culture Films Advisory Board.

 

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Hermeti Balarin

Partner & Executive Creative Director

Mother London

Hermeti Balarin

Partner & Executive Creative Director

Mother London

Hermeti Balarin started his career at Mother in 2007 as an intern. Over the last 12 years, he has risen rapidly through the agency's creative ranks and in 2015, alongside his partner Ana Balarin, was appointed as Mother’s first ever executive creative director in its 21-year history. During his time at the agency, Balarin has created culturally impactful work for all of the agency’s major clients, including KFC, IKEA and Coca-Cola. Before being appointed ECD, Balarin acted as a global creative director for Stella Artois. Under his watch, the brand produced populist and award-winning work, including for Stella Artois Cidre ‘C’est Cidre’ and Stella’s sponsorship of Wimbledon. Together, Balarin and Ana oversee all of Mother’s creative output, including IKEA’s much lauded “The Wonderful Everyday” work, which saw the brand named 2016 and 2017’s Creative Marketer of the Year by Campaign Magazine. In 2017, Balarin and Ana ranked amongst the top 3 creative leaders in the UK according to Campaign magazine.

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Chris Beresford-Hill

Chief Creative Officer

TBWA/Chiat/Day New York

Chris Beresford-Hill

Chief Creative Officer

TBWA/Chiat/Day New York

Chris Beresford-Hill is the chief creative officer of TBWA\Chiat\Day NY, where he is responsible for the agency’s creative output.

Under Beresford-Hill’s leadership, TBWA\Chiat\Day NY has transformed itself, resulting in industry and cultural recognition, including being ranked fifth on Ad Age’s 2019 Agency A-List and being named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies and Adweek's Network of the Year.

In addition, TBWA\Chiat\Day NY won Ad Age's Experiential Campaign of the Year; the inaugural YouTube awards’ “Best Creative;” Network of the Year from the Art Director’s Club (with three Best in Discipline awards); Best in Experiential at One Show; three Yellow Pencils at D&AD; and five Gold Lions, plus 13 more awards at Cannes (the most in the office’s history), all across a variety of clients, becoming one of the most creatively awarded agencies in the world.

Beresford-Hill is most proud of his partnerships at TBWA\Chiat\Day NY, where creativity is owned by the entire agency, not just the namesake department, and where there is a burgeoning culture of kindness.

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Bruno Bertelli

Global Chief Creative Officer

Publicis Worldwide

Bruno Bertelli

Global Chief Creative Officer

Publicis Worldwide

Born in Verona, after earning a degree in Semiotics, Bruno Bertelli made his first steps into copywriting in New York after attending the School of Visual Arts. He moved to JWT Italy in 1998, where he remained until 2010 with the role of creative director on high profile international accounts and executive creative director of the Rome office.

In January 2011, he joined Publicis Italy as executive creative director together with Cristiana Boccassini and in 2013 they were appointed global creative directors for Publicis Worldwide on Heineken and members of the International Creative Board. In November 2014, Publicis Worldwide appointed him CEO of Publicis Italy. Thanks to his work on the client, in June 2015 he was appointed as global leader on Heineken for the network and in November 2016, ECD of Publicis Western Europe.

In May 2016, Bertelli was nominated for global CCO of Publicis Worldwide, maintaining the role as CEO of Publicis Italy. Along with Boccassini, he is the most-awarded Italian creative in the world with 67 Cannes Lions, of which 14 are Gold, one Grand Clio and one Grand Prix at the NYF, as well as many other national and international awards. Bertelli led the Diesel brand to be recognized by the highly-coveted Ad Club of New York’s Brave Brands Award.

Ad Age named Bruno one of its Top 50 Creatives of 2017, alongside creative pioneers including Rihanna, Patty Jenkins and Terry Crews.

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Winston Binch

Chief Brand & Experience Officer

GALE Partners

Winston Binch

Chief Brand & Experience Officer

GALE Partners

Winston Binch leads Gale’s brand and experience team. Over the last 18 years, he’s advised countless global brands on the marketing potential of the digital age including Domino’s, American Express, Target, Burger King, Nike, Vail Resorts, Taco Bell and Volkswagen. Prior to joining Gale, Binch was an independent business consultant and chief digital officer of Deutsch North America. In 2017, he was named one of the 100 people who make advertising great by the 4A’s. In 2016, Adweek recognized him as one of the 50 most indispensable executives in marketing, media and tech. Before Deutsch, Binch led digital and was a partner at Crispin Porter Bogusky. He also worked at R/GA and Sony Music. Binch is a board member of Protect Our Winters, a non-profit dedicated to the fight against climate change. He has two daughters, lives in New York City and used to play guitar in a touring indie rock band, Stereobate.

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Joakim Borgström

Chief Creative Officer

BBH

Joakim Borgström

Chief Creative Officer

BBH

Joakim “Jab” Borgström is a highly acclaimed creative professional with over two decades of experience in the advertising industry.

Borgström started his career at BBH as group creative director in London in 2014. He moved to Singapore to take on the top creative role at the end of 2016 and was promoted to worldwide chief creative officer in September 2019.

Jab has a strong belief in the power of technology to unleash creativity. Under his tenure, BBH Singapore produced standout, broad ranging examples of modern creativity such as ‘Human Catalogue’ for IKEA and ‘Go BKK’, ‘Hypercourt’ and ‘Battle Force Live’ for Nike. In 2019, the agency launched an innovative new storytelling format in the form of the Nike Women Instazine, a sports magazine built for the social media generation. Borgström’s impact was recognized in 2018 when BBH Singapore was named Ad Age’s International Agency of the Year.

Borgström is the winner of over 170 awards including 20 One Show pencils, 11 Cannes Lions and a Cannes Grand Prix. He has been invited to sit on the jury of 20+ award shows and is a sought-after speaker in the industry.

Prior to joining BBH, Borgström held leadership roles at top global agencies including Goodby Silverstein & Partners in San Francisco, Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam and DoubleYou in Barcelona. Throughout his career, he has worked on global brands as diverse as Nike, Audi, Coca-Cola, Google, Doritos, Barclays, Heineken, and Chevrolet. Originally from Sweden— with Swedish and Argentinean heritage—Borgström has worked in five different countries and speaks as many languages.

borgstrom.com

@joakimborgstrom

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Andreas Dahlqvist

Chief Creative Officer & CEO

NORD DDB

Andreas Dahlqvist

Chief Creative Officer & CEO

NORD DDB

Andreas Dahlqvist has returned to DDB as chief creative officer and CEO of newly-formed NORD DDB, bringing the Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo and Helsinki shops together under one roof.

