Spikes Asia 2012: Five new juries announced

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.”