Singapore, Aug 7, 2012 – (ACN Newswire) – Spikes Asia, the regional creative advertising and communications festival for Asia Pacific, taking place 16-18 September in Singapore, is pleased to announce a further five of the ten juries that will be present in Singapore to judge this year’s awards: Direct and Promo & Activation, Digital & Mobile, Media, PR and Design.
The Direct and Promo & Activation jury will be:
- Tina Manikas, Executive Vice President, Global Retail & Promotions, Draftfcb, Global – Jury President
- Brandie Tan, Executive Creative Director, Lowe Malaysia, Malaysia
- Joji Jacob, Group Executive Creative Director, DDB Group, Singapore
- Julian Schreiber, Creative Director, Clemenger BBDO, Australia
- Junichi Tanaka, Creative Director, ADK, Japan
- Minakshi Achan, Co-Founder, Salt Brand Solutions, India
- Victor Ng, Chief Creative Officer, Euro RSCG South East Asia, Regional
- Chee-Guan Yue, Executive Creative Director, Grey Group, China
The Digital & Mobile jury is:
- Morihiro Harano, Creative Director, Founder, PARTY, Japan – Jury President
- Dwayne Serjeant, Regional Practice Leader, Isobar, Hong Kong
- Laurent Shen, Founder, Director, Moulin-Orange, Taiwan
- Mark Kozlowski, Creative Director, R/GA, Singapore
- Max Hegerman, Senior Vice President, Head of Digital, JWT, India
- Melvin Mangada, Managing Partner & Chief Creative Officer, TBWA\SMP, The Philippines
- Thierry Halbroth, Executive Creative Director, McCann Worldgroup, China
- Tim Buesing, Digital Creative Director, Publicis Mojo, Australia
- Youngmin Cho, Creative Director, Cheil, South Korea
The Media jury line-up is:
- Dominic Proctor, President, GroupM Worldwide, Global – Jury President
- Andi Sadha, Chief Executive Officer, Activate Media, Indonesia
- Bertilla Teo, Chief Executive Officer, Greater China, Starcom MediaVest, China
- Jasmin Sohrabji, Managing Director, OMD, India
- Joe Nakamura, Chief Executive Officer, Universal McCann, Japan
- R. Gowthaman, Chief Executive Officer, Mindshare S&SE Asia, Asia Pacific
- Stuart Clark, Managing Director, Havas Media International, Asia Pacific
- Toby Hack, Managing Director, PHD, Australia
The Design jury members are:
- Yang Yeo, Chief Creative Officer, JWT, China – Jury President
- Andrew Petch, Executive Creative Director, Ace Saatchi & Saatchi, The Philippines
- Ashwini Desphande, Director, Elephant Strategy + Design, India
- Ikmyung Cho, Executive Creative Director, SK Marketing & Company, South Korea
- Jeffry Gamble, Executive Creative Director, DDB Group, Hong Kong
- Kazoo Sato, Executive Creative Director, TBWA\Hakuhodo, Japan
- Mike Staniford, Executive Creative Director, Landor, Australia
The PR jury have been named as:
- Glenn Osaki, President, MSL Group Asia, Regional – Jury President
- Angelina Ong, Regional Managing Director, Burson-Marsteller Asia Pacific, China
- Diana Lesaca, President & Chief Executive Officer, Weber Shandwick, The Philippines
- Kelly Bennett, Managing Partner & Regional Director, Eleven PR, New Zealand Ong
- Hock Chuan, Partner/Technical Advisor, Maverick PR, Indonesia
- Richard Tsang, Chairman & Managing Director, Strategic Public Relations Group, Hong Kong
- Tadashi Inokuchi, Senior Division Director, PR Planner, Dentsu PR, Japan
Terry Savage, Chairman of Lions Festivals says, “To ensure that Spikes Asia continues to set the creative benchmark within the region, it’s crucial that the people judging the entries and casting their opinions are respected, passionate and forward-thinking within their fields. In these five juries we have these qualities, which will help the truly great work to get recognised and rise to the top.”
For information on how to enter, tips from past jury presidents on how to win at Spikes Asia and to register to attend, please visit www.spikes.asia.
AboutSpikes Asia
The Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity, celebrating and inspiring Asia-Pacific creativity in advertising, takes plaace at Suntec City, Singapore, 16-18 September 2012. Building on 25 years of the illustrious Spikes Awards, the Spikes Asia Advertising Festival is the result of a collaboration between the International Festival of Creativity, organisers of Cannes Lions, Dubai Lynx and Eurobest, and Haymarket, publishers of Campaign Asia Pacific. The Festival provides the region’s growing creative and advertising industry with a platform to network and exchange ideas, bringing together some of the finest creative thinkers from across the region and around the world.
Spikes Asia, attended by over 1,700 delegates in 2011, offers a challenging programme of seminars and workshops focusing on creativity and learning, exhibitions of creative work from Asia-Pacific, networking events in the evening and the Spikes Asia award show. The Awards, judged by leading international and regional creatives, honour the best creative work in the categories of Film, Print, Outdoor, Radio, Digital, Integrated, Direct, Sales Promotion, Media, Print Craft, Film Craft, Design, Mobile and PR. For more infomation, please visit www.spikes.asia.
Key 2012 Dates
Delegate Registration: Open
Entries: Open
Entries Deadline extended to 3 August 2012
Delegate Early Bird Registration Ends: 1 August 2012
Festival Dates: 16-18 September 2012
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Amanda Benfell PR & Press Manager Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity [email protected] Tel: +44 20 7728 4040 www.spikes.asia