MANILA, PHILIPPINES — Among other incredible leaders in the creative industry, Natalie Lam, CCO of Publicis Groupe APAC & MEA, Hong Kong, SAR, has been named Jury President for the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2022 for the Print & Publishing Category. LIONS announced four Jury Presidents from APAC; alongside Lam, there is Yasuharu Sasaki of Dentsu, Eugene Cheong of DDB Asia, and Kimberlee Wells of TBWA.
Originally from Hong Kong, Lam studied in New York in the early 90s and worked there since, specializing in creating 360 ideas for some of the world’s biggest brands and leading creative departments for innovative agencies. Lam started as a print designer and made her way into the integrated world of advertising based on her love for craft, strategy and simple big ideas. She was executive creative director for agencies such as OgilvyOne, R/GA, McCann Erickson, Razorfish and Google’s inhouse agency Art, Copy & Code.
Her work includes some of the most innovative brand and product creations for Nike, Spotify, Adidas, Cadillac and Instagram. She has won top awards in The One Show, ADC. Annual Awards, Cannes, D&AD and Clio. In 2015, after two decades in advertising, Lam took a break to start an electronic music and DJ school The Foxgrove in NYC. Now back in Asia, her mission is to put creative as the core of all of Publicis Groupe’s offerings, leverage her unique international background to serve global brands.
Cannes Lions opened for entries on Jan. 20. This year’s Cannes Lions will take place on June 20-24. The Festival will be accessible to everyone and delegate registration is now open. If anyone is unable to travel for any reason, LIONS Members get exclusive digital access to Cannes Lions – plus a series of other benefits, throughout the year.
LIONS powers the marketing segment of media business Ascential and is a destination for those in the business of creativity. The annual five-day Festival, Cannes Lions, is the meeting place for the global creative marketing community and a celebration of the world’s most excellent and effective work.
