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Cannes Lions jury news

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:04

Cinemark, the official South African representative of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and its affiliated global advertising awards programmes, has announced the appointment of three more jury presidents for this year’s event taking place 17 to 23 June in Cannes, France.

David Jones, Global CEO of Havas, Global CEO of Euro RSCG Worldwide and Co-Founder of One Young World will lead the judging of the Creative Effectiveness Lions category, which launched last year.

The Media Lions category will this year be chaired by Mainardo de Nardis, CEO of OMD Worldwide. An internationally recognised thought leader in media innovation and trends, Mainardo de Nardis has led OMD since 2009.

Iain Tait, Global Interactive Executive Creative Director of Wieden+Kennedy, will be jury president of the Cyber Lions jury.

Says Philip Thomas, CEO of Cannes Lions: "The recognition of fresh ideas and the successful use of creativity advance the industry paving the way forward for the future. We are honoured to welcome such eminent authorities as David, Mainardo and Iain to steer their juries to debate and award the most ground-breaking work in their respective categories."

David Jones is the youngest global CEO in the history of advertising. In his role at Havas, he is responsible for all creative, marketing, media and design companies throughout the network of more than 16,000 people.

Jones was the driving force behind the hugely successful 'Tck Tck Tck' campaign for Kofi Annan for the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Summit, with 18 million people signing up as climate allies, and is the co-founder of One Young World, the premier forum for young leaders across the globe. He worked closely with David Cameron and the UK Conservative Party from 2007 up to and including Cameron's election as prime minister in 2010.

During Mainardo de Nardis’ tenure, OMD has twice been named Global Media Agency of the Year by Adweek, and US Agency of the Year by Advertising Age, while also earning top local honours in many of its 140 offices across 80 countries. In 2011, OMD was named the world’s top ranked media agency for the third consecutive time by RECMA. OMD has also been recognised as the world's most creative media agency for an unprecedented five consecutive years by The Gunn Report for Media.

Prior to joining the Omnicom group of companies, De Nardis was the global CEO of Aegis Media and before that he ran Mediaedge:cia worldwide. In 1993 he published "The European Media Map", one of the first books on the development of the European and global media scene.

Iain Tait’s most recognised piece of work is the Old Spice ‘Responses’ campaign where ‘The Man Your Man Could Smell Like’ created real-time video responses to fans. The campaign has been recognised around the world not only for its innovation but also for its effectiveness.

His role at Wieden+Kennedy is to oversee and guide the work coming out of all of the network’s offices, pushing to develop the work into ever more interactive and challenging areas. He works across the spectrum of the agency’s clients including: Nike, Coca-Cola, Target, P&G, and many more. In recognition of his contribution to the agency he was made a partner at the end of 2011.

Media Age magazine named Tait the most influential person in new media in the UK in 2009. He's also included in the 2010 and 2011 Creativity 50, Ad Age's 25 Media Mavens and is one of Fortune Magazine's 2010 '40 Under 40’. In 2011 AdWeek named him one of the 10 most creative minds in digital. And Tait was recently inducted into the AAF Hall of Achievement. He's also a member of the World Economic Forum Council on the Future of Entertainment.

Entries for Creative Effectiveness Lions can be submitted until 17 February. Entries are open for all other categories.

For more information on Cannes Lions 2012 or to register to attend, please visit www.canneslions.com

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