Matthias Spaetgens, Partner and Chief Creative Officer at Scholz & Friends, a VML Company, has been named Industry Craft president for the 2025 Cannes Lions Festival.
VML's 2025 Jury Members
Meet the experts who will be on the juries for some of the advertising world’s most prestigious festivals this coming year
- Published Date
- Mar 06, 2025
Festivals and award shows occur worldwide throughout the year, and we’re proud to recognize VML team members selected as jurors. Their expertise and dedication reflect the best of our agency.
Explore the events happening in 2025 and see which of our colleagues are representing VML on the global stage.
Cannes Lions 2025
Every year in June, Cannes Lions brings the creative community together for a week in Cannes, France – to learn, network, explore and celebrate creativity in advertising and communications.
Alison Tilling, Chief Strategy Officer, AUNZ, will serve on the Creative Strategy Lions Jury.
Amy Worley, Global Chief Connections Officer, will serve on the Digital Craft Lions Jury.
Aricio Fortes, Chief Creative Officer, United Arab Emirates, will serve on the Direct Lions Jury.
Graham Lang, Chief Creative Officer, Canada, will serve on the Outdoor Lions Jury.
Khalid Latif, Global Executive Creative Director, UK, will serve on the Pharma Lions Jury.
Klaartje Galle, Chief Creative Officer, Belgium, will serve on the Audio & Radio Lions Jury.
Luis Madruga Enríquez, Chief Creative Officer, Mexico, will serve on the Creative B2B Lions Jury.
Lulu Lu, Chief Creative Officer, Taiwan, will serve on the Print & Publishing Lions Jury.
Nino Goldberg, Chief Creative Officer, LATAM, will serve on the Creative Data Lions Jury.
Parattajariya Jalayanateja, CEO, Thailand, will serve on the Creative Business Transformation Lions Jury.
Tom Murphy, Co-Chief Creative Officer, U.S., will serve on the Film Lions Jury.
Alfred Wong, Chief Creative Officer, will serve on the Film Cannes Shortlist Jury.
Basel Jumaa, Executive Creative Officer, will serve on the Design Cannes Shortlist Jury.
Firas Ghannam, Creative Director, will serve on the Brand Experience & Activation Cannes Shortlist Jury.
Fumani Khumalo, Creative Group Head (Art Director), will serve on the Outdoor Cannes Shortlist Jury.
Mark Verhagen, Executive Creative Officer, will serve on the Health & Wellness Cannes Shortlist Jury.
Nabil Sarih, Executive Creative Director, will serve on the Social & Creator Cannes Shortlist Jury.
Greg Lotus, Global Head of Production, will serve on the Film Craft Cannes Shortlist Jury.
D&AD Awards
Each year, D&AD Awards gather the world's best creative work from across the commercial design, advertising, production, and craft disciplines to be judged by more than 330 global creative leaders, practitioners, and innovators.
Kalpesh Patankar, Group Chief Creative Officer at VML India, has been named Jury President for the Press & Outdoor category at the D&AD Awards 2025.
Christina Miller, EMEA Chief Social Officer, will serve on the jury for the Creator Content category.
Debbi Vandeven, Global Chief Creative Officer at VML, will serve on the jury for the Entertainment category.
Jaime Mandelbaum, Chief Creative Officer, will serve on the jury for the Sound Design & Use of Music category.
Kaleeta McDade, Global Chief Experience Design Officer, will serve on the jury for the Digital Design category.
Nathalie Brown, VP Executive Creative Director at VML New York, will serve on the jury for the Entertainment category.
Ryan McManus, Chief Creative Officer, will serve on the jury for the Digital Marketing category.
Clio Awards
The Clio Awards brings together leading creative talent for an exclusive and collaborative judging experience to select the entries that will win the coveted Grand, Gold, Silver, and Bronze Clio statues.
Sandra Bold, Chief Creative Officer, has been named Jury Chair for the Audio/Audio Craft category at the Clio Awards 2025.
Graham Lang, Chief Creative Officer, will serve on the jury for the Social Media category.
Liane Siebenhaar, Partner & Chief Effectiveness Officer at Scholz & Friends, a VML company, will serve on the jury for the PR category.
Nino Goldberg, CCO LATAM, will serve on the jury for the Creative Business Transformation, Commerce, Effectiveness & Strategy category.
The One Show
The One Show is the world's most prestigious award show in advertising and design and has a rich legacy of honoring some of the most groundbreaking ideas created by some of the most remarkable minds in creativity.
Walt T. Geer III, Chief Experience Design Officer, will lead The Fusion Pencil jury at The One Show 2025.
