2024 EXECUTIVE JURY

President
Spain
Javier Campopiano
Worldwide Chief Creative Officer McCann Worldgroup and McCann
ABOUT

Javier Campopiano

Javier Campopiano is Global Chief Creative Officer (CCO) at McCann Worldgroup and McCann. In his role, he is responsible for the creative leadership, product and ambition of the McCann Worldgroup global network, spanning 100+ countries and 15,000+ people. In doing so, he works closely with creatives, strategists and business leaders to drive the world’s best creative work on behalf of the company’s clients.

 

Javier previously served as Worldwide Chief Creative Officer at Grey and OpenX, the dedicated WPP agency for The Coca Cola Company, where he oversaw creative development globally for both agencies. Before that, he served as CCO at several FCB agencies and spent more than four years at Saatchi & Saatchi, during which he transformed the creative reputation of the New York flagship office.  During his career, Javier has brought his unique talents to build global brands for global networks. He began his career as an intern at Ogilvy Argentina and went on to become Regional Creative Director in Latin America for Ogilvy, Saatchi & Saatchi and FCB before becoming a Partner and Chief Creative Officer of FCB New York.  Javier's work has been recognized and awarded globally: he is the proud recipient of 200+ Cannes Lions, including Grand Prix in Outdoor and Film and a Titanium Lion, and has also won several gold, silver and bronze awards at Clio, LIA, ANA, The One Show, D&AD -including a Black Pencil-, El Círculo de Creativos Argentinos, FIAP, El Sol and El Ojo.

United States
Samira Ansari
Chief Creative Officer Ogilvy NY
ABOUT

Samira Ansari

An international multi-award-winning creative, Samira has worked across Fortune 500 brands globally. Her work on Michelob Ultra’s McEnroe vs McEnroe, a world-first physical vs. virtual tennis match between real-life John McEnroe and his digital avatars from the past, received a 2023 Emmy Sports Award in the Best Digital Innovation category, and in 2022 was awarded the only Cannes Gold Lion in Innovation. 

In 2022 she was also recognized on Adweek’s Creative 100 list, and in 2021 was the most awarded ECD in North America at The One Show. Her career highlights include creating Michelob Ultra Courtside with the NBA and Microsoft, launching Mike’s Hard Lemonade in South America, producing a brutally honest campaign for U by Kotex that forever changed the way female sanitary products are marketed, and taking Wheat Thins and Pringles to the Super Bowl for the first time.  

Her work has been recognized by The One Show, Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, D&AD Awards, Effie Awards, Clio Awards, and the ADC Annual Awards. She has also served on a number of juries internationally.

In Fall 2023, Samira Ogilvy NY as Chief Creative Officer for the agency’s flagship office. 

United States
Jeff Benjamin
Chief Creative Officer Tombras
ABOUT

Jeff Benjamin

Jeff joined Knoxville based Tombras four years ago as their first Chief Creative Office. Since joining, Tombras has auctioned a Steph Curry sandwich stained jersey for Subway. Repackaged misprint candies as Situationships for Sweethearts. Deepfaked vegans for Steak-ummm. Provoked the entire city of Philadelphia to launch a chicken sandwich for Zaxby’s. Reclaimed the word “Special” for the Special Olympics. And launched the first OOH campaign that only made sense to aliens for MoonPie. And this year they were named AdAge Independent Agency of the Year. 

Previously, he was a Partner at Barton F. Graf. And before that led a reinvention at JWT, where, as Chief Creative Officer for North America, he took one of the oldest and largest agencies in the world and helped it to rediscover its pioneering soul, attracting creative talent and winning brands like Puma, Nokia, and Google along the way.

Jeff joined JWT from Crispin Porter + Bogusky where he was a Partner and Co-Chief Creative Officer. In 2003 he joined CP+B as their first Interactive Creative Director and helped grow the agency by creating some of the most provocative and effective ideas in the world. During Jeff’s career at CP+B they were named Interactive Agency of the Year three times at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity, and Agency of the Decade by Advertising Age. Prior to CP+B, Jeff worked at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners.

Jeff’s work has been recognized by every major industry award show, winning multiple Grand Prix and Titanium Lions at Cannes, Best of Shows at the One Show, Grand Clios, and Grand Effie. Jeff has appeared in ‘Creativity 50.’ In 2010, he received the Irving Wunderman Award for Lifetime Achievement, and later that year was honored by the One Club for two of the five best interactive ideas of the decade.

The work Jeff has created for brands such as Burger King, Volkswagen, Domino’s Pizza, Macy’s, Hewlett-Packard, Band-Aid, Best Buy, MINI, and American Express are among the most successful marketing campaigns of all time.

United States
Keith Cartwright
Founder, Chief Creative Officer Cartwright
ABOUT

Keith Cartwright

Keith is one of the most recognized creative leaders in our business. He’s been honored by Adweek as one of the 50 top Creatives in Advertising, and one of 10 Most Influential People in Advertising by Campaign Magazine.

As Creative Director on Adidas at TBWA/Chiat Day, they were recognized by Cannes as Agency of the Year, and Adidas was recognized as Advertiser of the Year. As Global Creative Director at Wieden+Kennedy on Nike, he helped Brand Jordan become a billion dollar brand. He launched his own independent agency Union Made Creative in 2011, which after only 4 years was acquired by BSSP.

He’s won every major award in our business including, in the same year, the #1 USA Today Super Bowl commercial for the NFL and an Emmy for his work for the Truth Initiative.

Keith sits on the Board of Directors for the Ad Council and The One Club. He’s also the Co-Founder of the Non-Profit SATURDAY MORNING, an award winning coalition built on using creativity to shift negative perception and racial bias in the world.