Prior to this new move, Dahlqvist was the chief creative officer of Grey New York where he oversaw a 350-person creative department. Under his leadership, Grey New York was for the first time ranked the number one agency in the U.S. and North America and the number two agency in the world by Cannes Lions in 2016.

Prior to joining Grey in 2015, Dahlqvist was president of the McCann Creative Leadership Council, the global creative group that inspires and promotes creative excellence across the McCann network, and chief creative officer at Commonwealth, the global, dedicated business unit serving Chevrolet and General Motors. Previously, Dahlqvist served as vice chairman of McCann New York and deputy CCO for Global Brands. Dahlqvist started his career at McCann by leading McCann NY to its most awarded year ever, the highlight of which was being named Agency of the Year at The Art Director’s Club. Prior to McCann, Dahlqvist founded DDB in Sweden. Under his creative and strategic leadership, the Gunn Report ranked the agency both the best interactive and best digital agency in the world. The agency was also ranked the best creative agency in the region for three consecutive years.

Over his career, Dahlqvist has created many groundbreaking campaigns for clients such as Gillette, NFL, McDonald’s, DirecTV, AT&T, General Mills, Diesel Jeans, Coca-Cola, Chevrolet, The Swedish Armed Forces, Volvo, Skoda, Panasonic and Volkswagen to name a few. Some of his recent most awarded campaigns include The Gun Shop for States United to Prevent Gun Violence, Super Bowl Babies for the NFL, Volvo Interception and #DadDo for Pantene. Among the big award winners was “The Fun Theory” for Volkswagen—the most viral campaign in the world at the time. Dahlqvist has won nearly every major creative award in existence, including Cannes Titanium and Grand Prix Lions. He has been listed on Ad Age’s Creativity 50, an annual list of innovators and category-definers who help to shape and redefine advertising, marketing and popular culture at large.

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Ann Christine Diaz

Creativity Editor

Ad Age

Ann Christine Diaz

Creativity Editor

Ad Age

 

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Tim Gordon

Co-Chief Creative Officer

Droga5

Tim Gordon

Co-Chief Creative Officer

Droga5

Tim Gordon joined Droga5 in 2008 as one of the first creatives. Having helped grow the agency during its formative years, Gordon rose the ranks in the creative department and was promoted to executive creative director in 2017. As one of Droga5’s first employees, Gordon has been behind some of the agency’s most acclaimed creative work for its clients including Puma, Under Armour, The New York Times and Chase. As co-chief creative officer, Gordon, oversees the creative department in New York so that it continues to foster high-caliber creativity for all of Droga5’s clients.

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Alexandra Jardine

Associate Creativity Editor U.K.

Ad Age

Alexandra Jardine

Associate Creativity Editor U.K.

Ad Age

 

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Fernando Machado

Global Chief Marketing Officer

Burger King

Fernando Machado

Global Chief Marketing Officer

Burger King

Fernando Machado is a global marketer with a passion for growing brands and businesses. With more than 120 Lions won at Cannes Lions (including five Grand Prix), 16 D&AD Yellow Pencils, one Grandy (McWhopper), and two Grand Effies in North America, Machado is known for pushing the creative boundaries to drive business growth.

Currently as global CMO at Burger King, Machado’s focus is infusing the brand with purpose, modernizing the design and inspiring the organization around brand development. Under Machado’s leadership, Burger King became Client of the Year at the D&AD in 2016, Creative Marketer of the Year at Cannes Lions in 2017, Client of the Year at the One Show in 2018 and Advertiser of the Year at the Clio Awards in 2018. Machado led campaigns such as “Proud Whopper, “McWhopper,” “Google Home of the Whopper,” “Burning Stores,” “Bullying Jr.,” “Whopper Neutrality,” and “Scary Clown Night.”

Prior to joining BK, Machado worked for 18 years at Unilever. Starting as an intern, he moved up the ranks working different product categories and brands including Dove, where he led the groundbreaking “Beauty Sketches”—which went on to win a Titanium Grand Prix at Cannes Lions in 2013.

Fernando was recognized by Adweek as Grand Brand Genius in 2013 and 2018 (the only person to ever win twice), by the AD Club of NY as Marketer of the Year in 2017, by Business Insider as top 10 most innovative CMOs in 2017 and 2018, by Ad Age as one of the top 50 most creative people in the business in 2017, and by Forbes as Top 100 Most Creative Minds in Business.

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Vicki Maguire

Incoming Chief Creative Officer

Havas London

Vicki Maguire

Incoming Chief Creative Officer

Havas London

Vicki Maguire is the incoming chief creative officer of Havas London. One of the most high-profile and awarded creative leaders working in the industry today, she is a regular Cannes Lions juror and speaker, has been named one of advertising’s Women of Tomorrow by the IPA, was voted one of the 10 most influential women in advertising by Business Insider and, from 2016-2018, was the first-ever female chair of the Creative Circle Awards. She has previously worked for agencies across the UK, Europe and Australia including Amsterdam International, Mojo, Wieden + Kennedy and, most recently, Grey London, where she spent the past 10 years.

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Ryan O'Rourke

Global Creative Director, Nike

Wieden+Kennedy Portland

Ryan O'Rourke

Global Creative Director, Nike

Wieden+Kennedy Portland

Ryan O’Rourke is the global creative director on Nike at Wieden + Kennedy in Portland, Oregon.

O’Rourke joined W+K in 2003 and began serving as creative director in 2010.

As creative director, O’Rourke oversees every category on Nike’s global business and contributes to the broad range of storytelling W+K has helped Nike establish across the globe. O’Rourke’s leadership has led to the creation of some of the most celebrated and globally recognized campaigns.

As a creative director, O’Rourke has overseen NBA campaigns featuring Kobe Bryant and LeBron James including “LeBron’s Rise,” the “Find Your Greatness” and “Unlimited” Olympics campaigns and the “Risk Everything” World Cup campaign. Some of his most recent work includes the Cannes Lion-winning “Breaking 2” campaign, and the entirety of the 30th anniversary “Just Do It” campaign—arguably the most talked about advertising campaign of the year.

