With the entries to WARC Awards for Effectiveness 2023 opening on October 24, it is time that the jury chairs for the same be announced.
As part of this year’s Jury panel, Sindhuja Rai, CEO, Wavemaker (APAC), has been onboarded to head the jury for categories such as Channel Integration, Channel Pioneer, Partnerships and Sponsorships, Path to Purchase and Use of Data.
Bhaskar Choudhuri, CMO, Lenovo (APAC), has been named the Jury chair for Strategic Thinking category.
Furthermore, Dean Chadwick, CMO, MYOB (Australia), is also named the jury chair for categories such as Brand Purpose, Cultural Impact, Business-to-Business, Customer Experience, Instant Impact and Long-term Growth.
In the first phase of the three-phased awards process, the participants are required to send in their entries in their designated region which upon closing will be judged by a high-calibre panel made up of senior marketers from some of the biggest brands and top agency professionals from around the region, chaired by a senior industry executive.
In the second phase, the Bronze, Silver and Gold winners will be announced for the Asia Pacific region and all the regional Gold winners will automatically progress to the third stage where they will compete with each other for the Global Grands Prix which will be announced during the Cannes Lions week.
The early bird entries for WARC Awards for Effectiveness, priced at € 416.25 for WARC members and € 555 for non-members, are open till December 12. Post this, WARC Members and non-members can apply from December 13 to February 6 at € 832.50 and € 1110, respectively.