The London International Awards 2009 is now accepting entries. All Advertising, Design and Digital work published or broadcast between 1st July 2008 and 31st July 2009 are eligible to enter. For the first time, LIA is included in the Campaign Brief Creative Rankings.
“The year, to make the competition even more exciting we have added the Bronze Statue to our line-up of metal,” revealed Barbara Levy, President of London International Awards. “Many creatives have been asking us about it and we think it is a natural follow-up to the Silver Statue we introduced two years ago. There will be a clear distinction between the Statue Winners and Finalists. It will also bring us in line with the other major awards shows. ”
But while there are more Statues to be awarded, judging standards will not be compromised.
“We are extremely honoured to have such an esteemed list of Jury Presidents for 2009,” continued Barbara Levy. “They are the who’s who in the advertising fraternity.”
This year’s Jury Presidents are as follows:
Jeremy Craigen, Executive Creative Director of DDB London – chairing Non-Traditional, Poster, Billboard and Print jury. Under Jeremy, DDB London’s Harvey Nichols “Calendar” Campaign was the most awarded Print Campaign in 2006. Jeremy has won many international awards including London International Awards.
Tham Khai Meng, Ogilvy & Mather – Worldwide Creative Director and Chairman of its Worldwide Creative Council – chairing Integrated and Television/Cinema/Digital/ Web/Mobile jury. Khai has been cited as “one of the world’s most influential people in the communications business” by Advertising Age. He has chaired and been on jury panels of some of the most prestigious awards, including Cannes, D&AD, The One Show and World Press Awards.
Faris Yakob, EVP Chief Technology Strategist at McCann-Erickson New York – chairing The NEW Category. He was awarded the President’s Prize for his thesis on the future of brands from the IPA in the UK. He has been lucky enough to be invited to talk about this sort of thing at conferences all over the world. Faris was named a Campaign “Face to Watch” in January 2008, a week after he had left the country to crack the States, where no one reads Campaign.
Iain Tait, Co-founder and Creative Director of Poke, London chairing the Digital jury. He began working on online space since the mid 90’s and has worked on clients like Orange, WWF, American Express and Yahoo. Iain has also been on some very impressive digital judging panels including the Cyber Lion.
Stewart Devlin of the Partners, New York, chairs the Design and Package Design jury. Stewart moved from London to New York seven years ago and now creatively heads one of the top Branding and Design Consultancies in the world.
Doug Zanger of Zhang Creative Portland, USA chairing the Radio jury. Doug is passionate about the auditory medium. Doug, who was also the 2008 Radio Jury President, believes in spreading the gospel of good creative, content and strategy within this medium.
“This year, we are launching what we call The NEW Category,” went on Barbara Levy. “As its name suggests it is new. Not because it is a new category for London International Awards but more because this NEW category gives work that merges original ideas with relevant and compelling executions a platform where they will be recognised. In short, it is a new way of connecting with the audience that defies any of the other previously pre-determined categories,” Barbara went on further to explain.
To enter visit: www.liaawards.com