Prior to serving as creative director, O’Rourke was an art director on Nike, where his work included “Fate,” “Human Chain,” “Leave Nothing,” “The Michael Vick Experience,” and “Livestrong.”

During his time at W+K, O’Rourke has also worked on Target, AOL, Powerade and Procter & Gamble’s Winter Olympics “Proud Sponsor of Moms” campaign.

Prior to working at W+K, O’Rourke spent over three years as an art director at Crispin Porter + Bogusky in Miami, Florida where he created campaigns for Ikea, MINI Cooper and Truth.

O’Rourke’s work has been recognized by The One Show, Cannes, Clios, D&AD, Communication Arts, Art Director’s Club, the Effies, Entertainment Weekly Magazine, Time Magazine, ESPN’s Sportscenter and The New York Times, and skewered on the Dave Chappelle Show and South Park.

O’Rourke is originally from Western Pennsylvania and he is a proud 1999 graduate of graphic design from Penn State University.

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Tiffany Rolfe

EVP Chief Creative Officer U.S.

R/GA

Tiffany Rolfe

EVP Chief Creative Officer U.S.

R/GA

As EVP Chief Creative Officer US, Tiffany Rolfe champions R/GA’s creative vision across the agency’s six U.S. offices and works in partnership with Richard Ting, EVP global chief experience officer and US chief creative officer, to lead creative teams that work at the intersection of business and culture to deliver transformational work to global clients.

Rolfe is well-known for developing strategic creative solutions that lead to business and cultural impact, and she brings over 20 years of design and creative experience to her position. Prior to R/GA, she spent over six years at Co:Collective as Partner and Chief Creative Officer, where she acted as lead partner for the Puma account and oversaw a highly successful campaign that catapulted YouTube stars to fame. Before Co:Collective, she spent a decade at CP+B where she was VP, Executive Creative Director and led accounts such as MINI Cooper, Microsoft, VW, American Express, Hulu, Virgin Atlantic, Burger King and Old Navy.

Rolfe’s work has been featured in leading publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, Ad Age, and Adweek. Her work has earned awards at every major creative and effectiveness competition including Best of Show at One Show, Grand Prix and Titanium Lions at Cannes Lions and a Grand Clio.

Rolfe was named one of Ad Age’s Women to Watch and is currently on the board of The One Club and the Ad Council Creative Committee. She is particularly proud of the work she did with ACLU following the 2016 election, where she led brand identity and external campaigns.

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Chaka Sobhani

Chief Creative Officer

Leo Burnett London

Chaka Sobhani

Chief Creative Officer

Leo Burnett London

Chaka Sobhani is chief creative officer of Leo Burnett London. With 20 years of experience as an award winning director, writer and creative director, she has worked for the biggest broadcasters, brands and agencies worldwide.

She hasn’t had a conventional advertising career, having spent over 10 years as a filmmaker and in television. Sobhani was recruited by ITV to set up and ECD its first in-house creative agency, production company and design studio. During this time, the network regained the no. 1 position in the UK, created its most successful global formats and content in the X Factor and Downton Abbey, and won the prestigious Channel of the Year for the first time in the agency’s history, as well as numerous BAFTA’s and the Rose D’Or.

Sobhani then spent a number of years at leading independent agency Mother, running a number of accounts and building its content ability, before joining Leo Burnett. She has worked on countless brands including McDonalds, Boots, Coca Cola, Kellogg, Co-op, Sky, NSPCC, Stella Artois, Agent Provocateur and Adidas. Highly awarded amongst all the major honours, Sobhani has overseen Leo Burnett London be named 2016 Agency of the Year by Epica and 2016 Direct Agency of the Year by Campaign, as well be part of the most awarded network in the world, according to Ad Age’s 2015 Awards Report.

 

 

 

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Suzanne Powers

Global Chief Strategy Officer

McCann Worldgroup

Suzanne Powers

Global Chief Strategy Officer

McCann Worldgroup

As the global chief strategy officer of McCann Worldgroup, Suzanne Powers is responsible for the strategic development of the company and its clients’ brands across all regions and agencies.

Under her leadership, McCann was named Most Creatively Effective Global Network by the Effies in 2018 and 2019; the Effies Agency of the Year in 2017 and 2018; and the No. 1 advertising agency network for creative effectiveness in the 2019 WARC Effective 100 rankings.

A known advocate for talent ideas and creativity, Powers was named 2019 Chief Strategy Office of the Year by Ad Age.

Powers joined McCann in 2013 from Crispin Porter + Bogusky, where she served as global strategy officer. Prior to CP+B, Powers led global brand strategy at TBWA for more than 10 years and helped to develop the “Disruption” philosophy and practice worldwide.

 

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Alex Bodman

VP, Global Executive Creative Director

Spotify

Alex Bodman

VP, Global Executive Creative Director

Spotify

After a decade working at creative agencies in Australia, South East Asia and the U.S., Alex Bodman joined Spotify in 2015. In the four years since, he has built its creative group to over 55 people, creating award-winning work that spans digital, data storytelling, documentary content, artist marketing, outdoor, broadcast, original music, content identity and experiential. Originally from Sydney, Australia, he now lives in Brooklyn.

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Lisa Clunie

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

JOAN Creative

Lisa Clunie

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

JOAN Creative

Lisa Clunie is the co-founder and chief executive officer of JOAN Creative. Over the past few years, JOAN has launched a series of companies under its banner. JOAN develops brand strategies and premium advertising for a broad range of clients, including Facebook, Uber, Keds, SafeAuto, Georgia Pacific and General Mills. Damn Joan creates playful and provocative original content for its hyper-loyal audience, defined by their joyfully rebellious spirit. JOAN Studios is an at-scale production and distribution company. JOAN was named an Agency to Watch by Ad Age in 2018. Prior to launching her company in 2016, Clunie was the chief operating officer for Refinery29.

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Ann Christine Diaz

Creativity Editor

Ad Age

Ann Christine Diaz

Creativity Editor

Ad Age

 

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Abbey Klaassen

President

360i New York

Abbey Klaassen

President

360i New York

As President of the agency’s largest office and headquarters, Abbey Klaassen plays a critical role on 360i’s executive steering committee guiding direction and strategic decisions for the company. She is responsible for the growth and culture of the agency’s New York location, home to 500 employees and numerous marquee accounts. As part of her remit, Klaassen leads national practices including social marketing, influencer marketing & PR, agency communications and new business, and acts as executive sponsor for key client accounts.

