Colenso BBDO’s Levi Slavin selected as executive chair for Ad Stars 2020 Awards; DDB NZ’s Rory McKechnie to serve as jury member

Ad Stars has announced this year’s executive judges, who will each lead one of five jury panels at the 13th Ad Stars Awards. Colenso BBDO chief creative officer Levi Slavin has been selected as an executive jury member for Diverse Insights, Outdoor, PSA, Pivot, Place Brand, Radio & Audio categories. DDB New Zealand creative director Rory McKechnie will serve as a jury member for the Design & Print categories.

 

This year’s Executive Jury includes:

Sarah-Leith Izzard, Regional Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy Hong Kong (Film and Video Stars)
Fabio Caveira, Senior Creative / Art Director, OPPO China (Design & Print categories)
Levi Slavin, Chief Creative Officer, Colenso BBDO, New Zealand (Diverse Insights, Outdoor, PSA, Pivot, Place Brand, Radio & Audio categories)
Sascha Kuntze, Chief Creative Officer, BBH Singapore (Interactive, Integrated, Innovation, Mobile, Data Insights, Social & Influencer categories)
Valerie Madon, Chief Creative Officer, Asia, VMLY&R, Singapore (Brand Experience & Activation, Creative eCommerce, Direct, Media, PR categories)

Ad Stars is honoured to welcome 35 executives from 20 different markets to this year’s Final Jury. The festival also recruited 184 Preliminary Judges from around the world – they have already selected this year’s shortlist, with the second stage of judging now underway.

Says Hwan Jin Choi, chair of the Ad Stars executive committee: “Usually, our Final Judges meet in Busan to vote on this year’s winners but unfortunately, this year, they will have to meet virtually instead. We know that they will do a wonderful job because we have invited some of the world’s most influential and inspiring creatives to represent their markets on our 2020 jury. I would like to personally thank all of our preliminary, final and executive judges this year – without your support, the AD STARS 2020 Awards would not be possible.”

The Ad Stars 2020 Final Judges by country are:

Australia
Chris Ellis, Creative Director at Cummins & Partners, Australia (Film & Video Stars categories)
Carmela Soares, Creative Strategist, Facebook Creative Shop, Australia (Interactive, Integrated, Innovation, Mobile, Data Insights and Social & Influencer categories)

Brazil
Álvaro Rodrigues, Partner and CEO, Made Rio, Brazil (Film & Video Stars categories)
Daniel da Hora, Chief Creative Officer, DH,LO Creative Boutique, Brazil (Design & Print categories)

Chile
Pancho González, Chief Creative Officer, Inbrax, Chile (Interactive, Integrated, Innovation, Mobile, Data Insights and Social & Influencer categories)

China
Executive Judge: Fabio Caveira, Senior Creative / Art Director, OPPO, China (Design & Print categories)
Windy Wu, Marketing General Manager of Dianping Commercial Department at Meituan Dianping, China (Film & Video Stars categories)
Sheena Jeng, China Chief Creative Officer, McCann Worldgroup (Diverse Insights, Outdoor, Public Service Advertising, Pivot, Place Brand, Radio and Audio categories)
Ya Li, CEO, Humanistic Intelligence Inc., China (Interactive, Integrated, Innovation, Mobile, Data Insights and Social & Influencer categories)
Terence Leong, Executive Creative Director, R/GA Shanghai (Brand Experience & Activation, Creative eCommerce, Direct, Media & PR categories)

Germany
Joachim Kortlepel, Executive Creative Director, Jung von Matt, Hamburg (Brand Experience & Activation, Creative eCommerce, Direct, Media & PR categories)

Hong Kong
Executive Judge: Sarah-Leith Izzard, Regional Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy, Hong Kong (Film & Video Stars categories)

India
Kainaz Karmakar, Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy India (Diverse Insights, Outdoor, Public Service Advertising, Pivot, Place Brand, Radio and Audio categories)

Indonesia
Dino Mojica, Executive Creative Director, Lotus:H, Indonesia (Design & Print categories)

Italy
Mihnea Gheorghiu, Global Executive Creative Director, Publicis Italy (Interactive, Integrated, Innovation, Mobile, Data Insights and Social & Influencer categories)

Japan
Takahiro Hosoda, Executive Creative Director, TBWA\Hakuhodo Japan (Film and Video Stars categories)
Shohei Okamoto, Creative Director & Art Director, ADK Creative One, Japan (Design & Print categories)
Luciana Cani, Executive Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi Japan (Interactive, Integrated, Innovation, Mobile, Data Insights and Social & Influencer categories)
Noriaki Onoe, Creative Director, Dentsu Inc. (Brand Experience & Activation, Creative eCommerce, Direct, Media & PR categories)

Malaysia
Graham Drew, Global Executive Creative Director, Grey Malaysia (Diverse Insights, Outdoor, Public Service Advertising, Pivot, Place Brand, Radio and Audio categories)

New Zealand
Executive Judge: Levi Slavin, Chief Creative Officer, Colenso BBDO New Zealand (Diverse Insights, Outdoor, Public Service Advertising, Pivot, Place Brand, Radio and Audio categories)
Rory McKechnie, Creative Director, DDB New Zealand (Design & Print categories)

Pakistan
Hira Mohibullah, Executive Creative Director, BBDO Pakistan (Brand Experience & Activation, Creative eCommerce, Direct, Media & PR categories)

Philippines
Joe Dy, Chief Creative Officer (formerly CCO at McCann Worldgroup), Philippines (Diverse Insights, Outdoor, Public Service Advertising, Pivot, Place Brand, Radio and Audio categories)
Masako Okamura, Executive Creative Director, Dentsu One Manila (Diverse Insights, Outdoor, Public Service Advertising, Pivot, Place Brand, Radio and Audio categories)

Singapore
Executive Judge: Valerie Madon, Chief Creative Officer Asia, VMLY&R (Brand Experience & Activation, Creative eCommerce, Direct, Media & PR categories)
Executive Judge: Sascha Kuntze, Chief Creative Officer, BBH Singapore (Interactive, Integrated, Innovation, Mobile, Data Insights and Social & Influencer categories)

South Africa
Neo Segola, Chief Creative Officer at draftLine, South Africa (Brand Experience & Activation, Creative eCommerce, Direct, Media & PR categories)

South Korea
Sehgeun Choi, Executive Creative Director, INNORED, Korea (Film & Video Stars categories)
Geumbyul Bae, Group Creative Director, INNOCEAN Worldwide, Korea (Diverse Insights, Outdoor, Public Service Advertising, Pivot, Place Brand, Radio and Audio categories)
Taeho Shin, Executive Creative Director, Cheil Worldwide, Korea (Interactive, Integrated, Innovation, Mobile, Data Insights and Social & Influencer categories)
KJ (Kwangjae) Lee, Executive Director, Serviceplan, Korea (Brand Experience & Activation, Creative eCommerce, Direct, Media & PR categories)

Thailand
Damisa Ongsiriwattana, Co-Founder and Executive Creative Director, Sour Bangkok (Film & Video Stars categories)

United Kingdom
Gabriela Lungu, Global Creative Director, Geometry UK and Founder and Creative Lead at Wings Creative Leadership Lab, London (Brand Experience & Activation, Creative eCommerce, Direct, Media & PR categories)

USA
Mark Carolan, Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi Los Angeles, USA (Design & Print categories)

Ad Stars received 20,028 entries from 60 countries to this year’s awards. All 1,651 finalists are now in the running to win two Grand Prix of the Year trophies and a cheque for US$10,000. The final jury will meet virtually from August 3 to September 1, and winners will be announced online on September 7 via www.adstars.org