2025 Young Ones Jury

Young Ones has gathered top talent, rising stars to established executives alike, from around the world to judge our 2025 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.

Elaine Alderette

Assistant Chair Screen-based Media
ArtCenter College of Design

Juan Andrès Kebork

Copywriter
Innocean Berlin

Leandro Assis

Art Director & Lettering Artist
Lebassis

Angela Bains

Advertising Program Chair
OCAD University

Laura Ballesteros

Creative Senior Copywriter
Edelman

Ricardo Baltazar

Senior Art Director
Pinterest

Danae Belanger

Creative Director
Freelance

Marina Beldi Hubner

SVP Group Creative Director
MRM McCann

Nestor Benjumea

Sr. Creative/Art Director
VML

Oscar Betancur

Chair, Professor, Advertising and Branding
Savannah College of Art and Design

Sebastien Brannen

Brand Creative Director
CHIMI

Heitor Caetano

Creative and Content Director
DPZ

Lukas Calderón Giraldo

ECD
el taier DDB Centro

Lissy Calienes

Associate Instructional Professor
University of Florida

Pornpiroon Choochuen

Head of Design
GOODSTUPH Thailand

Grace Chuang

Creative Director
Grace Chuang Creative

Sharon Cordon

Art Director
Goodby Silverstein & Partners

Talia Cotton

Founder & Creative Director
Cotton

Bradley Credit

Cinematographer
Independent

Joanna D'Avanzo

Senior Professional Lecturer
Marist College

Jiaan Dai

Founder, Art Director, Creative Director
THE END DESIGN

Yugandhara Dalvi

Senior Creative Director
Elephant Design

Pam Danowski

Creative Director
Gut

Skye Deluz

Creative Director
Broken Heart Love Affair

Jose Guillermo Diaz

Co-Founder & Director
Miami Ad School Punta Cana

Jai Djwa

Convenor, Interaction Design Program
Capilano University

Summer Doll-Myers

Associate Professor
Kutztown University

Whitney Downing

Art Director
Wieden + Kennedy

Tyler J. Edwards

Senior Copywriter
Merkley + Partners

Dominique Elliott

Professor Emerita
Savannah College of Art and Design

Ana Paula Escobar Farrington

Creative Director
El taier ddb

Rafael Peixoto Ferreira

Professor
Mohawk College

Meghan Figueroa

Group Creative Director
Colle McVoy

Jonas Frey

Creative Director
la red

Sally Fung

Associate Creative Director
FCB

Schessa Garbutt

Creative Director & Founder
Firebrand Creative H

Javier Garcia

Assistant Professor
The City College of New York

Yan Garin

Country Head & Director
École Intuit Lab India

Sugandha Gaur

Associate Professor – Advertising, Faculty of Design
OCAD University

Ines Gerlach

Creative Director
Philipp und Keuntje GmbH

David Gill

Founder
Vibration

Matt Gissing

Creative Operations Manager & Faculty
Ringling College of Art & Design

Katsushi Goto

Director/Architect
Squareworks LLP

Annika Hansteen-Izora

Principle Product Designer
The Pattern

Anushka Harrison

Senior Graphic Designer
Self Employed

Sabrina Henry

Associate Creative Director
Ogilvy

Fons Hickmann

Art Design Director
Fons Hickmann M23

Spencer Holmes

Marketing Director, Video and Digital
Subway

Celine Hurka

Type Designer
Studio Céline Hurka

Alice Ishiguro Tosey

Designer
Alice Ishiguro Tosey

Giuliana Jelko

Group Creative Director
Accenture Song

Brittany Jones

Art Director
Pinned Studio

Mario Cesar Junior

Design Director
R/GA

Steve Kerry

Executive Creative Director
Monks

Namoo Kim

Professor
Hankyong National University

Daria Koshkina

Data Visualization Research Specialist
Barabasi Lab, Center for Complex Networks Research, Northeastern University

