Nine creatives from Australia, two from New Zealand to join D&AD Awards 2025 jury
This year 300+professionals from from over 50 countries will gather London to participate in the D&AD judging process including nine from Australia and two from New Zealand. Last year, entrants from Australasia won 33 Pencils: 23 to Australia, 10 to New Zealand.
These jury members have been carefully selected to come together for live judging of the past year’s best work across the global commercial creative industries. They will award creative excellence with the belief that creativity is a major driver in commercial, economic, social and cultural success and will recognise work that inspires established talent and encourages the next generation.
Australian jurors:
Writing for Advertising
Avish Gordhan
Chief Creative Officer
Saatchi & Saatchi
Commerce
Ben Coulson
Chief Creative Officer ANZ
Dentsu
Entertainment
Robert Galluzzo
Chief Executive Officer & Executive Producer
FINCH
Illustration
Katrina Alvarez-Jarratt
Executive Creative Director
TBWA\Sydney
Impact
Ben Cooper
Founder & Innovation Director
Braintrust
Packaging Design
Ellena Mills
Head of Design
Howatson+Company
Book Design
Evi O.
Designer & Artist
Evi-O. Studio
Luxury
Zoë Pollitt
Creative, Brand & Design Consultant
eskimo
Music Videos
Aimée-Lee Xu Hsien
Director
Rabbit
New Zealand jurors:
Media
Lisa Fedyszyn
Chief Creative Officer
Special
Product Design
Lauren Palmer
GM Product Design Integration & Product Content
Fisher & Paykel Appliances
The 63rd annual D&AD Awards will be held at the County Hall and Southbank Centre on the London Southbank. From May 18 to 22, 2025, there will be four days of live judging. The D&AD Awards Ceremony, marking the grand finale of the D&AD Festival, will take place on May 22 at the Southbank Centre, in the Queen Elizabeth Hall Building.
The D&AD Awards Ceremony will be held as the culminating event of D&AD Festival. From 21-22 May, 2025, D&AD Festival will gather these 300+ global creative leaders and will feature 80+ speakers across two main stages. The programme will include jury insights, interviews, panel discussions, and keynotes from the people behind the work, alongside taster sessions of D&AD Masterclasses, activations, networking opportunities, and a physical and digital exhibition of the 2025 D&AD Award-winning work.
Winners are awarded an iconic Pencil, the world’s most coveted award for creatives working within the commercial creative industries. Last year, entrants from APAC won 135 Pencils: 23 to Australia, 10 to New Zealand, 2 to Korea, 5 to Taiwan, 9 to Thailand, 21 to China, 4 to Indonesia, 8 to India, 33 to Japan, 9 to Singapore, 1 to Philippines, 5 to Malaysia, 2 to Macau, 1 to Nepal and 2 to Pakistan.
View the full list of 300+ international judges for 2025.
Says Donal Keenan, COO at D&AD: “Judging the D&AD Awards is not only a massive honour but a huge responsibility to uphold the integrity, rigour and standards that D&AD is renowned for. Entries to these awards actively support D&AD’s mission as an educational charity by funding learning programmes that bridge the gap between education and industry. This is made possible by these top calibre professionals from around the world offering their time, wisdom and expertise.”