The One Club for Creativity has announced the creative leaders who will serve as jury presidents for the ADC 103rd Annual Awards.
Founded in 1920, the ADC Annual Awards is the world’s longest continuously running awards program to recognize global excellence in craft and innovation in all forms of advertising and design.
This year’s confirmed jury presidents are as follows.
- Advertising: Chris Beresford-Hill, North America president, CCO, Ogilvy, New York
- Apparel/Accessory/Footwear Design: Izzy Camilleri, founder, creative director, IZ Inc., Toronto
- Artificial Intelligence: Lauren Indovina, director, founder, House of Indovina, Los Angeles
- Brand/Communication Design: Astrid Stavro, creative director, Astrid Stavro Studio, London
- Brand-Side/In-house: Colleen DeCourcy, CCO, Snap, Santa Monica
- Experiential Design: Fri Forjindam, chief development officer, executive creative, Mycotoo, Inc. Los Angeles
- Fusion: Brandon Rochon, EVP, head of creative, Hothouse, Woodstock (US)
- Gaming: Joey David-Tiempo, founder, CEO, Octopus&Whale, San Juan (Philippines)
- Illustration: Eugenia Mello, illustrator, art director, educator, Brooklyn
- Interactive: Wesley ter Haar, cofounder, Media.Monks, Amsterdam
- Motion/Film Craft: Davud Karbassioun, president, Magna Studios, Los Angeles
- Packaging/Product Design: Hamish Campbell, VP, ECD, Pearlfisher New York
- Publication Design: Jon Key, designer, art director, writer, Morcos Key, Brooklyn
- Typography: YuJune Park, partner, Synoptic Office New York
Complete ADC 103rd Annual Awards juries, as well as the jury presidents for Architecture/Interior/Environmental Design and Photography disciplines, will be announced shortly.
In-person judging takes place in March 2024, with finalists announced in May. Gold, Silver and Bronze Cube winners will be announced at the ADC 103rd Annual Awards ceremony during Creative Week 2024 in New York, taking place May 13-17.
Entries can be submitted now, with fees increasing after each deadline period. Regular deadline is January 26, 2024, with extended deadline of February 16, 2024, and final deadline March 1, 2024.
New for 2024
One notable change for the ADC 103rd Annual Awards is Best of Discipline honors will be awarded to brand-based work only. Entries for non-profit clients are no longer eligible.
This year will also mark the show’s first Best of Non-Profit award, presented for the top-scoring work from across all disciplines done for a non-profit client as voted by the entire jury. Best of Non-Profit will receive the same points as a Best of Discipline winner.
Other highlights for the ADC 103rd Annual Awards include:
- Rankings Points – All awards will receive rankings points, multiple awards for the same work within a discipline will not be de-duped.
- Storytelling Categories – Advertising discipline expanded with new categories for Storytelling in Humor and Drama genres.
- Continued partnership with creative community Working Not Working on event and content collaborations, as well as the special Freelancer of the Year award.
- ADC Members’ Choice Award, where freelance members of both The One Club and Working Not Working are invited to cast votes for their favorite entry amongst the year’s top-scoring works in all ADC Design disciplines.
A special tiered pricing structure makes it easier for smaller agencies, studios and freelancers to participate. Larger agencies and brands pay the standard entry fee; smaller shops get a discount on entries (amount varies by discipline), and freelance creatives and one-person shops are eligible for an even greater reduction in their entry fee.
The One Club is a non-profit organization that puts revenue generated from awards entries into programs that serve the industry under the club’s four pillars: Education, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Gender Equality and Creative Development.
SMPTE elects board officers, regional governors
SMPTEยฎ,the home of media professionals, technologists, and engineers, has revealed the board officers and regional governors who will serve terms beginning in January 2025.
Three new officers--Richard Welsh as SMPTE president, Eric Gsell as SMPTE executive VP, and Polly Hickling as SMPTE Education VP--have been elected for a two-year term from Jan. 1, 2025, to Dec. 31, 2026. One SMPTE officer, Lisa Hobbs, will be continuing her service as SMPTE secretary and treasurer for another two-year term. Additionally, Raymond Yeung will be stepping into the role of standards VP on Jan. 1, 2025.
โSMPTEโs membership has spoken,โ said SMPTE interim executive director Sally-Ann DโAmato. โThese officers have been tasked with an important responsibility, one each of them is prepared to tackle head-on. These next two years are looking bright for SMPTE!โ
In addition to the officers, 10 regional governors were elected by the Society to serve two-year 2025-2026 terms.
These include the following regional governors, re-elected to continue their service:
Asia-Pacific Region Governor
Tony Ngai, Society of Motion Imaging Ltd.
EMEA - Central & South America Region Governor
Fernando Bittencourt, FB Consultant
United Kingdom Region Governor
Chris Johns, Sky UK.
USA - Central Region Governor
William T. Hayes, Consultant
USA - Eastern Region Governor
Dover Jeanne Mundt, Riedel Communications
USA - Western Region Governor
Jeffrey F. Way, Open Drives
Also elected were four newcomers to the SMPTE Board:
Canada Region Governor
Jonathan Jobin, Grass Valley
USA - Hollywood Region Governor
Allan Schollnick, Voxx... Read More