Cannes Lions announces shortlist of finalists for the 2019 Snapchat Young Lions competition

Cannes Lions has today announced the shortlist of finalists for the 2019 Snapchat Young Lions competition.

A group of 60 industry judges across Australia have determined the finalists who will now go onto the second and final round of the competition where shortlisted finalists in the digital, media and marketing categories will receive a 24-hour brief, emulating the international competition format in Cannes.

The shortlisted teams will compete in the second round of the local Young Lions competition on 8 May, in which they have just 24 hours to form their response before pitching to a panel of judges at Snapchat’s office in Sydney on 9 May.

The winners of this final round will be announced that evening, with the runners-up of each category going on to represent Australia at Spikes Asia in September and the winners representing Australia at the 66th Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity from 17-21 June, 2019.

The Snapchat Young Lions Competition 2019 finalists:

Digital (sponsored by Snapchat)
Elaine Li & Jared Wicker, DDB Sydney
Lisa Down & Sammy Hall, BMF
Lucas Fowler & Jack Burton, Ogilvy
Scott Pritchett & Rosie Double, BWM Dentsu
William Halstead & Severine Flamand, McCann Sydney

Media (sponsored by The Trade Desk)
Marco Del Castillo & Rebecca Drummond, Wavemaker
Max Learmont, IKON and & Vince Usher, BBDO
Nelson Demartin & Jade Holmes, UM
Sophie Liu & Elliott Eldridge, Blue 449
Tim Hull & Cameron Robert, MediaCom

Marketing
Aaron Wall & Brandon Vu, Nestle Australia
Cindy Tan & Shernese Chee, Commonwealth Bank
Emily Zhao & Sagar Sheth, Commonwealth Bank
Jill Harmon & Nathan Kwok, Commonwealth Bank
Patricia Magat & Nathan Maroon, Stockland