Spikes Asia announces first jury line-ups
The juries in Creative Effectiveness, Media, Digital & Mobile, Direct & Promo include Pratap Bose of DDB Mudra, Ajit Varghese of Maxus, Chandrasekar Radhakrishnan of Nestle, and Rupen Desai of Lowe & Partners APAC
BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | August 7, 2013
The Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity, Asia Pacific's premier creative festival and awards for the advertising and communications industry, taking place from September 15-17, 2013, has announced the first jury line-ups who will meet in Singapore to judge the work in the Creative Effectiveness, Digital and Mobile, Direct and Promo & Activation, and Media categories.
Creative Effectiveness Jury:
Jarek Ziebinski, President, Leo Burnett Asia Pacific – Jury President
Chandrasekar Radhakrishnan, Head of Communications, South Asia Region, Nestlé India
Dick van Motman, Chairman & CEO, Dentsu Network/Asia Regional
Keith Smith, International President, TBWA\Group Global
Naomi Troni, CEO Southeast Asia, Havas Worldwide, Global
Rupen Desai, Regional President, Asia Pacific, Lowe + Partners
Sudeep Gohil, CEO, Droga5, Australia
Tim Broadbent, Effectiveness Director, Ogilvy & Mather, Singapore
Digital and Mobile Jury:
Masaru Kitakaze, Executive Creative Director, Corporate Officer, Hakuhodo, Japan – Jury President
Ashadi Hopper, Creative Director, formerly JWT, Australia
Budgette Tan, Deputy Executive Creative Director, MRM Manila, The Philippines
Carl Norberg , Global CEO/Founder, Monterosa, Singapore
Eddie Wong, National Executive Creative Director, Draftfcb, China
Kiki Chen, Managing Director, Medialand Digital Strategy, Taiwan
Mangi Baek, Creative Director, Cheil Worldwide, South Korea
Richard (Goz) Gostelow, Regional Executive Creative Director, Digitas/Razorfish, Hong Kong
Direct and Promo & Activation Jury:
Jose Miguel Sokoloff, Chairman Lowe SSP3, President Creative Council Lowe Worldwide and Lowe SSP3, Global – Jury President
Farid Ganio Tjokrosoeseno, Founder & CEO, AMP Group, Indonesia
Heok Seong Ng, Executive Creative Director, Havas Worldwide, Malaysia
Hyun Jong Lee, Chief Creative Director, HS Ad, South Korea
Jason Williams, Executive Creative Director, Leo Burnett Melbourne, Australia
Juhi Kalia, Executive Creative Director - Global Teams, JWT, Singapore
Osamu Enari , Chief Creative Officer/Executive Producer, Drill, Japan
Pratap Bose, COO, DDB Mudra Group, India
Media Jury:
Mike Cooper, Worldwide CEO, PHD Global – Jury President
Ajit Varghese, Managing Director, Maxus India
Ernita Ariestanty, CEO, Carat Indonesia
Hak Ik Hwang, Media Director, Cheil Worldwide, South Korea
Malcolm Hanlon, COO - APAC, ZenithOptimedia Asia Pacific
Masashi Ariizumi, Senior Planning Director, ADK, Japan
Mat Baxter, Chief Executive Officer, UM, Australia
SK Biswas, Chief Strategy Officer - APAC, Havas Media Group Asia Pacific
Philip Thomas, CEO of Lions Festivals, said, “Forward-thinking, professional, award-winning and passionate are just some of the words that spring to mind when you look at these juries. It's a phenomenal group of people who will work together to select the most creative and ground-breaking work in the region deserving to win a coveted Spike award.”
To enter or register to attend Spikes Asia 2013, please visit www.spikes.asia. Delegates can view all the entries and shortlisted entries at Suntec Singapore, venue of the festival. The winners will be revealed on September 17 at the Marina Bay Sands theatre and celebrated during the After Party.