White Square International Advertising Festival announces jury

3 Mar 2020

International advertising festival, White Square annually gathers in Minsk, in Eastern Europe, with advertisers from over 30 countries gathering to share new solutions for creative effectiveness.

White Square International Advertising Festival announces jury

The Festival welcomes both international and local, network and independent creative agencies, design and digital studios, professionals from different countries, inviting them to compete at the very start of creative festival season. Call for entries to White Square 2020 is now open online on the official website into seven contest categories: Creative, Branding, Marketing, Digital, Creative Effectiveness, Media, Change for Good.

Entries will be judged offline by six international jury lineups consisting of real stars of global industry with tones of prestigious medals under their belts. White Square 2020 prize-winners will be announced on 17 April.

2020 Jury

Creative

Vidya Manmohan, executive creative director, Grey Dubai, UAE
Mischa Schreuder, creative director, Publicis Groupe Netherlands, The Netherlands
Tristan Daltroff, associated creative director, Buzzman Paris, France
Evgeny Primachenko, creative director, Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Hanna Stenwall, copywriter, Nord DDB, Sweden
Eric Schoeffler, CCO Germany and ECD Europe, Havas Germany, Germany
Sergey Kozhevnikov, creative director, BBDO Moscow, Russia
Dmitry Apolenis, creative director, AIDA pioneer, Belarus
Dhruv Warrior, associate creative director, YMLY&R Dubai, UAE
Tokareshka, creative director, Redberry, Georgia
Eugene Ivasyuk, CCD, Forte Grey, Belarus/COO, Havas Creative Group, Ukraine

Branding

Miguel Viana, founder and creative director, Unlock, Portugal
Vladislav Derevyannih, brand design director, Voskhod, Russia
Christian Doering, executive creative director, Dragon Rouge, France
Giedre Lisauskaite, founder and creative director, BrandWorks, Lithuania
Christiano Nardo, creative director, Ogilvy Milan, Italy
Witalij Jackiewicz, creative director, PG Brand Reforming Company, Poland/Belarus
Andrey Tarakanov, founder and creative director, Tomatdesign, Russia
Anton Shaporenko, creative director, Aic, Russia
Francesc Moreto, designer, Interbrand Madrid, Spain

Marketing

Edson Athayde, CEO and CCO, FCB Lisboa, Portugal
Rivo Raim, partner and CEO, Not Perfect Tallinn, Estonia
Anton Melnikov, partner, creative & strategy, e:mg, Russia
Dorottya Toth, senior copywriter, DDB Budapest, Hungary
Ruslan Prochakov, managing partner, Primary/J. Walter Thompson Belarus, Belarus
Kristina Denina, creative director, Contrapunto, Russia
Kenn van Lijsebeth, creative/PR, TBWA\ Brussels, Belgium
Draginya Knezi, creative director, ARK Group, Russia
Francesco Guerrera, group executive creative director, Acqua Group, Italy
Maksim Zelentsov, creative director, Twiga Touch, Russia

Digital

Christian Waitzinger, VP, Experience Capability Group Lead, Publicis Sapient EMEA/APAC, Germany
Tijmen Mulder, co-founder Robot Kittens, The Netherlands
Oleg Palchinsky, creative director, Possible Group, Moscow, Russia
Julia Dovlatova, executive director, Geometry Prague, Czech Republic,
Nikita Ermolayev, creative director and founder, Kombinat, Kazakhstan
Ioana Zamfir, creative director, MRM//MCCann Romania, Romania
Marko Edfelt, partner and board member, Drama Queen, Finland
Vitaly Bykov, general director, Redkeds, Russia
Irina Mushtina, CEO and founder, CF Digital, Ukraine
Beka Adamashvili, creative director, Leavingstone, Georgia
Illia Kukharau, creative director, getbob digital agency, Belarus

Media

Theodora Sklivanaki, general manager, Ambition DDB, Greece/Belarus
Maciej Lissowski, MD, Agency Warszawa, Poland
Evgeniya Lysenko, business development director, OMD Media Direction, Russia
Yaron Farizon, CEO, MediaCom Moscow, Russia/Israel
Audrius Feigelovicius, strategic planner and MD, Not Perfect | Minsk, Lithuania
Alexander Papkov, technology director, Media Direction Group, Russia
Pavel Churkin, CEO, Artox Media Digital Group, Belarus
Nicoleta Padure, managing partner, Media Concept Store, Romania

Change for Good

Urmas Lilleorg, CEO, strategic planner and MD, D/V/S/ON, Estonia
Artem Sinyavsky, chief creative officer, Marvelous, Russia
Gatis Rozenfelds, executive creative director, Tribe Riga, Latvia
Victoria Efimova, PR-director and co-founder, littleMore, Belarus
Viacheslav Nabokov, creative director and co-founder, Kollegi, Russia
Raimonds Platacis, founder and creative visionary, 3ClientAgency, Latvia
Hovhannes Margaryan, creative director, Doping, Armenia
Teodora Migdalovici, founder LoveandLobby, Romania

The 12th White Square Festival is scheduled to take place in Minsk from 15-17 April, where festival attendees will enjoy over 70 masterclasses, lectures, presentations and discussion panels devoted to creative trends in communications, marketing, branding, digital, media held by well-known communication experts. Click here to register!