ADC announces Advertising and Motion Jury Chairs

Ogilvy & Mather's Tham Khai Meng named Advertising Jury Chair and Karin Fong of Imaginary Forces selected Motion Jury Chair for the Art Directors Club 96th Annual Awards

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | December 9, 2016

Tham Khai Meng and Karin Fong

The Art Directors Club, a non-profit organisation to champion commercial creativity and part of The One Club for Creativity, announced the Advertising and Motion Jury Chairs for the ADC 96th Annual Awards.

Tham Khai Meng, Co-Chairman and Worldwide Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy & Mather, was selected to chair the Advertising Jury. One of the most awarded creative directors, Khai is based in New York as Worldwide Chief Creative Officer and Chairman of the Worldwide Creative Council, a role that has him overseeing the work of the agency's global network.

The Motion Jury will be chaired by Karin Fong, director and founding member of Imaginary Forces, Los Angeles, CA. Throughout her career, the Emmy Award-winning designer and director has helmed iconic projects in film, television, gaming, and advertising, with work that expresses a love of compelling storytelling, strong concepts and striking imagery.

Philippe Meunier

Philippe Meunier, ADC President and Creative Chief/Co-Founder, Sid Lee, said, “Craft, design and innovation in commercial creativity continue to be the intense focus of the ADC Annual Awards. Tham Khai Meng and Karin Fong are recognised experts in those areas and perfectly suited to lead our juries through that lens during the judging process.”

Entries should be submitted at http://www.adcawards.org, with an early bird deadline of December 23, 2016 and final deadline for all categories on January 31, 2017. Full juries will be announced shortly, with judging taking place in March 2017.

The winners will be celebrated at the ADC 96th Annual Awards Gala on May 8, 2017 as part of The One Club for Creativity's Creative Week in New York. The preeminent festival showcasing the intersection of advertising, innovation and creative thinking, Creative Week (May 8-12, 2017) also includes The One Show over two nights, the dynamic Young Ones Festival and inspiring sessions with some of the biggest names in the industry at the Creative Summit.

The One Club for Creativity, producer of the prestigious One Show, ADC Annual Awards and Creative Week, is a non-profit organisation recognising creative excellence in advertising and design.  The ADC Annual Awards honours the best work across all disciplines, including advertising, interactive, design and motion. Creative Week takes place in New York City every May and is the preeminent festival celebrating the intersection of advertising and the arts.

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