APN Outdoor, the official Australian representative of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, has announced Australia’s juror contingent for 2018.
This year, Australia will have 13 representatives across a total of 26 jury categories at the world’s largest festival for creative and marketing communications, entertainment, design and tech industries.
APN Outdoor’s general manager of marketing, Charlotte Valente, said: “Australia consistently finds itself in pole position when it comes to awards in Cannes, leading to our very strong representation this year.
“The judges selected for 2018 truly highlight the high standard of jury representation at this world-leading event and illustrate the unbelievable talent we have in our own backyard.”
Here’s the full list of jury representatives for Australia:
| Jay Morgan | Innovations director | The Monkeys | Mobile (President) |
| Dominic Hofstede | Design director | Maud | Design |
| James McGrath | Creative chairman | Clemenger BBDO | Titanium |
| Aden Ridgeway | Partner | Cox Inall Ridgeway | PR |
| Colin Renshaw | Visual effects supervisor and founder | Alt.VFX | Film Craft |
| Josh Mullins | Executive producer and head of projects | Will O’Rourke | Brand Experience |
| Jen Speirs | Deputy executive creative director | BMF | Film |
| Jim Ingram | Founder and creative director | Thinkerbell | Direct |
| Kim Bartkowski | Creative director and associate partner | IBM iX | Creative Data |
| Fiona Johnston | CEO | UM | Media |
| Mike Spirkovski | Executive creative director | Saatchi & Saatchi | Outdoor |
| Cherie Davies | Creative director | Sudler Sydney | Health |
| Anthony Svirskis | CEO | Tribe | Social & Influencer |
