LIA Announces 2025 Jury Presidents

London International Awards (LIA) is open for entries for its 40th show. This year, 18 jury presidents will be presiding over 30 Categories at Encore @ Wynn, Las Vegas to set the standard of excellence for creativity in 2025.

Included in this year’s line up of jury presidents will be Linda Cronin, EVP global media, Monks, who will preside over the inaugural Creativity in Media competition. As the show that is created for creatives, the Creativity in Media jury will be looking to award work that raises standards in the context of media, where inspiring media ideas and innovative channels take centre stage.

Linda Cronin said, “Media performance and digital growth have become increasingly reliant on thumb-stopping ad creative, and it's leading to more collaboration than ever before between media buyers, designers and creative strategists. I'm honoured to be part of the jury panel for LIA's 2025 Creativity in Media to help recognise creative excellence that is making media more effective and more impactful on the bottom line.”

Each year, LIA assembles the best creative people, who themselves, are highly awarded people, to judge. Barbara Levy, president of LIA, said, “We take great care in inviting the best people to judge as it is a big responsibility. These are highly respected industry leaders who create and look at ideas all the time, so they can distinguish between mediocre, good and excellent work in terms of creativity.”

The 2025 Jury Presidents:

​Ambient & Activation | Billboard | Poster | Print​

Chaka Sobhani

President / global chief creative officer

DDB Worldwide

​Audio & Radio​

Sbu Sitole

Chief creative officer

The Odd Number, Johannesburg

​Branded Content and Branded Entertainment​

Javier Campopiano

Global chief creative officer

McCann Worldgroup & McCann

​Creative Strategy​

Sandi Preston

Chief strategy officer

Translation - Division of United Masters, Brooklyn

​Creativity In B2B and Transformative Business Impact​

Gavin Chimes

Chief creative officer

Howatson+Company, Sydney

​Creativity In Media​

Linda Cronin

EVP global media

Monks

​Creativity In PR​

Judy John

Global chief creative officer

Edelman

​Design and Package Design​

Thomas Mueller

Global head of design / chief design officer, EMEA

Accenture Song

​Digital and Use of Social Media & Influencers​

Samira Ansari

Chief creative officer

Ogilvy NY

​Evolution and Creative Use of Data​

Gabriel Schmitt

Global chief creative officer

Grey

​Health & Wellness​

Stephanie Berman

Global chief creative officer

The Bloc

Health & Wellness-Craft and Pharma & Medical-Craft

Creative director – EMEA & Global

Syneos Health

Integration and Direct

Worldwide chief creative officer

BBDO

​Music & Sound​

Lucas Sfair

CEO / head of audio

Bumblebeat, São Paulo

​Non-Traditional​

Marco Venturelli

Global CEO / CCO Leo |

CEO / CCO Publicis Conseil |

CCO Publicis Groupe France

​Pharma & Medical​

Collette Douaihy

Global chief creative officer, Health

Dentsu Health

​Production & Post-Production and Music Video​

Paul Hunter

Co-founder

PRETTYBIRD

​TV & Cinema and Online Film​

Vicki Maguire

Chief creative officer

Havas London

LIA Entry System is now open. There is currently a 25% discount for entries finalised before 10th June. Judging will take place in Las Vegas from 25th September through 3rd October. Winners will be announced by 5th October.