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NYF's executive jury panel announced

For the first time in two years, New York Festivals International Advertising Awards (NYFA) will resume face-to-face live jury sessions with NYF's executive jury panel.
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To celebrate the return of live in-person judging, director, Sheena Brady, and production company WW7 have teamed with NYFA to produce a hysterical one-minute character-driven, NYC, Hell's Kitchen-themed spot.

2022 Executive Jury

The NYF also announced the 2022 Executive Jury of prominent creative leaders recruited to judge entries submitted to the New York Festivals Advertising Awards.

Fede Garcia, BCW’s global chief creative officer will preside over the live judging sessions. He brings years of creative leadership, strategic perspective, and a worldwide industry view to the panel.

Other jury members include:

  • Hemant Anant Jain, executive creative director, Argonaut USA
  • Samira Ansari, executive creative director, FCB New York USA
  • Chaucer Barnes, chief marketing officer, UnitedMasters USA
  • Patrick Bennet, executive creative director, Momentum USA
  • Tina Cervera, chief creative officer, Lippe Taylor USA
  • Corinna Falusi, chief creative officer, Mother USA
  • Chris Garbutt, chief creative officer/co-president, Vice Media Group, Virtue USA
  • Walter Geer, chief experience design officer, VMLY&R USA
  • Rachel Donovan Geller, chief executive officer, Moons USA
  • Andre G. Gray, executive creative director, Grey USA
  • Sandy Greenberg, co-chief executive officer, Terri & Sandy USA
  • Bianca Guimaraes, partner & ECD, Mischief USA
  • Rafael Rizuto, chief creative officer, BBH USA
  • Laura Stamm-Boyd, SVP, executive creative director, Saatchi USA
  • Shannon Washington, SVP, creative director, R/GA New York USA
  • David Weinstock, partner, chief creative officer, Decoded USA
  • Together, without distraction, the executive jury will thoughtfully judge work from seven categories shortlisted by the online grand jury for two days in June at New York City’s Crosby Hotel.

    The New York Festivals Advertising Awards receives entries from more than 60 countries and are judged by more than 400+ members of NYF’s Executive Jury and Grand Jury, who collectively cast their votes to select the year’s trophy-winning work.

    NYF brings together a wide spectrum of world-class innovators to judge including execs from the US as well as NY-based international award-winning advertising creatives who have worked at top-tier advertising agencies in Brazil, Australia, Germany, South Africa, and Japan.

    “We are looking forward to resuming the lively discussions surrounding world-class work with this exceptional panel of industry leaders,” said Scott Rose, executive director, New York Festivals Advertising Awards.

    “These world-class creatives ensure that each entry will receive fair and thoughtful consideration and the attention it deserves.”

    The deadline to enter the 2022 New York Festivals Advertising Awards is 22 April 2022.

    Find more information on categories, rules, and regulations or review the 2022 entry guide here.

    Enter your work here.

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