One Club ADC 104th Annual Awards global jury includes 10 creatives from the Middle East and Africa

The One Club’s ADC 104th Annual Awards global jury has been announced. It includes 10 creatives from the Middle East and Africa region (Image by © Bizcommunity)

Of the six representatives from Africa, five are from South Africa and one is from Kenya.

The creatives representing the Middle East & Africa are:

• Yash Deb, co-founder, creative partner, The Bar Africa, Nairobi - Experiential Design Jury
  
• Mukondi Ralushayi, co-founder, CEO, Think Creative Africa, Johannesburg -Fusion Jury
  
• Heather Dodd, partner, Savage + Dodd Architects - Architecture / Interior / Environmental Design Jury
  
• Wade Moonsamy, co-founder & creative director, BCKRDS - Interactive Jury
  
• Osmond Tshuma, creative director, Mam'Gobozi Design Factory - Typography / Lettering Jury
  
• Pola Maneli, independent illustrator - Illustration Jury
  
• Thabang Lehobye, head of design, M&C Saatchi UAE (originally from South Africa) - Fusion
  
• Emad Khayyat, executive creative director, Black Orange Live, Dubai - Artificial Intelligence Jury
  
• Sahar Madanat, founder, CDO, Twelve Degrees - Amman Product Design Jury
  
• Hatem Soliman, creative director, ADPRO Communications, Amman, Jordan - Pharma / Health / Wellness Jury

Seven SA agencies feature in One Club’s regional rankings, Ogilvy Cape Town ranked No.1

7 Jan 2025

Global jury members

A sampling of just some of the confirmed jury members from around the world, and their judging discipline, includes the following.

APAC

• Joao Flores, CCO, Monks, Singapore (Interactive)
  
• Morihiko Hasebe, global ECD, Hakuhodo Inc., Tokyo (Fusion)
  
• Hyeah Nahm, ECD, Publicis Groupe, Seoul (Interactive)
  
• Fizza Shah, ECD, Grey Pakistan, Karachi (Fusion)
  
• Zigeng Wang, founder, chief architect, PILLS, Beijing (Architecture/Interior/Environmental Design)

Europe

• Bruno di Lucca Goncalves, director of creative content, channel innovation, Burberry, London (Brand-Side/In-house)
  
• Tad Greenough, global CCO, Pernod Ricard, Paris (Brand-Side/In-house)
  
• Adriana Pascan, CCO, Leo Burnett, Bucharest (Motion/Film Craft)
  
• Aline Perchez Tort, creative design director, The Coca-Cola Company, London (Brand-Side/In-house)
  
• Dörte Spengler-Ahrens, non-executive chairwoman, Jung von Matt, Hamburg (Advertising)
  
• Jörg Waschescio, ECD, Scholz & Friends, Berlin (Interactive)

Latin America

• Ricardo Chadwick, co-CEO, Fahrenheit DDB, Lima (Interactive)
  
• Maria Contreras Aravena, independent illustrator, Santiago (Illustration)
  
• Alessandra Gomes, ECD, McCann Health Brazil, São Paulo (Pharma/Health/Wellness)
  
• Ignacio Jardon, ECD, R/GA, Buenos Aires (Experiential Design)
  
• Andrés Porras, ECD, DDB Colombia, Medellín (Advertising)
  
• Mauricio Sarmiento, CCO, Sancho BBDO, Bogotá (Fusion)

North America

• Fernando Capeto, head of editorial design, Forbes, Jersey City (Book/Magazine/Newspaper Design)
  
• Fruhlein Chrys Econar, photo editor, The Wall Street Journal, New York (Photography)
  
• Toni Ferreira, head of digital and transformation, DAVID Miami (Gaming)
  
• Lauren Hertzberg, managing partner, Cut+Run, New York (Motion/Film Craft)
  
• Natasha Jen, partner, Pentagram, New York (Brand/Communication Design)
  
• Jones Krahl, US head of creative, Deloitte Digital, New York (Artificial Intelligence)
  
• Laywan Kwan, executive director of art, Macmillan, New York (Book/Magazine/Newspaper Design)
  
• Leah Rubin-Cadrain, head of creative, Snap, New York (Artificial Intelligence)
  
• Javier Verdura, director, product design, Tesla, Los Angeles (Product Design)
  
• Christian Widlic, global head of brand design, Intuit Mailchimp, New York (Brand-Side/In-house)
  
• Kiki Wolfkill, vice president, Xbox Film | TV, Microsoft/Xbox, Redmond (Gaming)

The complete ADC 104th Annual Awards jury can be viewed here.

New for 2025

Among the changes for the ADC 104th Annual Awards are:

• Pharma/Health/Wellness has been added as a new discipline.
• Publication Design has been divided into two disciplines: Book Design and Magazine/Newspaper Design.
• Product Design and Packaging Design now have their own dedicated juries (both disciplines were previously judged by the same jury).

• The Typography discipline is now called Typography/Lettering.

Entries, pricing and judging

Entries can be submitted now, with fees increasing after each deadline period.

Regular deadline: 31 January 2025
Extended deadline: 14 February 2025
Final deadline: 28 February 2025.

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 (the amount varies by discipline), and freelance creatives and one-person shops are eligible for an even greater reduction in their entry fee.

Judging for the ADC 104th Annual Awards takes place in March 2025. Finalists — all entries winning either Gold, Silver, Bronze Cubes or Merit — will be announced in early April, with winners unveiled at the ADC 104th Annual Awards ceremony during The One Club’s Creative Week 2025 in New York in May.