Klaassen was named one of Ad Age’s Women to Watch in 2018, the same year she was inducted into the American Advertising Federation Hall of Achievement in recognition of her contributions to the industry.

Klaassen joined 360i in 2015 as chief marketing officer, overseeing marketing, public relations and business development initiatives and developing new and existing lines of business for the agency. Previously, Klaassen was at 360i parent company Dentsu Aegis Network (DAN) where she most recently served as director of corporate strategy development for the Americas, helping shape acquisition strategy, the enterprise innovation agenda and core capabilities. Prior to joining DAN, Klaassen spent a decade at Ad Age where she rose to the position of associate publisher, overseeing editorial, content marketing and audience development.

Klaassen currently sits on the 4A’s Board of Directors. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Drake University in Iowa.

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José Mollá

Founder and Chief Creative Officer

The Community/La Comunidad

José Mollá

Founder and Chief Creative Officer

The Community/La Comunidad

José Molla has been the co-founder and chief creative officer of The Community/La Comunidad, an agency with offices in Miami, Buenos Aires, NY, San Francisco and London, since 2001.

Before opening The Community, Molla was creative director at Wieden+Kennedy in Portland, Oregon for five years. His work for Nike International, Coca-Cola and PowerBar led him to work at Wieden’s Amsterdam and London offices.

Prior to Wieden+Kennedy, Molla worked at Ratto/BBDO in Argentina as a writer and then executive creative director. Under Molla’s leadership, Ratto/BBDO won more national and international awards than any other Argentinean agency and was named “Agency of the Year” by Ad Age in 1996.

Molla has judged international Awards, such as The One Show, Cannes, Clios, D&AD, ANDYS, Art Directors Club, and London Festival several times. He is also a Board Member of The One Club for Creativity and served as Chairman of the Board for 4 years.

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John Moore

Global CEO

MediaHub

John Moore

Global CEO

MediaHub

As global CEO, John is responsible for crafting the vision and spearheading business development across all offices, including New York, Boston, Los Angeles, London, and Sydney. He has built an international operation that focuses on putting creativity at the core of every media solution as consumers become more skilled at throwing out unwanted messages.

Mediahub works with the most prominent brands in the world, including Netflix, Twitch, Pinterest, Viacom, Chipotle, Royal Caribbean, Fox Entertainment, and Fox Sports. Mediahub was named Adweek’s 2018 Media Agency of the Year and Ad Age’s 2019 Media Agency of the Year. John was named Adweek’s 2018 Media Executive of the Year, and he was also named an Ad Age Media Maven in 2010.

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John Patroulis

Worldwide Chief Creative Officer

Grey

John Patroulis

Worldwide Chief Creative Officer

Grey

John Patroulis was named worldwide CCO of Grey in 2017. Prior, Patroulis spent six years at BBH New York, starting as CCO and rising to become its first-ever creative chairman. Before BBH, Patroulis co-founded both agencytwofifteen and T.A.G., where he led the Xbox Halo 3 “Believe” global campaign, the most creatively awarded campaign of the decade. Earlier at TBWA\Chiat\Day, he helped lead the global “Impossible is Nothing” campaign for adidas, which propelled adidas to be named “Advertiser of the Year” at Cannes. Patroulis has won every top creative honor, including the Cannes Glass Lion and the Cannes Grand Prix.

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I-Hsien Sherwood

Associate Creativity Editor

Ad Age

I-Hsien Sherwood

Associate Creativity Editor

Ad Age

 

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Bonnie Wan

Partner and Director of Brand Strategy

Goodby Silverstein & Partners

Bonnie Wan

Partner and Director of Brand Strategy

Goodby Silverstein & Partners

Bonnie Wan is partner and director of brand strategy at Goodby Silverstein & Partners. In her time at the helm, the agency has surged in momentum, grown $1 billion in new media billings and added Pepsi, BMW, Liberty Mutual, HP, One Medical, Soda Stream, SF Giants, Chase Center and Indio Agriculture to its client roster. Wan has also led the growth of Brand Camp, an accelerated and concentrated path to identifying a brand’s position and POV.

Wan’s leadership has resulted in some of the agency’s most notable work this year. For example, BMW’s Certified Pre-Owned program campaign cleverly re-engineers old BMW ads to demonstrate the long-standing value of BMW cars. For Liberty Mutual, she helped develop the Limu Emu “Only pay for what you need” campaign and informed a refresh of “Truth Tellers,” taking an absurd twist on an old formula and boosting brand recall by 25%. Wan was instrumental in the creation of HP’s “Get Real” campaign which examines technology’s impact on the ways we connect, create and relate.

Wan was also part of the team that created Lessons in Herstory, an augmented-reality app that rewrites and rebalances history education by showcasing the stories of women who have been omitted. The app has been featured in Fast Company, Good Morning America and Fortune. The app has been used in middle schools across seven US states, and its reach went global when amplified by The World Economic Forum, UN Women and The Global Summit of Women.

Wan is also creator, teacher and keynote lecturer for “The Life Brief,” a practice that gained public recognition after her article on the topic became Campaign magazine’s fifth-most-shared piece in 2016. It has earned her speaking appearances at the 3% Conference, Bain Consulting Group, University of Oregon and Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop. And as a mother of four kids, Bonnie’s experiences as a female breadwinner is chronicled in the documentary film The Big Flip.

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Emily Wilcox

Head of Account Management

Johannes Leonardo

Emily Wilcox

Head of Account Management

Johannes Leonardo

As head of account management, Emily Wilcox leads our team of account leaders across our portfolio of client businesses. She believes that great account leadership starts with strategically minded, creatively passionate people who are eager to solve business problems with the power of creativity.

Before joining Johannes Leonardo, Wilcox was senior vice president, group account director at Saatchi & Saatchi where she led the General Mills account across a portfolio of brands including Cheerios, Pillsbury, Green Giant, Yoplait and Progresso, was a member of the New York leadership team and led agency integration across the Publicis Groupe network. Prior to Saatchi & Saatchi, Wilcox worked at William Morris Endeavor Entertainment on the Global Revlon and Almay businesses, specializing in the development of celebrity talent campaigns.

