BACK ON THE CLIO PRINT JURY

The 49th Annual Clio Awards has announced the complete international juries for the 2008 Content & Contact and Print/Poster/Billboard/Innovative Media/Integrated Campaigns categories. Steve Back, ECD of Saatchi & Saatchi Australia (pictured), is representing Australia on the Print Jury, headed by Jeremy Craigen, ECD of DDB London, while Ted Royer, former Publicis Mojo Sydney ECD, now ECD of Droga5, New Yorkis on the exclusive 5 person Contact & Content Jury.

The Content & Contact (C&C) jury was established five years ago to award engaging communications created by the combination of brilliant content fused with an innovative contact strategy.  These executions reach beyond television and print to embrace new contact points, including gaming, branded entertainment, viral and mobile marketing, blogs, consumer-generated content, and more.  

The 2008 Clio Awards Contact & Content Jury is as follows:

•    Johnny Vulkan (jury chair), partner, Anomaly, New York, USA

•    Ted Royer, executive creative director, Droga5, New York, USA

•    Amelia Torode, head of digital strategy, VCCP, London, UK

•    Taras Wayner, executive creative director, R/GA, New York, USA

•    Robert Wong, creative director, Google, New York, USA

The 2008 Clio Awards Print/Poster/Billboard/Innovative Media/Integrated Campaigns Jury is as follows:

•    Jeremy Craigen (jury chair), executive creative director, DDB UK, London, UK

•    Jorge Aguilar, vice president, Creative Services, Leo Burnett Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

•    Steve Back, executive creative director, Saatchi & Saatchi Australia, Sydney, Australia

•    Pablo Batlle, executive creative director, DDB Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina

•    Fernando Campos, creative director, Santa Clara, São Paulo, Brazil

•    Ross Chowles, executive creative director, The Jupiter Drawing Room, Cape Town, South Africa

•    Naoki Ito, creative director, GT INC., Tokyo, Japan

•    Anne de Maupeou, chief creative officer & co-president, Marcel Paris, Paris, France

•    Adrian Miller, executive creative director, Saatchi & Saatchi Malaysia, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

•    Jens Mortier, partner/creative director, Mortierbrigade, Brussels, Belgium

•    Steve Mykolyn, vice president/executive creative director, TAXI Canada, Toronto, Canada

•    Anna Qvennerstedt, creative director & senior partner, Forsman & Bodenfors, Stockholm, Sweden

•    Rob Reilly, co-executive creative director, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Boulder, CO, USA

•    Gavin Simpson, executive creative director, Ogilvy & Mather Hong Kong, Hong Kong

•    Dr. Stephan Vogel, executive creative director/Text Creation, Ogilvy & Mather Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

“Rewarding great work begins with assembling the best people, individuals who inspire, challenge and celebrate ideas,? said Tony Gulisano, managing director, Clio Awards.

The 49th Annual Clio Awards will be presented during the 2008 Clio Festival, May 14-17 at the Gansevoort South Hotel in South Beach.  Delegates made up of advertising and design creatives from around the world will attend an array of exciting events, including the Festival Opening Cocktail Party, the annual Lifetime Achievement Award Dinner Gala (this year honoring Marcello Serpa, partner and general creative director, AlmapBBDO, São Paulo, Brazil), The Saatchi & Saatchi Hero Show, the 2008 Clio Future Gold | Young Creatives Program, daytime sessions featuring creative leaders from around the world, TV/Cinema/Digital, Print, Radio and Interactive Shortlist areas presented by Sands Research, Inc., evening parties and two Awards Galas announcing 2008 winners, Advertiser of the Year and Agency/Network/Production Company of the Year at the Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater. 

Online registration for the 2008 Clio Festival is NOW OPEN