ADC is proud of achieving a perfect gender balance in its 10 jury chairpeople – 5 and 5.

This year’s jury chairs are:

• Advertising: Taras Wayner, chief creative officer, Saatchi & Saatchi, New York, NY, USA

• Brand/Communication Design: Richard Ting, executive vice president, global chief design officer, R/GA Ventures, New York, NY, USA

• Experiential Design: Ann Harakawa, principal, Two Twelves, New York/Honolulu, USA

• Illustration: Edel Rodriguez, artist, Edel Rodriguez Studio, Mt. Taborm NJ, USA

• Interactive: PJ Pereira, creative chairman, Pereira O’Dell, San Francisco, CA, USA

• Packaging/Product Design: Karen Welman, founding partner, chief creative officer, Pearlfisher, London, UK

• Photography Design: Lauren Greenfield, photographer, filmmaker, Evergreen Pictures, Los Angeles, CA, USA

• Publication Design: Julia Hasting, creative director, Phaidon Press, Zurich, Switzerland

• Spatial Design: Clive Wilkinson, FAIA, FIIDA, RIBA, president, design director, Clive Wilkinson Architects, Culver City, CA, USA

• Typography: Gail Anderson, creative director, Visual Arts Press, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY USA

Jury chairs for Motion/Film Craft and Fashion Design disciplines will be announced shortly.

The ADC 98th Annual Awards are part of The One Club for Creativity. The awards are open for entries with a final deadline of January 31, 2019. Enter here.

“Craft and innovation continue to be the intense focus of the ADC Annual Awards,” stated Michael O’Rourke, executive director, ADC.

“This year’s jury chairs are recognised creative leaders who are perfectly suited to lead our juries and guide them to view the work through that lens during the judging process.”

This year’s competition continues to offer tiered pricing structure , designed to make it easier for smaller studios, agencies and freelancers to participate in the ADC Annual Awards.

The fee structure varies depending on whether the submitting firm is a design studio or ad agency. Design studios with between 2-20 employees get a discount (amount varies by discipline), while ad agencies with between 2-50 employees qualify for the tiered pricing discount. Freelance creatives and one-person shops in either design or advertising are eligible for an even greater reduction in their entry fee.