Full lineup of judges set for 2021 competition
Effie Worldwide has announced the marketing leaders who will serve on the Grand Jury for the 2021 Effie Awards United States competition.
The Grand Effie jury will select the most effective, impactful work of the year as the recipient of the “best in show”, the Grand Effie. The year’s competition reflects the work and results achieved during the onset of the pandemic. The Grand Effie winner will serve as both a symbol of the industry’s resilience and benchmark for the path forward.
Leading this year’s panel are co-chairs, Umesh Sripad, chief digital officer at IKEA USA, and Amani Duncan, president at BBH USA. Each year, the Grand Jury is selected for their expertise in a range of disciplines across the industry. Joining Sripad and Duncan on the jury are:
- Jason Harris, co-founder & CEO, Mekanism
- Dirk Herbert, chief strategy officer, dentsu Americas
- Tracy-Ann Lim, chief media officer, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- Deidre Smalls-Landau, CMO & EVP, Global Culture, UM
- Zena Srivatsa Arnold, global chief digital & marketing officer, Kimberly-Clark
- Kate Stanford, VP, ads brand & activation marketing, Google
- Musa Tariq, CMO, GoFundMe
- Justin Thomas-Copeland, president & CEO, DDB North America
The jury will meet virtually, in a session sponsored by YouTube, to review and debate the creativity and effectiveness of the highest-scoring Gold Effie winners from the 2021 Effie Awards United States competition.
“Despite all of the challenges, I am consistently impressed by our industry’s ability to produce amazing work and drive growth,” said Traci Alford, global CEO of Effie Worldwide. “It is critical that we continue to recognize and celebrate marketing effectiveness, especially now, and the leaders on this year’s Grand Effie Jury are well-equipped to determine this year’s winner and establish the benchmark for effectiveness going forward.”
The Grand Effie contenders and winner will be announced during the final day of the virtual Ideas That Work: 2021 Effie US Summit & Awards Celebration taking place September 29-30 (3-5pm ET). The free-to-attend event will celebrate winners from this year’s Effie US competition and explore the path forward for brands and marketers in today’s constantly evolving landscape.
“Heretic” and “Maria” Set As Red Carpet Premieres At AFI Fest
The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced that Heretic, the psychological thriller starring Hugh Grant, and Maria, based on the life of opera singer Maria Callas starring Angelina Jolie, will round out the Red Carpet Premieres section at this year’s AFI Fest. The Heretic Gala Screening will take place on Thursday, October 24, and the Maria Gala Screening will be held on Saturday, October 26. The complete Red Carpet Premieres section includes the world premieres of Music By John Williams, Robert Zemeckis’ Here, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2. All Red Carpet Premieres will take place at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre. The full lineup for AFI Fest 2024 will be unveiled on October 1.
“At the heart of AFI Fest is an unwavering dedication to celebrating the best in global cinema--together,” said Bob Gazzale, AFI president and CEO. “We look forward to uniting artists and audiences once again to be inspired by the art form in a powerful sense of community.”
Heretic follows two young missionaries (Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East) who are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed (portrayed by Grant), becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse. The film is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods and produced by Stacey Sher, Beck, Woods, Julia Glausi and Jeanette Volturno. The film will be released nationwide by A24 on November 8.
Directed by Pablo Larraín, Maria presents a tumultuous and beautiful depiction of one of the world’s most renowned artists and reimagines the legendary soprano in her final days in Paris, as Callas (Jolie)... Read More