2026 Young Ones Jury
Young Ones has gathered top talent, rising stars and established executives alike, from around the world to judge our 2026 Young Ones Student Awards. Our jurors will review thousands of entries from hopeful students and recent graduates to determine who deserves to be recognized as a Young Ones Student Award Winner across our four competitions – ADC, One Show, TDC, and Portfolio.
Young Ones ADC
Jesus Acosta
Associate Creative Director - Art
Dieste, Inc. (Omnicom)
Jappy Agoncillo
Artist
Jose Aguilar
Creative Director
Be Flamingo Agency
Cheri Anderson
Chief Production Officer
JOAN Creative
Michael Bagnardi
Senior Designer
Bulletproof
Vanessa Ban
Designer
Studio Vanessa Ban
Gabriela Bastidas
Art Director
Diseña Futuro
Kiernan Benkoil
Senior Copywriter
Leonardo.Ai
Paulo André Bione
Partner Academic Director
Miami Ad School
Alejandro Luis Canciobello Echevarria
Regional Executive Creative Director
DDB Group Hong Kong
Johnny Jiasheng Chen
Founder & Industrial Design Specialist
Forenext Design / WAC Group
Yanting Chen
Designer & Professor
Yantingchen.com / NTUST
Kareem Collie
Head of Design, JPL CreativeStudio
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Josh Dickinson
Photographer & Director
Josh Dickinson
Sourabh Dubey
Group Creative Director
DDB
Ivan Faerman
Production and Creative Operations
Robinhood
Zoé Ganch
Executive Creative Director
Factory360
Vito Luigi Giannoccaro
Creative Manager
Sky Italy
Naveed Hussain
Visual Artist & Art Director
NvD Studio
Sven Ingmar Thies
Founder, Teacher, Author
Thies Design
Hasan Issa
Advertising Manager
Alrisha
Ishita Jain
Illustrator & Designer
Freelance
Cass Jam
Creative Director
Bear Meets Eagle on Fire
Dwight James III
Creative Director & Founder
Mav3rick Studios Worldwide, LLC
Sergio Jara
Associate Creative Director, Art, VP
FCBHNY
Nico Jardim
Multimedia Design Lecturer
Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography
Brittany Jones
Art Director
PINNED STUDIO
Kenie Mei Lam Kwok
Regional Creative Strategy Lead
Meta
Joseph Lau
Global Head of Creative and Design
OPPO
Hyesu Lee
Illustrator/Artist/
Muralist/Educator
Cat Leonart
Art Director
DAVID
Bingyi Liu
Senior UX designer
Eli Lilly
Rachel Lucchesi
Senior Creative Art Director
Leo Germany
Christian Maine de Biran
Associate Creative Director
McKinney
Dan Matutina
Designer & Illustrator
Plus63
Bairbre McGlade
Creative Director
TBWA\Ireland
Saymon Medeiros
Creative Director
Bigtime Creative Shop
Eugenia Mello
Illustrator, Educator, Art Director
Eugenia Mello
Lily Menoscal
Creative Copywriter
Freelance
Micah Mew
Content Producer
Freelance
Ellen Moriarty
Associate Creative Director
Taxi Studio
Alex Naghavi
Creative Director - AI
Block
Fang Nan
Founder & Chief Executive Desiger
Pixel Pack Inc
Candice Ng
Senior Lecturer
School of Art Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University
Shane O'Riordan
Designer Director & Lecturer
Freelance
National College of Art & Design
Wally Oliveira
Senior Art Director
GUT
Soumik Parida
Senior Lecturer
School of Communication & Design, RMIT University Vietnam
Apiwat Pattalarungkan
Creative Director & Co-Founder
TJT
Henning Patzner
Film Professor
HFF München
Luigi Pintacuda
Head of Architecture and Design, Associate Professor in Research
University of Hertfordshire
Janyce Portalatin
Senior Graphic Designer
Centric Brands
Tarinee Rajaraman
Art Director
Edelman
Dr. Sinead Roarty
Global Executive Creative Director
Godmother
Jonnathan Rodríguez López
Copywriter Senior
MullenLowe Global
Heather Seidel
Associate Motion Director
Hook
Delna Sethna