As a strong supporter of the next generation of advertising talent, Wilcox has been a guest speaker at AAF AdCamp, and has been involved in multiple youth development programs throughout her career. She holds a B.A. in Public Communications from SUNY College at Buffalo, and an M.B.A. from The College of St. Rose. An avid runner and tennis player, Wilcox lives in Queens with her husband and daughter.

 

 

 

  Production Jury

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Nathy Aviram

Chief Production Officer

McCann NY

Nathy Aviram

Chief Production Officer

McCann NY

An award-winning producer and content director, Nathy Aviram oversees all production at McCann across broadcast, digital and experiential for the agency’s clients. Additionally, he leads the development effort on innovation initiatives. Aviram’s recent work includes the technologically groundbreaking “Field Trip to Mars” and “Fearless Girl,” the bronze statue that sparked a cultural debate.

After starting his career in the New York indie film community, Aviram spent ten years producing some of the world’s most awarded and iconic advertising, including Absolut Films, one of the first examples of integrated branded content, as well as the original Skittles and Starburst campaigns and “Y’all vs Us,” a 12 episode docu-series about Mississippi High School Football for Cellular South that ran on Fox Sports.

 

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Sally Campbell

Co-Founder

Somesuch

Sally Campbell

Co-Founder

Somesuch

Sally Campbell co-founded Somesuch in 2010, named this year as Production Company of the Decade by Campaign Magazine.

From inception, Campbell has propelled the colossal success of the business with her unbridled passion for craft, whether producing iconic music videos, original content or award-winning commercials. Under Campbell’s fearless leadership, Somesuch holds an elite roster of directing talent and more female directors than any other production company.

At her heart is a desire to create socially conscious work. Most recently: “Happy Birthday, Mr. Vice President,” Gillette’s “We Believe...,” Secret’s “I’d Rather Get Paid,” work for The UN, Nike’s “Dream Crazier” and “Viva la Vulva” which won a Grand Prix, Titanium and six Gold Lions at Cannes Lions and a Black Pencil at the D&AD Awards.

In 2018, Campbell opened the second Somesuch office in Los Angeles and continues to build on the impressive growth of the company’s U.S. commercial production business. In January 2019, she was appointed “director at large” on the AICP National Board.

Somesuch was crowned Production Company of the Year by Campaign Magazine in 2015, 2017 and 2019. Just nine years into its existence, Somesuch has received the same accolade from Ad Age and Creativity (2018), at the UK MVAs (2018), twice at The British Arrows (2018, 2019) and from Televisual Magazine (2017).

This year, Somesuch placed third in the Palme d’Or, the accolade presented to the most awarded production company of the year at Cannes Lions.

Sally leads the charge in expanding her company’s feature and TV development slate. Following 2017’s BAFTA win for “Home,” 2018 saw the release of Aoife McArdle’s debut feature, “Kissing Candice,” co-produced by Campbell and screened at both the Toronto International Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival. Campbell is currently developing multiple feature film and TV projects in both the U.S. and U.K.

Alongside this, Campbell strives for diversity, not only within her own company, but within the wider industry of production as a whole. In both the U.K. and U.S., Sally oversees her company’s internship program which gives young people from all cultural backgrounds an invaluable introduction to the industry. A number of these interns, having been closely mentored by Sally, are now in full time employment within Somesuch as producers, directors and creators of the future.

 

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Michelle Craig

Managing and Creative Partner

UNIT9

Michelle Craig

Managing and Creative Partner

UNIT9

Michelle Craig is an award-winning writer, producer, director and managing & creative partner for UNIT9, Ad Age’s 2019 Production Company of the Year. Her early work in immersive theatre and film has enabled her to lead the way with emerging content. Craig’s true passion is establishing young directors and scouting talent which is reflected in the roster. Her belief that everything has a story has been something that UNIT9 has focused on regardless of platform, and has helped impact work for Save The Children, Greenpeace and more traditional advertisers like Gatorade, Amazon and Nike.

 

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Sally-Ann Dale

Chief Creation Officer

Droga5

Sally-Ann Dale

Chief Creation Officer

Droga5

Sally-Ann Dale is an award-winning international producer with three decades of experience. She was head of TV at Saatchi & Saatchi London before moving to New York City in 2003 to work at Publicis. In 2006, she helped start Droga5 and now serves as the chief creation officer, overseeing production and Second Child. Fast Company named Dale one of the most creative people in business in 2016. She lives in Brooklyn with her two children.

 

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Ann Christine Diaz

Creativity Editor

Ad Age

Ann Christine Diaz

Creativity Editor

Ad Age

 

 

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Kerstin Emhoff

Co-Founder and President

PRETTYBIRD

Kerstin Emhoff

Co-Founder and President

PRETTYBIRD

Kerstin Emhoff is the co-founder & president of PRETTYBIRD, a hybrid production company she established with director Paul Hunter in 2008. With offices in Los Angeles and London, PRETTYBIRD is home to a diverse roster of filmmakers, creatives and collaborators with a distinct vision to produce inspiring content for all forms of entertainment.

Well-connected and reputable, Emhoff is recognized for her successful and long- lasting relationships with top agencies, clients, artists and managers. Her experience and unique style across various mediums and platforms have continuously allowed her to stand out in her industry. Under her direction, PRETTYBIRD has collected Grammys, Emmys, D&AD Awards, Cannes Lions & Grand Prix, Clio’s and MTV Video Music Awards—in addition to being named Ad Age’s 2015 Production Company of the Year.

Doubling as a producer and an executive producer, Emhoff has been involved in a wide range of PRETTYBIRD’s eclectic work, including Intel & Lady Gaga’s David Bowie Tribute at the 2016 Grammy Awards; Netflix’s epic EDM rave film XOXO starring Sarah Hyland; Atlas Entertainment’s The Monster, directed by Brian Bertino; and Greg Barker’s HBO Documentary The Final Year. Emhoff has produced over 13 movies and documentaries, including HBO’s 2013 Primetime Emmy Award Winner Manhunt: The Inside Story of the Hunt for Bin Laden and the Oscar shortlisted documentary The Tillman Story. Recently, her feature documentary Ready for War, directed by PRETTYBIRD’s Andrew Renzi and co-executive produced by Candice Dragonas, premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. Additionally, her documentary A/K/A I Am Jane Roe, capturing Norma McCorvey, the original ‘Jane Roe’ plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court Roe v. Wade case, during what would be the final year of her life as she reveals the truth behind her journey from pro-choice to pro- life activist, was acquired by FX.

