LIA announced today that J. Walter Thompson Worldwide Chief Creative Officer Matt Eastwood will be heading the Print, Poster and Billboard Category as Jury President.
Matt joined J. Walter Thompson in July 2014. Described by Britain’s Campaign magazine as a “unicorn” in the communications industry, Matt has overseen some of the most innovative and recognizable creative projects in advertising today. His career has spanned numerous agencies, specialties and countries, including Australia, the UK and US. Matt was a founding partner of M&C Saatchi in Australia before he went on to join DDB Australia in 2006 as National Creative Director and Vice Chairman. In 2010, Matt became Chief Creative Officer of DDB New York, which, in the 2013 Gunn Report, was named the 13th most awarded agency in the world. At the same time, AdAge’s 2013 Award’s Report listed Matt as the 5th most awarded Chief Creative Officer worldwide.
During his career Matt has won numerous accolades and honors including Campaign Brief Agency of the Year, Australian Creative Hotshop, Adnews Agency of the Year, Creativity’s Agency to Watch, B&T Agency of the Year, Spikes Network of the Year, and Campaign magazine Network of the Year. He is a highly awarded creative with an international sensibility, living life as a New Yorker.
On Judging LIA 2015 Eastwood stated, “After a re-injection of energy some years ago, LIA fast became one of the industry’s most important shows. The caliber of jurors is always beyond compare, so it’s a thrill to preside over the Print, Poster and Billboard jury. I look forward to helping curate a show that both records the best work, and inspires more of the same.”
Eugene Cheong
CCO, Asia Pacific
Ogilvy & Mather Asia Pacific
Singapore
Karolina Galácz
Deputy Creative Director
Young & Rubicam Budapest
Budapest
Joe Johnson
Executive Creative Director
Publicis New York
New York
Hadas Liwer
Partner / ECD
Brinkman Advertising
Ramat-Gan
Melvin Mangada
Managing Partner / CCO
TBWA\Santiago Mangada Puno
Makati City
Pedro Prado
Creative Director
F/Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi
São Paulo
Dörte Spengler-Ahrens
Chief Creative Officer
Jung von Matt Elbe
Hamburg
Damon Stapleton
Chief Creative Officer
DDB New Zealand
Auckland
Justin Tindall
Group ECD
Leo Burnett
London