Independent
Ilu Shilpakar
Art Director
Dentsu Creative
Ahmed Shohoud
Art Director
Fp7 McCann
Valeria Silva
Creative Social Copywriter & Co-Founder Circle of Creatives Colombia
Circle of Creatives Colombia
Stephanie Simpson
Illustration Lecturer
Red and Yellow
Julia Skrzynecka
Arts and Crafts Professional
Gianna Tachinardi
Creative Director
Leo Burnett Deutschland
Ally Thomasson
Senior Designer
Vault49
Rey Tiempo
Chief Creative Officer
Co-Op Play
Marie Toh
Illustrator & Educator
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
Svenja Tong
Co-Founder & Designer
The Sandwich Club
Quynh Tran
Copywriter
Goodby Silverstein & Partners
Corrine Vance
Senior Copywriter
Saatchi and Saatchi
Aiqi Zhang
Senior Designer
Mother
Young Ones ONE SHOW
Johannes Auffermann
CCO
Astral Kreative GmbH
Fernando Carrion
Creative Director
GALE
Michelle Cherland
Best Buy
Bryan Dávila
Design Director
Hook
Glenn Griffin
Director of Texas Creative
The University of Texas at Austin
Katie Griffiths
Global Brand VP - Whiskas
Whiskas
Mariel Hernandez
Co-Founder & Art Director
Circulo Creativo Bolivia
Mohammad Akrum Hossain
CCO
POP5
Jennifer Johnson
Senior Lecturer
The University of Minnesota
Amera Lulu
Senior Art Director
Edelman
Josefien Olij
CMO Philips Sonicare, Sr. Director Integrated Marketing Personal Health
Philips
Raul Palhares
Creative Copy Manager
Etihad Airways
Arcot Rahul
Group Creative Director
DDB Mudra Group
Lex Remalante
Associate Creative Director
The LEGO Group
Georgina Rex
Creative Director
Walmart
Erica Rigobello
Global Strategy Director
Grey
Jeff Sheets
Professor/Director
Brigham Young University - BYU AdLab
Megan Shepherd
Global Brand Strategy
Havas
Joe Staluppi
Curriculum Co-Chair
FIT Advertising & Digital Design
Clare Stein
Executive Creative Director
ATTN:
Michael Stoopack
President
TiNY
ShahRukh Tailor
Sr. Art Director
KastnerLA
Olive Wangai
Associate Creative Director
Dentsu Creative Kenya
Lily Wong
Social Content Creator
DNA&STONE
Yuri Yoshimura
Global Marketing
Supercell
Young Ones PORTFOLIO
Abbas Albadri
Creative Director
Sketch Iraq
Sheng Jin Ang
Executive Creative Director
MullenLowe Singapore
Meylin Castro
Creative Director
El Taier DDB Centro
John Delacruz
Director, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
SJSU
Jeff Gillette
Co-Director & Co-Founder
The Brand Studios at CU
Aisha Hakim
Creative Director
Freelance
Robin Landa
Distinguished Professor
Kean University
Carolyn McMurray
Founder & Freelance Copywriter
Word Tonic
Sarah Mestarihi
Creative Director
M+C Saatchi Group
Radek Mojžíš
Creative Lead
DDB.about95
Leila Moussaoui
Creative Director
BBDO
Ali Ozden
Creative Director
Universal Favourite
Norm Shearer
Creative
Freelance
Juan Vargas
Creative Director
VML Spain
Kyle Waye
Creative Director & Copywriter
ONE23WEST
Joshua Williams
Director, UI/UX
Aspen One
Paula Zambrano
Senior Art Director
Saatchi & Saatchi ME, Dubai
Julia Zapparoli
Senior Art Director
Heimat TBWA Germany
Young Ones TDC
Benjamin Abesamis
Creative Director
And A Half Design Studio
Myka Arnado
Art Director & Graphic Designer
CMYKa
Natalia Cabrera
Senior Art Director
Lola Mullenlowe
Jean-Philippe Dugal
Creative Director Art
No Fixed Address
Bai Fengkun
Chief Designer
People's Fine Arts Publishing House
Julius Hui
Type Director
Kowloon Type
Chisaokwu Joboson
Type Designer & Founder
Ụdị Foundry
Du Nieto
Lead Designer
Revolut
Charmie Shah
Founder & Creative Director
Charmie Shah
Paola Vecco
Art Director, Lettering Artist, Type Designer
Freelance
Lihsing Wang
Founder
Utopia Collaboration Inc.
Ryan Williamson
Lead Type Designer
F37 Foundry
