APN Outdoor is the official Australian representative of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. So it gets the honour of announcing Australia’s 2018 Cannes jurors.

Australia will have 13 judges in 26 jury categories. James McGrath, creative chairman of Clemenger BBDO has been selected to represent Australia on the exclusive Titanium Jury. Jay Morgan, innovations director, The Monkeys has been named President of the Mobile Jury.

Australia’s judges are:

• Titanium– James McGrath, creative chairman, Clemenger BBDO
• Film– Jen Spiers, deputy executive creative director, BMF
• Mobile (President)– Jay Morgan, innovations director, The Monkeys
• Outdoor– Mike Spirkoviski, national chief creative officer, Saatchi & Saatchi
• Direct – Jim Ingram, founder/creative director, Thinkerbell
• PR– Aden Ridgeway, partner, Cox Inall Ridgeway
• Film Craft – Colin Renshaw, VFX supervisor/founder, Alt.VFX
• Brand Experience & Activation– Josh Mullins, EP/head of projects, Will O’Rourke
• Creative Data– Kim Bartkowski, creative director/associate partner, IBM iX
• Media– Fiona Johnston, chief executive officer, UM
• Health– Cherie Davies, creative director, Sudler Sydney
• Design– Dominic Hofstede, design director, Maud
• Social & Influencer– Anthony Svirskis, chief executive officer, Tribe

Charlotte Valente, general manager marketing, APN Outdoor, commented, “Australia consistently finds itself in pole position when it comes to awards in Cannes, leading to our very strong representation this year.

“The judges selected for 2018 truly highlight the high standard of jury representation at this world-leading event and illustrate the unbelievable talent we have in our own backyard.”