Qiana Lee-Oates

Creative Director
Momentum Worldwide

Dan Lemaux

Creative Director
Chemistry

Kieron Lewis

Graphic Designer & Host

Svein Haakon Lia

Creative Director/Founding Partner
Bleed

George Lin

Creative Director
Freelance

Pierre Lipton

Self-Employed

Jamae Lucas

Founder & Chief Visionary Officer
Break the Gate Enterprises

Shelley Lui

Creative Director
Independent

Florencia Luna

Senior Art Director
THIRD EAR

Simone Macciocchi

Creative Director
KleinRusso

Verusha Maharaj

Managing Director
Red & Yellow Creative School of Business

Ted Malenfant

Creative Director / Copywriter
Freelance

Jimmy Marcheso

Co-Founder
Bath & Pajama

Monika Marek-Łucka

Educator, Visual artist, Writer, Curator
New Media Arts Department at the Polish-Japanese Academy of IT

Michele Mari

Creative Director
Independent

Chiara Martini

Creative Strategy Sr. Director - LATAM
The Coca-Cola Company

Maurizio Masi

Assistant Professor of Design
Lehigh University

John McNamee

Associate Creative Director
Kastner

Ricardo Miller

Creative Director
Independent

Brayan Mitis

Creative Copywriter
Edelman Colombia

Erick Monero

Associate Creative Director
David&Goliath

Sumate Natekrajangkul

Creative Director
GOODSTUPH Thailand

Frederick Nduna

Creative Director
The Martin Agency

Van Newman

Screenwriter + Strategist
Day Zero Productions

Joss Ng'ang'a

Creative Lead & Content Strategist
Independent

Teodor Nisbel Fjäll

Art Director
Uncommon Creative Studio

Mikel Ortega

CCO & Professor
Big Toys

Linus Östberg

Creative Director
OKTO

Paulo Ottaviani

Senior Creative Art Director
Gut São Paulo

Darius Ou

Graphic Designer
Studio Darius Ou

Pal Pettersson

Program Director, Communication Design
Berghs School of Communication

Bárbara Polanco

Art Director
Ogilvy

Caroline Powley

Senior Lecturer
Auckland University of Technology

Zoë Pulley

Designer + Educator
Independent

Sara Radovanovich

Associate Creative Director
FCB

Rohitash Rao

Art Director/Director/Animator/Artist/Professor
University of Texas, Austin

Domenique Raso

Creative Director
Courage

Caitlin Rassie

Senior Designer
Designworks

Lauchlan Reid

OCAD

Luis Felipe Rios

Sr. Copywriter
the community

Xavier Rivera

Senior Art Director
Duncan Channon

Bria Royal

Creative Designer
United Talent Agency

Asli Sahin

Creative Director
Ogilvy Germany

Tom Scharpf

Professor
VCU Brandcenter

Andrea Serrano Villaverde

Creative Director
Independent

Charmie Shah

Creative Director

Vidhi Shah

Group Creative Director
Havas

Jane Skripnik

CEO
Jane's Media Group

Felix Sng

Design Director and Educator
Studio SWELL

Clara Soderberg

Senior Art Director
BBDO

Luana Suciu

Independent Creative Director

Sarah Tang

Co-Founder
Sarah and Schooling

Taro Taniwaki

Copywriter
Hakuhodo

Bo Tian

Art Director
TEN BUTTONS

Carson Ting

Visual Artist
Chairman Ting

Dhruv Tiwari

Creative Director
DDB Mudra Group

Dorottya Tóth

Creative Director
DDB Budapest

Nontokozo Tshabalala

Multidisciplinary Artist and Creative Director
Creatives Shall Govern

Paulo Villones

Associate Creative Director
PG ONE Singapore

Joana Vinheiro

Senior Art Director
HeimatTBWA\

Elliot Vredenburg

Creative Director
U.N.N.A.M.E.D.

Olive Wangai

Associate Creative Director
Dentsu Creative

Nic Wehmeyer

Creative Director
Freelance

Giorgia Xia

Creative Director
Unlearn Studio

Kahi Xu

Creative Lead & Managing Partner
JELLY

C.J. Yeh

Founder and ECD
Cynda Media Lab

Sophia Yeshi

Graphic Designer and Illustrator
Yeshi Designs

Camilla Zanaria

Sr. Global Content Director
The Coca-Cola Company

Cass Zawadowski

Instructor
Miami Ad School Toronto

David Zucker

Chief Marketing Officer
Perdue