Aaron Frye, Executive Creative Officer, will serve on the jury for the Health & Wellness category.
Bas Korsten, Global Chief Creative Officer Innovation, and CCO EMEA will serve on the jury for the Creative Use of Data + Creative Use of Technology category.
Didi Pirinyuang, Chief Creative Officer, will serve on the jury for the Music and Sound category.
Jaime Mandelbaum, Chief Creative Officer, will serve on the jury for the OOH + Print & Promotional category.
Luis Madruga, Chief Creative Officer, will serve on the jury for the Film & Video category.
Rafa Pitanguy, Global Deputy CCO, will serve on the jury for the Sustainable Development Pencil category.
Rosie Bardales, Chief Creative Officer, will serve on the jury for the PR category.
Susan Golkin, Executive Creative Director, will serve on the jury for the Moving Image Craft category.
London International Awards
London International Awards (LIA) is a Creative Awards Festival, established in 1986. LIA invites industry leaders and trendsetters on both the creative and client side, assembling the most celebrated people in the industry for 10 days of judging in Las Vegas.
Christian Sánchez, Chief Creative Officer, VML Peru, will serve on the jury for the Non-Traditional category.
Fran Luckin, Chief Creative Officer, VML South Africa, will serve on the jury for the Integration and Direct category.
Greg Lotus, Global Head of Production, will serve on the jury for the Production & Post-Production and Music Video category.
Marielle Wilsdorf, Partner & Creative Managing Director, at Scholz & Friends, a VML Company, will serve on the jury for Audio & Radio category.
Natxo Díaz, Global Head of Craft, will serve on the jury for the Health & Wellness-Craft and Pharma & Medical-Craft category.
Gabriel Jardim, Executive Creative Director, will serve on the jury for the Branded Content and Branded Entertainment category.
ADC Awards
The ADC Awards, organized by The One Club for Creativity, celebrate global excellence in design, advertising, and creative communications. Established in 1920, they honor craft, innovation, and artistry across categories.
Allen Kwong, Executive Creative Director, will serve on the jury for the Book/Magazine/Newspaper Design category.
Justin Ebert, Executive Creative Officer, will serve on the jury for the Advertising category.
ADFEST
ADFEST is Asia’s only international creative festival. It is the ideal place for the creative industry to gather, network, exchange ideas, and be inspired.
Didi Pirinyuang, Chief Creative Officer, will serve on the jury for the Brand Experience Lotus, Commerce Lotus, and Direct Lotus.
Park Wannasiri, Chief Creative Officer, will serve on the jury for the Film Lotus, Outdoor Lotus, Press Lotus, and Radio & Audio Lotus.
ANDYs Awards
The ANDYs celebrate bravery and innovation in their winner’s circle, programming and formal recognition of the collaboration between creative and marketer, ultimately propelling our industry forward. The ANDYs are an idea-based show accepting work in all mediums which can be judged through lenses including Craft, Reset/Innovation, and Bravery
Lulu Lu, Chief Creative Officer, has joined the Greater China Jury at the ANDYs Awards 2025.
Paul Nagy, APAC Chief Creative Officer, has joined the Pacific Jury at the ANDYs Awards 2025.
Clio Health
The Clio Health Awards recognizes creative marketing, advertising, and communications in the fields of physical, mental, and social well-being. Award winners are determined by an industry-specific jury of creative leaders who determine which entries earn the Grand, Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Shortlist distinctions.
Fred Saldhana, Chief Creative Officer, will serve on the jury for the Film Craft & Print & OOH category.
Khalid Latif, Global ECD, VML Health EU, will serve on the jury for the Film, Out of Home, & Print category.
Mel Routhier, Chief Creative Officer, will serve on the Creative Business Transformation, Partnerships & Collaborations, and Integrated Jury
Eduardo Domínguez, Creative Director, will serve on the jury for the NextUp category
Tiffany Chung, Creative Director, will serve on the jury for the NextUp category
Dubai Lynx
Dubai Lynx has set the creative bar for the MENA region. The Festival brings together decision-makers from the creative marketing community, global speakers, and young talent together.
Ana Alonso, Global Strategy Director, will serve on the jury for the Creative Effectiveness, Creative Strategy category.
Ryan McManus, Chief Creative Officer, has been named Jury President for the Brand Experience & Activation/Creative Commerce category at the Dubai Lynx 2025.
Effie Awards
The Effie Awards are known by advertisers and agencies globally as the pre-eminent award in the industry, and recognize any and all forms of marketing that contribute to a brand's success.
