Eurobest Announces Jury line-up for Interactive, Mobile, Media and Design Categories

1 November 2011 – Eurobest, Europe’s leading awards and annual event for creative advertising and communications, has today announced the names for three out of the eight juries; Interactive and Mobile, Media and Design.

The jury members will come together in Lisbon, the host city for this year’s Festival, to debate and deliberate over the best of European advertising and communications and award deserving entries with a much sought after Eurobest trophy. Each jury will be presided over by a dedicated president: Tom Eslinger, Digital Creative Director of Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide will chair the Interactive and Mobile Jury; Marco Rimini, Leader, Business Planning for Mindshare Worldwide will lead the Media Jury; and heading up the Design Jury is Tim Greenhalgh, Chief Creative Officer of FITCH.

Commenting on the juries, Philip Thomas, CEO of Cannes Lions, organisers of Eurobest, said, “At a time when the industry in Europe is having to hold its own against emerging regions and countries, it’s crucial that Eurobest stands as a testament to European creativity by awarding work that is genuinely deserving. These jury members have all proved themselves to be of award-winning calibre and will now use their knowledge and skills to decipher which entries stand out enough to walk away with a trophy. It is great to have them all on board.”

INTERACTIVE AND MOBILE JURY
Tom Eslinger, Worldwide Digital Creative Director, Saatchi and Saatchi, Global – JURY PRESIDENT
Antonia Tritthart, Chief Creative Officer, Traktor, Austria
Xavier Bouillon, Creative Director, Emakina Brussels, Belgium
Balder Olrik, Inventor, Inventors Of, Denmark
Christophe Clapier, Creative Director, BETC Euro RSCG, France
Carsten Bolk, Executive Creative Director, BBDO Proximity, Germany
Nick Bailey, Executive Creative Director, AKQA Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Rui Vieira, Creative Director, Fullsix, Portugal
Grigoriy Sorokin, Interactive Creative Director, Leo Burnett Moscow, Russia
Pablo Dachefsky, Creative Director, Nurun, Spain
Adam Ulvegärde, Creative Director, Forsman & Bodenfors, Sweden
Laura Jordan Bambach, Executive Creative Director, LBi, UK

MEDIA JURY
Marco Rimini, Worldwide Head of Communications Planning, Mindshare, Global – JURY PRESIDENT
Hugues Rey, Chief Operating Officer, Havas Media, Belgium
Philippe Lasne, Managing Director, PHD, France
Reiner Schmitt, Managing Director, MediaCom, Germany
Ilana Monka Goldstein, Vice President, Union Media, Israel
Luis Mergulhão, Chief Executive Officer, Omnicom Media Group, Portugal
Susana Coma, Managing Director, Optimedia Barcelona, Spain
Helena Westin, Director & Partner, Tre Kronor Media & Advertising, Sweden
Simone Doehring, Managing Director, Vizeum, Switzerland
Nathalie Peters, Managing Director, Mediabrands, The Netherlands
Ben Collins, Digital Media Director G14, Initiative, UK

DESIGN JURY
Tim Greenhalgh, Chief Creative Officer, FITCH, UK – JURY PRESIDENT
Francesco Bestagno, Creative Director, Demner, Merlicek & Bergmann, Austria
Franck Sarfati, Creative Director, Sign*, Belgium
Jakob Blom, Founder, Allright Agency, Denmark
Anu Igoni, Creative Director & Partner, Bob Helsinki, Finland
Olivier Dognon, Creative Director, Team Creatif, France
Florian Grimm, Creative Director, Grimm, Gallun, Holtappels, Germany
Richard Gorodecky, Executive Creative Director, Amsterdam World, The Netherlands
Pedro Albuquerque, Designer & Partner, Albuquerque Design, Portugal
Nina Granath, Graphic Designer/Art Director, Stockholm Design Lab, Sweden

For further information on submitting any late entries or attending as a delegate please visit http://www.eurobest.com.

About the Eurobest Advertising Festival:
Launched in 1988, Eurobest is Europe’s leading annual awards competition for creative excellence in the categories of Film, Print, Outdoor, Radio, Craft, Interactive, Media, Direct, Sales Promotion, Design, PR, Integrated and Mobile advertising. Since 2008, the awards, which are judged by Europe’s top creatives, form part of a two-and-a-half day Festival themed to identify and engage specific topics that are relevant to the European market. The festival has been held in Stockholm, Amsterdam and Hamburg where there were close to 900 attendees. Lisbon, Portugal, will be the host city for Eurobest 2011. Organised by the same team behind the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the Dubai Lynx International Advertising Festival and Spikes Asia, the Eurobest Advertising Festival is a purely European event.

Key Dates:
Delegate registration: Now open
Festival dates: 28-30 November 2011, São Jorge Cinema, Lisbon, Portugal
Awards Show and After Party: 30 November 2011, São Luiz Theatre, Lisbon Portugal

Contact:
For further information, please contact:
Amanda Benfell, PR & Press Manager
Eurobest Advertising Festival, Greater London House, Hampstead Road, London NW1 7EJ, United Kingdom
Tel: +44-20-7728 4034; E-mail: [email protected]; Website: www.eurobest.com

Journalists wishing to attend Eurobest 2011, please register at www.eurobest.com/press-centre