Emhoff is a respected member of several esteemed juries and creative industry organizations. She has served on the AICP Board for over ten years, including two terms as AICP/West President. She is a member of the D&AD International Advisory Panel and Los Angeles’ Mayor Garcetti’s Entertainment Advisory Panel.

Emhoff is currently developing Pipelines, a diversity and inclusion platform aimed toward combating the disconnect between minorities and jobs within entertainment, tech and creative industries.

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Matt Hunnincutt

Executive Director of Production

Wieden + Kennedy Portland

Matt Hunnincutt

Executive Director of Production

Wieden + Kennedy Portland

As executive director of production, Matt Hunnicutt oversees Wieden + Kennedy Portland’s productions across all content platform for clients including Nike, Facebook, Coca-Cola, Old Spice, P&G, Instagram, KFC, Magic Leap, Travel Oregon and Samsung.

Hunnicutt was previously Wieden + Kennedy’s Nike Global and North America executive producer and integrated director and, before that, executive producer on Facebook and Coke. He joined Wieden + Kennedy in 2006 as a senior producer from BBDO in Chicago.

In his past production life, Hunnicutt was a documentary producer for National Geographic, Discovery and A&E after beginning his career as a National Eastman Kodak Scholar working with the ICG in Hollywood at Warner Bros Studios.

Hunnicutt’s team has helped Wieden + Kennedy be named the World’s #1 Most Innovative Company in Advertising & Marketing in 2018 and 2019 by Fast Company, as well as similar 2019 agency of the year achievements by Ad Age, Adweek and Cannes Lions.

Hunnicutt has family roots in Detroit and Austin, and currently lives in Portland with his wife and their three young children.

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Diane Jackson

Chief Production Officer

DDB

Diane Jackson

Chief Production Officer

DDB

Diane Jackson transcends barriers and expectations, not only by what she does for DDB as their chief production officer, but by sustaining DDB Chicago’s growth and profile in the industry. Her influence continues to permeate the company both locally and globally on brands such as State Farm, Mars Wrigley, Miller Coors and FCA’s Jeep.

Jackson is one of the top production executives in the US because of her ability to turn creative ideas into reality. She’s a transcendent leader of integrated production.

Jackson has served on multiple juries for Cannes, D&AD, One Show, AICP and London International Awards.

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Dana May

Head of Integrated Production

Free Agent

Dana May

Head of Integrated Production

Free Agent

Dana May is an industry vet in agency production, known for her deep passion and leadership in driving creative excellence.

May was most recently head of integrated production at Johannes Leonardo, where she built and led a team of fully integrated producers, business affairs managers and a nimble in-house production crew. She was a member of the management team that helped the agency achieve the best year in its history—ranking #4 on the Ad Age A-List in 2018—with six major new business wins including Volkswagen, Gap Inc., MassMutual, EA Sports, Amazon and Bleacher Report.

Before joining Johannes Leonardo, Dana led production for the Verizon Wireless business at McCann, and prior to that she was head of production at CHI&Partners, now The&Partnership, where she helped take it from five employees to about 150 across North America with new business wins including The Wall Street Journal, Diageo’s Bulleit Bourbon, Hotel Indigo, Samsung and TELUS (Canada).

May has produced award-winning work at other creative agencies such as Droga5, Anomaly, BBH, Mother and Ogilvy. In 2009, she was in Creativity’s Agency Producers report.

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Diane McArter

Founder and President

Furlined

Diane McArter

Founder and President

Furlined

Diane McArter is the founder and president of Furlined. An award-winning roster of directors has earned Furlined a reputation as one of the top creative companies in the industry.

In 2018, McArter was president of the Film Craft jury at The Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity.

She is honored to participate in Creativity Awards inaugural jury for Production.

McArter spearheads her company’s commitment to social responsibility. She is cofounder of ManifestWorks, a non-profit organization that connects those impacted by foster care, homelessness and incarceration with job opportunities, providing the life and professional skills training for long-term success.

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John McKelvey

Executive Creative Director and Founder

Mirimar Group

John McKelvey

Executive Creative Director and Founder

Mirimar Group

John McKelvey is an Emmy award-winning writer, founder and chief creative officer of Mirimar Creative Group in Los Angeles and New York. Mirimar creates cultural impact for brands at the intersection of advertising, entertainment and technology. McKelvey was previously co-founder of JohnXHannes. Under his leadership, it was named Ad Age’s Small Agency of the Year in 2018 and 2019, Fast Company’s Top 10 World’s Most Innovative Companies in 2019 and awarded #3 Worldwide Independent Agency at Cannes Lions.

Throughout his career working in the U.S., Europe and Australasia, McKelvey has partnered with the world’s leading brands, athletes and celebrities to tell authentic stories in culture, including Apple, Beats by Dre, Nike, Under Armour, Google, Squarespace, Expensify and Montefiore. His recent work includes “Expensify Th!$,” the world’s first music video you can expense, with rapper 2 Chainz; the feature film Corazon, a Tribeca Film Festival finalist that won the Cannes Lions Grand Prix; and a partnership with John Malkovich and Squarespace. McKelvey’s work has been awarded the highest industry accolades for both creativity and effectiveness, including an Emmy, multiple Cannes Grand Prix, Webby Awards, Best of Show at The One Show, D&AD and Gold Effies. It’s been featured in The New York Times, Time magazine, Vanity Fair, Vogue, The Wall Street Journal, and on CNN, ABC and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

McKelvey has been honored by the United Nations and was ranked number one Creative Director on The One Club’s rankings in the U.S. He recently served as a judge at the Cannes Lions Festival of International Creativity and delivered the keynote speech at Princeton University’s 2018 media summit.

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Patrick Milling-Smith

Producer and Co-Founder / President

SMUGGLER

Patrick Milling-Smith

Producer and Co-Founder / President

SMUGGLER

Patrick Milling-Smith is producer, co-founder and president of international production company SMUGGLER Inc, Ad Age’s 2017 Production Company of the Year. From a Tony Award Winning Broadway musical, Grammy-winning album, multiple Cannes Lions Grand Prix, Palme d’Ors, Clios, category-defining virtual & augmented reality, to Emmy-awarded storytelling, Milling-Smith’s focus is on innovative storytelling and working with first-class talent to create impactful work that resonates, regardless of the medium or platform.

