All those wishing to submit entries for the 2012 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity must do so online by 23 March. This year’s event runs in Cannes, France from 17 to 23 June. This deadline extension does not extend to the Creative Effectiveness Lions.
For more information on Cannes Lions 2012 including how to enter and how to register as a delegate for the Festival, please visit www.canneslions.com
Meanwhile, the Cannes Lions organisers have appointed three more jury presidents to head the Direct, PR and Promo & Activation categories. Gail Heimann, Global Vice Chair of Weber Shandwick, will lead the judging of the PR Lions category. At Weber Shandwick, Heimann is responsible for key client engagements working with some of the world’s leading global brands as well as company strategy; in addition she has management oversight for Weber Shandwick’s digital and analytics operations. Heimann’s focus is consumer engagement across multiple channels, platforms and geographies. Her work with teams in the personal care, food and beverage, appliance and QSR categories has won numerous industry awards for creativity and innovation. She has been named an Advertising Age Woman to Watch.
Gideon Amichay, former Chief Creative Officer and Joint Managing Partner of Shalmor Avnon Amichay / Y&R Interactive Tel Aviv, Israel from 1994-2011, will chair the Direct Lions Jury. Amichay’s time at the agency led them to win 17 Lions and saw them ranked second in the 2009 Cannes Lions Media Agency of the Year. Working on brands such as Mercedes-Benz, Orange, American Express, Heinz and Stella Artois, Gideon led the agency to be Israel’s market leader in creativity and innovation and ultimately one of Israel’s biggest and most successful agencies. Additionally, for over 10 years he was a member of the Worldwide Creative Board of Young & Rubicam. He has served as a jury member on many international festivals including Eurobest and the Clio Awards, and is often invited to speak around the world. Alongside this he is also a writer and a communication artist writing his first book last year, “No, No, No, No, No, No, No, Yes” on innovation and creativity.
Nick Worthington, Creative Chairman of Colenso BBDO New Zealand, has been appointed this year’s Promo & Activation Lions Jury President. Nick joined BBH in London in 1986 where he won his first Lion and created the award-winning campaigns for Levis, ‘Creek’ and ‘Drugstore’. After 10 years he moved to AMV BBDO London where he created more multiple Lion winning work for Road Safety and Wrangler. Moving to New Zealand in 2003 and working firstly at Publicis Mojo before moving to Colenso BBDO, Worthington’s work has continued to evolve and win awards. Campaigns have included building a tree house restaurant for Yellow Pages, launching a yellow-flavoured chocolate bar and floating a fully-working pub around the world to thirsty Kiwis in London for Speights. Worthington has previously served on the Cannes Lions Film and Titanium and Integrated juries.
