Australian Craig Davis, worldwide chief creative officer of JWT, has been named as chairman of both the film and press juries at the Cannes International Advertising Festival.
A graduate of AWARD School in 1987, Davis set up his own agency and after seven years left Australia to become executive creative director of Saatchi & Saatchi Singapore and in 2000 was promoted to regional executive creative director based in Hong Kong.
The following year Davis moved to London to join JWT as the creative leader for Europe, the Middle East and Africa and in 2005 was made JWT’s chief creative officer, worldwide.
In 2007 he became the first guest editor of the Gunn Report.
“The fact that Craig has experienced different cultures, is in a global leadership position and has demonstrated a clear track record of creative achievement, makes him ideally suited to be the Cannes Film and Press jury president in 2008”, said Terry Savage, festival chairman.
Davis said: “Great creativity can and does come from anywhere. What I love about Cannes is that it recognises this truth across multiple disciplines on a scale unmatched by any other award festival. It’s an honour to be leading the search for the world’s best creativity in film and press advertising in 2008.”