Notable theatre projects include international hit and 8x Tony Award Winning Musical “Once;” an audience-favorite Broadway show “Seminar” starring the late Alan Rickman and extended by Jeff Goldblum; a virtual reality experience of Othello which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May; the stage adaptation of Robert Evans memoir “The Kid Stays in the Picture”—which had a sold-out run at the Royal Court Theatre in London—written and directed by Simon McBurney; and the one-night-only Broadway Musical “Skittles Commercial: The Broadway Musical” by playwrights Will Eno and Nathanial Lawlor and starring Michael C. Hall. Upcoming projects include the musical production of "Sing Street" opening on December 18 at New York Theatre Workshop and moving to Broadway for an opening in April 2020.

Recent film projects include the recently released New York Times Critics’ Pick movie “Weightless,” written by Edna Walsh and directed by Jaron Albertin.

Milling-Smith has served as the Jury Chairman of the Clio awards and on the board of The New York Theatre Workshop and currently sits on the board of Immersive theatre company Punchdrunk International (Sleep No More).

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Jenny Read

EVP, Director of Integrated Production

Saatchi & Saatchi NY and Publicis NY

Jenny Read

EVP, Director of Integrated Production

Saatchi & Saatchi NY and Publicis NY

Jenny Read’s career hasn’t always taken the traditional path. Her first job was in social work before moving to advertising, only to find the sole difference is that the budgets are bigger.

From her first agency job as an art buyer she moved to producing print and TV for global beauty companies at agencies and in-house. Since then, she has held just about every job you can have in production, and with that experience brings a well-rounded point of view to every endeavor.

Currently the director of integrated production at Saatchi & Saatchi and Publicis New York, she brings over 20 years of production experience.

Prior to helming Publicis Groupe’s multiagency production arm in New York, Read was the head of production at KBS, where she also created and ran the Armoury, its in-house content production studio. The Armoury went on to create the agency’s first short film to be featured in the Tribeca Film Festival.

From shooting Super Bowl spots to print campaigns, developing and evolving in-house production facilities, filming in over 20 countries, producing countless videos and having work in every major production awards show—Read has it covered.

 

 

 

 

  Business Jury

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Jonathan Mildenhall

Co-Founder & CEO

TwentyFirstCenturyBrand

Jonathan Mildenhall

Co-Founder & CEO

TwentyFirstCenturyBrand

Jonathan Mildenhall has recently launched his own brand consultancy called TwentyFirstCenturyBrand. Based in San Francisco, TwentyFirstCenturyBrand counts industry leaders like Sean Parker and Arianna Huffington as founding clients alongside Pinterest, WeWork, Harklinikken, Airtime, GoDaddy, Peloton, Uber, UberEats, TurboTax, College Track and Nextdoor. Mildenhall specializes in helping founders and CEOs realize the potential of their company brand and the financial value that purpose-driven marketing can help create. In 2014 he joined Airbnb as CMO when Airbnb had just broken into that $1 billion unicorn status, with the mission to transform the industry-disrupting property rental platform into the next global iconic super brand. In four years, the Airbnb brand has won countless awards, now defines popular culture and is valued at over $35 billion. In 2006 Jonathan became VP of global advertising strategy and creative at the Coca-Cola Company after a career running successful ad agencies. He led the team that launched CocaCola’s global marketing platform “Open Happiness,” which became their most profitable and awarded marketing platform ever

 

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Paul Caiozzo

Founder

ID

Paul Caiozzo

Founder

ID

Paul Caiozzo is the founder of ID, Ad Age’s 2019 Small Agency of the Year. His work has been parodied on SNL, praised by Al Gore, debated on CNN and put on display in both The Smithsonian and The Museum of Modern Art. Memorable campaigns include “Whopper Freakout” and “Help I Want to Save a Life,” both featured in the Taschen book “GameChangers” about the work that has redefined advertising. Outside of advertising, Caiozzo is a limited partner at a venture capital firm and an advisor to numerous startups. A short film Caiozzo co-wrote was chosen as an official selection at Sundance, and he recently produced an art installation for The Walker Art Center.

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Natasha Case

Founder & CEO

Coolhaus

Natasha Case

Founder & CEO

Coolhaus

Natasha Case founded Coolhaus in 2009 with Freya Estreller after working in architecture at Walt Disney Imagineering. They launched their architecturally-inspired, unique ice cream sandwich company from their barely drivable postal van at the Coachella Music Festival to an audience of 100,000. They built a loyal following over the festival weekend and returned to L.A. to an abundance of viral press, a rapidly building social media following and an eager foodie audience. Since then, Case has been named one of Forbes’s 30 Under 30 for food and beverage, Zagat’s 30 Under 30, LinkedIn’s 10 Under 35 for food and leisure, and more recently, UCLA LGBTQ+ 2019 Alum of the Year. She has been featured in many national publications and media outlets like Cosmo, Dwell, Bon Appetit, Bustle, Vice and NPR and Food52, and TV shows including Food Network’s Chopped, Barefoot Contessa, Unique Sweets, Good Morning America, King of Cones, Andy Cohen Live and Top Chef Junior. Case also co-hosts her own podcast, ‘Start to Sale,’ through Eater/Vox Media. In 2019, she was named UCLA LGBT Recent Alumni of the Year and joined YPO Beverly Hills Chapter. She has done brand partnerships with Bustle, Lexus, MeUndies and K-Swiss amongst others. The company has become a pioneer in dessert innovation with its thoughtfully architected creations and is the leading women-owned ice cream business at grocery stores, growing significantly to include not only four trucks and two storefronts in L.A., two trucks in NYC and four trucks in Texas, but consumers can now find Coolhaus’s artisan crafted ice cream sandwiches, pints and bars in 7,500+ gourmet grocery stores (in every state) ranging from Whole Foods and Wegman’s to Kroger, Safeway Albertson’s and Publix. Coolhaus is distributed internationally in Asia and the Middle East as well. In 2019, Coolhaus launched its first dairy-free line with sandwiches and pints which has been a huge success at Whole Foods and other specialty/natural stores.

