Anita Nayyar appointed Media Jury President for 2018 D&AD Awards

D&AD opens call for entries to 56th annual awards. Two new award categories introduced

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Anita Nayyar appointed Media Jury President for 2018 D&AD Awards

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The 56th Annual D&AD Awards are now open for entry, with two brand new categories announced to celebrate the very best work in an ever-evolving creative landscape. 

The 2018 Awards continue to support D&AD’s 56 year long purpose of stimulating, celebrating and enabling creative excellence in design and advertising, in the firm belief that great work always creates better outcomes. And as a not-for-profit organisation D&AD put all its surpluses back into the industry it serves, helping new talent prosper and campaigning for a fairer, more diverse, more sustainable industry. The Jury Presidents capture this spirit and represent a true gender-balanced split, see full list below. 

This year, two new Award categories will be launched for entries. The first being Collaborative, which will award continued creative executions achieved from a long-standing relationship between an agency and a client. The second new category is Experiential, which will highlight the importance of brilliant all encompassing brand experience and activation. The category will recognise work that succeeds in demonstrating the interaction between consumers and brands through experience-led activations. 

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Tim Lindsay, D&AD CEO, said, “In a media environment that encourages the short-term and tactical it's never been more important to stand up for craft and creativity. Why? Because the good creates better outcomes than the bad - commercially, socially, sustainably, culturally and politically. D&AD's role in this is stimulation, not congratulation. There's too much backslapping when what is needed is a focus on and enablement of creative excellence in advertising and design. We are engaged in a war against mediocrity and you are an important ally. Get involved!”

Donal Keenan, D&AD Awards Director, added, “For the second year running we’re proud to achieve a 50/50 gender split across our global Jury Presidents. This year we have actually surpassed that with over 50% of our Jury Presidents' identifying as female. At D&AD, we strive to ensure we have a true gender-balanced representation across every category and judging panel, it's important to achieve a true diversity of voices in the room to identify the best creative work of the year.”  

The Awards ceremony will be held on 26 April 2018 during D&AD Festival, which returns from 24-26 April 2018 at The Old Truman Brewery, Shoreditch. As ever, all awarded work will appear in the D&AD Annual, released in the autumn, which is available to purchase exclusively through D&AD. Winning work will also be on display in an exhibition at the heart of D&AD Festival in addition to a packed three-day programme of talks, debates, briefs, hacks, workshops and parties, culminating in the 56th annual D&AD Awards. 

Entry Details 

Work entered into D&AD Awards 2018 must have been commercially released between 01 January 2017 and 18 March 2018 and been produced in genuine response to a client brief. It must not have been entered in previous years. Submissions should be made by 14 February 2018. The Awards cost from just £75 to enter this year. All entries received by 6 December 2017 will save 10% on the cost of entry. Freelancers and sole traders that are members of D&AD are eligible to receive a 20% discount.

Jury Presidents for D&Ad Awards 2018:

JURY

JUDGE NAME

TITLE

COMPANY

COUNTRY

Art Direction

Gilles Fichteberg

Co-Founder

Rosapark

France

Book Design

Sheri Gee

Art Director

The Folio Society

UK

Branded Content & Entertainment

David Lubars

Chairman/Chief Creative Officer

BBDO

USA

Branding

Katja Thielen

Co Founder & Creative Director

Together Design

UK

Crafts for Advertising

Jureeporn Thaidumrong

CCO

GREYnJ

Thailand 

Crafts for Design

Theseus Chan

Designer

Work

Singapore

Creativity for Good

Judy John

CEO Canada & Chief Creative Officer North America

Leo Burnett

Canada

Digital Design

Tea Uglow

Creative Director

Google Creative Lab

Australia 

Digital Marketing

Jaime Robinson

Co founder - COO

Joan

USA

Direct

Alex Schill

CCO

Serviceplan

Germany 

Experiential 

Bruce Henderson

CCO

Jack Morton

USA

Film Advertising

Jeff Goodby

Founder Chairman

Goodby Silverstein & Partners

USA

Film Advertising Crafts

Alice Tonge

Head of Creative & Design

4Creative

UK

Graphic Design

Vanessa Eckstein

Founder & Creative Director

Blok Design

Canada 

Integrated

Kate Stanners

Global CCO

Saatchi & Saatchi

UK

Magazine & Newspaper Design

Marissa Bourke

Editor at Large

Harper's Bazaar UK

UK

Media

Anita Nayyar

CEO, India & SE Asia

Havas Media

India 

Music Videos

Joceline Gabriel

Directors Rep

Freelance

UK

Outdoor Advertising

Anselmo Ramos

Founder/CCO

David Miami

USA/Brazil 

Packaging Design

Eduardo del Fraile

Founder and CD

Eduardo del Fraile Studio

Spain 

PR

Jo Carr

Managing Partner

Hope&Glory

UK

Press Advertising

Melvin Mangada

CCO & Managing Partner

TBWA Santiago Mangada Puno

Philippines 

Product Design

Benjamin Hubert

Director and Founder

LAYER

UK

Radio & Audio

Fadi Yaish

ECD

ImpactBBDO

UAE 

Spatial Design

Michael Keller

Vice President &

Executive Creative Director

KMS Blackspace

Germany 

Writing for Advertising

Chaka Sobhani

CCO

Leo Burnett

UK 

Writing for Design

Fiona Thompson

Writer

Wordspring

UK 

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