KIAF 2024 Introduces International Judges
Kyiv International Advertising Festival 2024 announces the jury, which has been joined by leading global experts in the advertising industry.
KIAF jury members were selected with special attention, as it includes international professionals with experience in participating and winning at the most prestigious global advertising contests, including Cannes Lions.
KIAF are delighted to introduce to you the first members of the KIAF 2024 international jury:
- Pablo Dominguez Agregan, group creative director, 180heartbeats + JUNG v. MATT, Poland
- Lia Bira, creative director, McCann Worldgroup Bucharest, Romania
- Nicolás López, chief creative director, partner, Loca Santiago, Chile
- Prerna Mehra, creative director and head of art, MullenLowe MENA, UAE
- Mariana Peluffo, global creative director, Publicis One Touch, Germany
- Bobby Petrov, creative and strategy director, All Channels Group, Bulgaria
- Sean Poropat, chief creative director, co-owner, Studio SONDA, Hungary
- Sari-Liia Tonttila, managing director, Ahjo Communications, Finland
- Jure Tovrljan, executive creative director, Pristop, Slovenia
- Jean Benaim, head of strategy and media creativity, Havas Media Network, France
- Nikola Foktova, creative director, Leo Burnett Prague and MSL, Czech Republic
- Sebastian Haus, creative director, Accenture Song, Germany
- Vince McSweeney, chief creative officer, McCann Central, UK
- Juha-Matti Nieminen, executive producer, CEO, Directors Guild Helsinki, Finland
- Catalin Rusu, chief creative officer, CEO, Rusu+Bortun, Romania
- Michal Sek, chief creative officer, Saatchi & Saatchi, Poland
- Tao Legêne Thomsen, founder and creative partner, innovation, STAN — The Fandom Agency, Denmark
- Vesselin Trandov, senior copywriter, The Smarts, Bulgaria
In 2024, the KIAF entries will be judged by six international jury teams and one client team, formed from advertisers' representatives. The jury members introduced so far belong to various groups of the international jury teams. The announcement of the rest of the jury members will happen soon, after which the team compositions will be announced.
KIAF contest program is divided into four blocks that reflect the key directions in the advertising and creative industry:
- CREATIVE COMMUNICATIONS is focused on big creative ideas in different disciplines.
- CRAFT/ TECHNOLOGY is recognised for creative excellence and brilliant execution in some of the key segments of advertising and communication production process.
- SOCIAL GOALS CONTESTS is rewarded and celebrated campaigns that use creative communications to make changes and positively impact the world.
- CLIENT`S VIEW is evaluated for industry projects and awards creativity, originality of communication solution with account of its results to solve business tasks.
Regular Deadline – 1st April. Submissions are ongoing here.
The festival takes place within the framework of Ukrainian Creative Stories. The General Partner is Nova Post. Delivering victories from Ukraine worldwide.
Don't miss your chance to become part of the KIAF 2024 contest program!
