Australia dominates Young Glory 2017/18 comp; Ogilvy’s Jane Le + Ash Myburgh claim top spot

CB Exclusive – Teams from Sydney and Brisbane have taken home the top four spots in global ‘creative consistency’ award platform Young Glory, with the top placed teams flown to C2 Montreal to present their ideas at the Cirque du Soleil founded creative conference.

Ogilvy Sydney’s Jane Le and Ash Myburgh

have won professional overall first place while

David Jones-Hawke and Serge Ozegovic

from Banjo Advertising

Sydney have claimed second.

Young Glory see teams earn points over 8 months, across 8 briefs, set and judged by 8 creative leaders from around the world.

This season’s judges came from Droga5, Wieden+Kennedy, BBH, GPY&R, Party, CP+B, Ansible and Pepsi.

Numerous Australians featured in the judging line-up too, including Ansible CEO Ross Raeburn, Droga5 group CD Andrew Fergusson and PepsiCo senior manager Greg Tan.

The Australian teams who dominated the professional category came from Ogilvy, Banjo and BMF in Sydney. Whilst a Brisbane duo from BCM and Redsuit claimed fourth spot.

They were joined by winners in the student category from Denmark, Canada, U.S.A, Sweden and Russia.

Says Brendan Graham, co-founder, Young Glory: “Young Glory is truly a global competition, but I think Australia’s dominance this year reflects the flexibility Australian creatives develop in the industry, working nimbly across many brands and many types of projects.

“Above all though, Young Glory is a program that rewards work ethic, and this season’s winners demonstrated that in spades.”

A full list of Young Glory’s 2017/18 World Champions can be found here.

Memberships for Young Glory’s 2018/19 Season will open soon.

2017/18 OVERALL WINNERS LIST:

Professional First Overall:

Jane Le & Ash Myburgh

Ogilvy Sydney

Sydney, Australia

Professional Second Overall:

David Jones-Hawke & Serge Ozegovic

Banjo Advertising

Sydney, Australia

Professional Third Overall:

Emily Field

BMF Advertising

Sydney, Australia

Fourth Overall:

Anais Read & Matthew Newman

Redsuit Advertising & BCM

Brisbane, Australia

Student First Overall:

Alexander Keblow Kofoed & Christian Skjøtt

Danish School of Media and Journalism

Copenhagen, Denmark

Student Second Overall (tied):

Hayley Mcostrich & Runda Dong

Miami Ad School

Toronto, Canada

Hsiu Chi Kuo & Wei Wang

Academy of Art University, School of Advertising

San Fransisco, U.S.A

Student Third Overall (tied):

Emelie Svensson & Emiilije Bodinger

Yrgo

Gothenburg, Sweden

Maddie Rosenberg & Ela Kallonen

Miami Ad School Toronto

Ontario, Canada

Sergey Belozerov & Julia Grezina

Wordshop

Saint-Petersburg, Russia