United States
Susan Credle
Chair & Creative Advisor FCB & IPG
ABOUT

Susan Credle

Susan Credle is a creative powerhouse on a quest to lift people up and infuse the industry with diversity. As the first female chairperson of The One Club for Creativity, Susan champions rising creative talent and advocates for industry inclusion.

Prior to joining FCB, Susan spent twenty-plus years at BBDO and was previously CCO of Leo Burnett USA. Upon arriving at FCB in 2016, she reignited the network by pushing for better work. At Cannes Lions 2020/2021, FCB had its strongest performance and was named Global Network of the Year. Susan was also appointed president of the Titanium Jury at the 2020/2021 Festival.

Honors include a spot-on Advertising Age’s “100 Most Influential Women” list and Business Insider’s “Most Creative Women in Advertising” list. Credle was also a Matrix Awards honoree and was inducted into the AAF’s Hall of Achievement.

Germany
Till Diestel
Chief Creative Officer Serviceplan
ABOUT

Till Diestel

Till started as new CCO Serviceplan Germany on June 1, 2022. He worked for Serviceplan in Hamburg from 2006 to 2014 – reaching the level of executive creative director during his time there.

He then moved to adam&eveDDB in London, one of the most renowned international creative agencies, where he developed prominent campaigns such as H&M Come Together, the John Lewis Christmas campaign, the Skittles Romance Super Bowl ad or the Marmite Gen Project.

In 2018, after three years in London, Diestel joined BBDO Berlin as a managing director. In 2019 he was appointed chief creative officer of BBDO Group Germany, a role which involved responsibility for the entire creative output of BBDO Group Germany for clients including WhatsApp, WWF and Ford, and led BBDO to the top of the creative rankings in Germany for the first time.

Convinced that advertising should be a part of popular culture, Till has won over 1000 creative awards in total, including several Grand Prix at LIA, Eurobest and Cannes Lions.

United States
Islam ElDessouky
GLOBAL VICE PRESIDENT CREATIVE for COCA-COLA™ The Coca-Cola Company
ABOUT

Islam ElDessouky

GLOBAL VICE PRESIDENT CREATIVE for COCA-COLA™

 

Islam’s conviction is that Story Telling is a Super Power, once harnessed authentically and consistently it drives Brands to penetrate culture and become part of people's lives. 

 

He has been the driving force behind some of Coca-Cola's most successful, awarded, and impactful campaigns whether globally or regionally. 

 

His obsession with creating genuinely clutter-breaking work has seen him rise through the ranks at the Coca-Cola Company, from Brand Manager on Sprite for the Middle East to now leading globally the Creative & Content of Coca-Cola™.

He is driven by ideas that achieve results, an approach that has seen his work awarded both creatively and strategically, in the region and across the world. 

 

He is Egyptian, a lover of history, BBQ, and a passionate fan of Basketball, Sneakers, and Hip-Hop music.

 

To connect with Islam:

 

  https://www.linkedin.com/in/islameldessouky

 

  https://twitter.com/eldessouky

 

  @eldessouky

Brazil
Joanna Monteiro
Chief Creative Officer Africa Creative DDB
ABOUT

Joanna Monteiro

Joanna is currently Co- Chief Creative Officer (CCO) at Africa Creative DDB. She has won more than 200 international awards: 38 Cannes Lions, including a Grand Prix in Mobile, LIA, D&AD, Clio, and The One Show, among others. In 2014 she was named "Woman of the Year" by Advertising Age, "The Number 1 Creative Woman in the World” by Business Insider, "Top 5 Most Awarded Creative Directors in the World” by the Big Won Report, and she was the only Brazilian in the "Creativity 50 " from Ad Age. She was the President of the Mobile category at Cannes, and twice the President of D&AD in the New Media and Innovation categories. She is part of the D&AD advisory board in London and serves as a jury member in all the top-tier creative festivals around the world. 

Joanna graduated from two academic powerhouses, Brasilia University (UnB) for Arts Bachelor, and ESPM (known for the excellence in communication, marketing, and business management) for her post-grad. She has worked as CCO for 8 years at FCB Brasil and almost 3 years at Publicis Canada, before joining Africa Creative DDB. 

United States
Julia Neumann
Chief Creative Officer Le Truc
ABOUT

Julia Neumann

With an impressive track record spanning almost two decades, Julia Neumann is at the forefront of shaping the future of advertising for the world's leading brands. In her current role, Neumann serves as Partner and Chief Creative Officer at Le Truc, Publicis Groupe's next-generation creative collective.

An Austrian native, Neumann previously held the role of Chief Creative Officer at Johannes Leonardo, where her team developed transformative ideas to spark cultural conversations for clients including Kraft Heinz, Instagram, Uber and Volkswagen. Prior to this, she was Executive Creative Director at TBWA/Chiat Day. Throughout her career she led award-winning campaigns such as “Billie Jean King Your Shoes" for Adidas, JetBlue's "FlyBabies," and MTN Dew's "Major Melon." She began her career in advertising as a copywriter at Saatchi & Saatchi and held roles at Wieden + Kennedyand BBH.

Neumann is frequently sought out by industry publications as a thought leader and recognized for her creative contributions to the industry by Cannes, The One Show, and AICP. Other individual accolades include being named to Business Insider's annual list of Most Creative Women in Advertising in 2013, 2014 and 2016, AdAge’s Creatives You Should Know list in 2016, and Adweek’s Creative 100 – Agency Leaders to Watch in 2020.

Outside of agency life, Neumann started her own company Wild Things Roar where she takes on passion projects in which creativity can empower causes and people close to her heart. She also has another personal initiative in the works – soon Neumann will be opening a museum her home borough of Brooklyn. This “Museum in Spite of Everything” strives to create a space that spotlights the fibers of forgotten cultural moments, with the first exhibit focusing on women’s signature sneakers.