It’s hard to believe we’re already thinking about the 2019 advertising awards, but AdFest 2019 is well into planning and has appointed its Grand Jury President.
Mark Tutssel will lead the Branded Entertainment Lotus, Effective Lotus & Integrated Lotus panel as jury president, and head the INNOVA Lotus and Lotus Roots panel as grand jury president.
Tutssel leads Leo Burnett globally from its Chicago headquarters, as executive chairman & global chief creative officer. He is responsible for setting the company’s vision and oversees the creative output for some of the world’s biggest global brands including Samsung, McDonald’s, Coca-Cola and General Motors.
Mark Tutssel
“AdFest is one of the industry’s most respected industry events, a champion of creative excellence, and one of my favourite festivals. I’m especially looking forward to discovering work that celebrates the richness of cultures across the Asia Pacific and Middle East,” he commented.
Leo Burnett has topped the Gunn Report’s All Gunns Blazing category for seven of the past eight years. It has also ranked in the world’s Top 5 most awarded creative networks for 10 years in a row. In 2013, Tutssel introduced Creativity Without Borders, a game-changing vision for Leo Burnett that is now widely adopted and embraced by the network, tapping into creative talent from around the world to tackle global briefs.
Tutssel is one of the most awarded creative directors in the industry having won over 600 Cannes Lions, the first ever D&AD White Pencil, two D&AD Black Pencils and six Clio Grand Prix among his most prized accolades. He sits on the Publicis Communications Board, the Facebook Creative Council, the One Show Board of Directors, the D&AD Global Advisory Board, and is a member of the Royal Society of Arts.
Jimmy Lam, president of AdFest, added, “Under Mark’s leadership, Leo Burnett has been one of the world’s most consistently creative networks over the past decade. We are honoured he has agreed to return to Thailand to lead our jury. His experience as a creative leader will ensure only the most creative and effective work rises to the top.”
AdFest is a non-profit-making entity whose aim is to nurture and support the creative industry in the Asia Pacific and MENA region. With the theme, TMRRW.TDAY, AdFest 2019 will encourage the industry to experiment, throw out the old, start afresh, and create new values.
The call for entries for the AdFest 2019 Lotus Awards will be announced soon.
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