Kayla Bond, Managing Director, Experience Strategy, will judge the first round at the 2025 Effie Awards.
Michelle Baumann, Chief Strategy Officer Commerce, will serve on the Commerce & Shopper Final Round Jury in New York.
Gerety Awards
The Gerety Awards brings together a jury to select the best in advertising that resonates most with a female audience, creating a benchmark that is relevant to the market reality, all while redefining the standard to which advertising has traditionally been held. The Awards are named for Frances Gerety, the copywriter who in 1948 coined the slogan "A diamond is forever”.
Julia Dovlatova, Executive Creative Director, has been named the Eastern Europe Jury President at the Gerety Awards 2025.
Rosie Bardales, Chief Creative Officer, has been named the New York Jury President at the Gerety Awards 2025.
Abbie Baehr, North American Chief Strategy Officer, joins the Executive Jury at the Gerety Awards 2025 in New York.
Klaartje Galle, Chief Creative Officer, joins the Grand Jury at the Gerety Awards 2025 in Belgium.
Golden Drum Awards
Throughout decades, the Golden Drum has stood as one of the most visible crossroads of the creative, marketing and advertising professional communities in the European advertising space.
Bogdan Teodorescu, Executive Creative Director at VML Romania, will serve on the Craft jury.
Jens Petter Waernes, Chief Creative Officer at VML Copenhagen, will serve on the Omni-Channel jury.
New York Festivals Advertising Awards
Advertising Awards honor advertising excellence through 19 competitions in all media from 80+ countries and represent the full spectrum of today’s advertising communications across the world.
Niraj Zaveri, Executive Creative Director, will serve on the Executive Jury.
Oswaldo Sa, Executive Creative Director, will serve on the Future Now Executive Jury.
Fred Aramis, Creative Director, will serve on the Shortlist Jury.
Izabella Cabral, Creative Director, will serve on the Shortlist Jury.
Jhona Gibson, Creative Director, will serve on the Shortlist Jury.
Lulu Lu, Chief Creative Officer, will serve on the Shortlist Jury.
Spikes Asia Awards
The region's oldest and most prestigious award for creative advertising. The awards serve as the definitive benchmark for not only creative excellence but also for marketing strategy and effectiveness in Asia-Pacific.
Kim Pick, Executive Creative Officer, will serve on the jury for the Direct & Outdoor category.
Mukund Olety, VML India Chief Creative Officer, will serve on the jury for the Brand Experience & Activation, Creative Commerce category.
Raymond Chin, Chief Creative Officer for Asia, will serve on the jury for the Creative Data, Innovation category.
Young Creative Cannes
The Young Creative Cannes Awards recognize the best emerging talent in advertising, challenging young creatives worldwide to develop innovative campaigns in response to real briefs. Winners earn the chance to compete at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
Damian Kitowski, Regional Creative Director at VML Poland, will serve on the jury for the Digital category.
Maciek Kozina, Regional Creative Director at VML Poland, will serve on the jury for the OPEN category.
Piotr Osiński, Chief Creative Officer at VML Poland, will serve on the jury for the Film and Print category.
Additional Jury Members
Our additional jury members bring their unique perspectives and industry expertise to the forefront, contributing their invaluable insights to shows around the world. Our extraordinary panel of additional jury members plays a crucial role in recognizing and celebrating creativity in all its forms. Meet the minds behind the scenes who, with their discerning eyes, contribute to shaping the narrative of excellence in the advertising world.
Beth Wade, Global Chief Communications and Integration Officer, CEO VML Kansas City, will serve on the PR jury at The Drum Awards.
Ali Khalil, Business Growth Officer, will serve on the Middle East & Africa jury for the WARC Awards.
Bogdan Teodorescu, Executive Creative Director at VML Romania, will serve as a juror for the Ukrainian edition of the Young Lions competition.
Dawid Szczepaniak, Creative Chairman at VML Poland, will serve as a juror for the Ukrainian edition of the Young Lions competition.
Eric Beane, Chief Analytics & Data Officer, will serve on the Grand Jury at the 2025 ARF David Ogilvy Awards.
Gabriel Jardim, Executive Creative Director, will serve on the Global ACE Awards jury.
Manuel Bordé, Global Chief Creative Officer, Commerce, will serve on the Design jury at The Drum Awards.
Susan Golkin, Executive Creative Director, will be joining this year's Super Clio Jury.
This page will be updated periodically throughout the year to reflect the latest information.
Updated August 28, 2025
- For a look at VML's 2024 jury members, click here
- For errors or omissions, email Jessica Nguyen
