Winners and runners up from the 2020 Snapchat Young Lions Australia competition announced

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Winners and runners up from the 2020 Snapchat Young Lions Australia competition announced


Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced the winners and runners up from this year’s Young Lions competition.

 

The four winning teams across marketing, digital, film and media categories of this year’s Young Lions Competition were chosen out of 20 finalist teams who completed the second round of the competition in late August. Four runners up teams were also announced.

For the second round of the competition, the idea was to replicate the competition that takes place in France at the Cannes Lions Festival.

Young Lions Australia teamed up with not-for-profit partner, VICHealth, to deliver a brief, with the teams then having just 24 hours (and 48 hours for Film finalists) to come up with their responses.

They then presented their response the following day to a panel of judges in just 10 minutes with 10 minutes allocated to questions from the jury.

Says Kathryn Carter, general manager, ANZ, SEA & HK at Snap Inc: “I want to congratulate every single finalist here today. Turning around a brief in 24-48 hours is no easy feat. Throw in a pandemic and it’s a different ball game entirely. I don’t doubt that the challenges were greater as you had to navigate the restrictions and hurdles that came with these crazy times.

“But from the submissions I’ve seen, your passion, enthusiasm and talent certainly did not go unnoticed. I’m truly inspired by your determination and creativity. And I’m certain that each of you will continue to go on to do great things. And I look forward to seeing you build your careers. “

The judges were absolutely blown away with the calibre of the responses, but there could only be four winning teams.

Film – Winner
Jack Elliott, Wunderman Thompson Creative
Lachlan Newham, Wunderman Thompson Creative

Film – Runner Up
Lizzie Wood, The Monkeys Copywriter
Joe Harris, The Monkeys Strategist

Digital – Winner
Rubini Gunaratnam, M&C Saatchi Copywriter
Jardin Anderson, Freelance Art Director

Digital – Runner Up
Julian Hartley, BWM Dentsu Copywriter
Rob Gordon, BWM Dentsu Art Director

Media – Winner
Summer Treseder, Initiative Partnerships Associate
John Ryan, Initiative Partnerships Associate

Media – Runner Up
Lily Nielsen, Wavemaker Senior Digital and Social Manager
Amanda Thomsen, Wavemaker Senior Performance Executive

Marketing – Winner
Annabel Brusasco, IAG Marketing Specialist
Brittany Riordan, IAG Marketing Consultant

Marketing – Runner Up
Cindy Tan, Capital Labs Growth Marketing Manager
Shernese Chee, Commonwealth Bank of Australia Marketing Manager