Today, Case leads the way as the CEO of Coolhaus, leading innovation—including novelties that will roll out in 2020—and guiding the brand with fresh, unique ideas that keep Coolhaus on top of its game as zealous expansion to become the household brand of the millennial generation continues.

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Andrea Collins

VP of Marketing

Hippo

Andrea Collins

VP of Marketing

Hippo

Andrea Collins brings nearly two decades of marketing and communications experience to Hippo where she’s responsible for overseeing the company’s multi-platform brand strategies and campaigns. While at Hippo, the company’s sales have grown 25% month-over-month and quickly became one of the industry’s insurtech leaders, earning its minted “unicorn” status in 2019.

Prior to joining Hippo Insurance, Collins served as VP of communications and PR at PolicyGenius, a leading insurance marketplace in NYC and U.S. managing director of Clarity, a communications and creative agency specializing in fintech and consumer tech.

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Ann Christine Diaz

Creativity Editor

Ad Age

Ann Christine Diaz

Creativity Editor

Ad Age

 

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Jarrod Dicker

VP of Commercial Technology and Development

The Washington Post

Jarrod Dicker

VP of Commercial Technology and Development

The Washington Post

Jarrod Dicker is the Vice President of commercial technology and development at The Washington Post and founder of RED, The Post’s proprietary research experimentation and development group. Dicker’s team includes the emerging technology, business strategy, commercial product & commercial development groups tasked with driving the strategy and evolving all elements of The Post’s business.

Before joining The Washington Post, Dicker was founding CEO of Po.et, a decentralized media protocol. Prior to Po.et, Dicker was an executive and held leadership roles at RebelMouse, Time Inc. and The Huffington post.

He sits on the Board of Advisors for Rutgers University School of Innovation, Vault12 and Mogul Inc., a technology platform that enables women worldwide to share ideas and access content based on personal interests.

 

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E.J Schultz

Assistant Managing Editor

Ad Age

E.J Schultz

Assistant Managing Editor

Ad Age

 

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Leigh Radford

Vice President, P&G Ventures

The Procter & Gamble Company

Leigh Radford

Vice President, P&G Ventures

The Procter & Gamble Company

Leigh Radford is the vice president of P&G Ventures, an agile and entrepreneurial group of individuals who identify, create and manage a portfolio of new brands, partnerships and business model start-ups designed to fuel future growth.

Radford has over 20 years of brand management experience within P&G. She is an experienced business leader who had led the strategic, creative and international expansion of brands across multiple categories, including skin care personal cleansing, health care and oral care. Radford has a talent for taking small ideas with promise and turning them into proven global brand success. Brands under her leadership have delivered significant and sustained business growth (i.e. Olay became the No. 1 global skincare brand, and Vicks achieved $1 billion+ status). Radford’s passion for growing businesses, delighting consumers and her proven track record resulted in her dream job of leading the P&G Ventures group. Within P&G Ventures, she leads some of the world’s most innovative thinkers, scientists, digital marketers and entrepreneurs.

Today, Radford is regarded as one of P&G’s most innovative leaders and world-class brand builders. She sets the bar high and has a passion for changing the game in both design and innovation.

Leigh received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Advertising and Business Administration from the University of Florida, and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University. She is a founding board member of “The Agency,” a full-service, non-profit marketing agency within the College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida. Radford is married and is a proud mother of twin boys.

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Michelle St. Jacques

Chief Marketing Officer

MillerCoors

Michelle St. Jacques

Chief Marketing Officer

MillerCoors

Michelle St. Jacques is the chief marketing officer for MillerCoors. She joined MillerCoors from The Kraft Heinz Company, where she was responsible for leading global brands and marketing capabilities across the organization.

During her time at Kraft Heinz, she oversaw multi-year growth and record market shares for the 150-year-old Heinz brand. She led brand building across a portfolio of iconic brands from Kraft Mac & Cheese to Jell-O, with new strategies to drive relevancy and growth among younger households and bold, new creative campaigns. She previously held leadership roles at Unilever, leading Global Dove Body Care and running the skin and deodorants portfolios in Canada. Prior to that, she held a variety of roles at SC Johnson, including two sales rotations and leading Glade PlugIns Scented Oil and new Pledge products.

Her track record and progressive approach to building brand equity have made her stand out in the field of marketing, particularly in the consumer-packaged goods space. She understands what makes brands unique and relevant and is ready to take them to the next level. She was named one of 20 Rising Brand Stars in Chicago in 2017 by the advertising industry publication Adweek, which credited her with “helping craft campaigns that have gotten people talking.”

In her time at MillerCoors, she has reshaped the marketing vision to recruit new consumers to the beer category and build brands that “people want to hang out with.” The recent launch of Coors Light’s “Made to Chill” campaign offers a fresh perspective in the beer category in order to bring in a new generation of Coors Light drinkers. St. Jacques’s drive to have MillerCoors marketing be bolder and nimbler, or “move at the speed of culture,” is already helping the company gain awareness like never before. MillerCoors response to a competitor’s 2019 Super Bowl attack ad drove a #corngate conversation that generated over 1.5 billion impressions.

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Dara Treseder

Chief Marketing Officer

Carbon

Dara Treseder

Chief Marketing Officer

Carbon

At Carbon, Dara Treseder leads marketing, communications, education and customer experience. She is responsible for building the Carbon brand and driving the company’s growth. She educates audiences around the world about how digital manufacturing is transforming the economics of 3D printing and helping companies accelerate product innovation. Previously, she was CMO of GE Ventures, GE’s venture capital arm, and GE Business Innovations, focused on new business creation, new market development and technology licensing. Before joining GE, Treseder led marketing and growth efforts at Apple and Goldman Sachs.

Treseder graduated with highest honors in African and African American Studies from Harvard University and holds an MBA from Stanford University. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and their two young children.

Most recently, Treseder was awarded B2B Marketer of the Year by The Drum in 2018. Forbes named her on its inaugural “CMO Next” list, which identified 50 individuals redefining the CMO’s role and shaping the future of marketing. She was also named one of Ad Age’s 2018 Women to Watch as well as one of the “30 Inspirational Women to Watch in Tech” by Inc. magazine in 2017.

Treseder serves on the North American board of the Mobile Marketing Association as well as the board of directors for the Public Health Institute.

 

 

 

 

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