LONDON, UK – Collectively responsible for over 900 D&AD Awards – including 74 Yellow Pencils, 2 White Pencils, and 4 coveted Black Pencils – they have shaped brand transformations, designed culture-shifting campaigns, and created visual languages for some of the world’s most iconic brands, platforms, and creators – from Nike to Netflix, Airbnb to Adobe, the BBC to Beyoncé.
They include CCOs, founders, filmmakers, designers, producers, editors, and innovators across every corner of the industry. They’ve worked with global giants and emerging disruptors. They’ve shaped the creative industries as we know them, and built new worlds from pixels, paper, and pure imagination.
“This year’s D&AD Jury Presidents represent an outstanding breadth of creative leadership, each one proving that creativity is not only alive, but vital to our industry. I am confident they will guide their juries with fairness, openness and transparency, upholding D&AD’s integrity while championing the very best in commercial creativity above all else,” D&AD Chief Operating Officer Donal Keenan said.
Together, they represent the very best of what creativity can be: alive, experimental, and relentlessly driven by action. As we launch this year’s D&AD Awards, they’re not just judging the work; they’re challenging you to prove creativity is still alive.
Think it is? Show them.
2026 Jury Presidents by Discipline
Advertising
- Digital Marketing – Tara McKenty, Chief Creative Officer, AKQA AU/NZ
- Film – Brent Anderson, Global Chief Creative Officer, TBWA\Media Arts Lab
- Press & Outdoor – Reed Collins, Chief Creative Officer APAC, Ogilvy
- Radio & Audio – Mandie van der Merwe, Chief Creative Officer, Saatchi & Saatchi
Brand
- Brand Identity Refresh – Teemu Suviala, Global Chief Creative Officer, Landor
- New Brand Identity – Cat How, Chief Executive Officer, Founder & Executive Creative Director, How&How
- Brand Transformation NEW – Sue Daun, Executive Creative Director & Senior Creative Client Partner, Interbrand
Craft
- Animation – Marilena Vatseri, Creative Director & Managing Partner, NOMINT
- Art Direction – Yoshihiro Yagi, Executive Creative Director/Growth Officer, Dentsu Japan
- Casting – Claire Catterson, Casting Director, Claire Catterson Casting
- Cinematography – Helena Woodfine, Executive Producer & Founding Partner, Romance Films
- Direction – Gabriel Moses, Director, DIVISION
- Editing – Yorgos Lamprinos, Editor, Cosmic
- Illustration – Noma Bar, Graphic Designer & Illustrator, DUTCH UNCLE
- Photography – Prashant Godbole, Founder & Photographer, ideas@work Advertising
- Production Design – Dulcidio Caldeira, Partner & Director, Boiler Films
- Sound Design & Use of Music – Gilvana Viana, CEO & Executive Producer, MugShot
- Typography – Liu Zhao, Founder & Creative Director, another design
- Visual Effects – Louise Unwin, Executive Producer, Jamm Visual
- Writing for Advertising – Barbara Humphries, Chief Creative Officer, Droga5 ANZ
- Writing for Design – Holly Kielty, Writer & Creative Strategist, Holly Kielty Limited
Culture
- Cultural Influence NEW – Geoff Edwards, Managing Director – Creative, GALE
- Entertainment & Sports Entertainment NEW – Justine Armour, Chief Creative Officer International, 72andSunny
- Gaming & Virtual Worlds – Claudio Lima, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, WOW Gaming Ventures
- Music Videos – child., Director, De La Revolución
Design
- Book Design – David Pearson, Book Designer/Founder, Type as Image/The Book Cover Review
- Digital Experience Design – Teo Connor, Vice President of Design, Airbnb
- Graphic Design – Naomi Hirabayashi, Art Director & Graphic Designer, PLUG-IN GRAPHIC
- Magazine & Newspaper Design – Birthe Steinbeck, Founder & Director/Art Director, STUDIO STEINBECK/SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG MAGAZIN
- Packaging Design – Gush Mundae, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Bulletproof
- Product Design – Tom Lloyd, Co-Founder, Pearson Lloyd
- Spatial Design – Melike Altinisik, Founder, MAA – Melike Altınışık Architects
- Type Design & Lettering – Veronika Burian, Creative Type Director & Co-Founder, TypeTogether
Engagement & Experience
- Commerce – Till Diestel, Chief Creative Officer, Serviceplan Germany
- Creator Content – Akanksha Goel, Vice President, Regional Lead for the Middle East & India / Founder & CEO, We Are Social – Socialize
- Direct – Danilo Boer, Global Creative Lead & Partner, President of the Global Creative Council, McCann
- Experiential: Activation & Participation – Youri Guerassimov, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Chief Creative Officer, Marcel
- Luxury – Priya Matadeen, Brand Director, Mulberry
- Media – Resh Sidhu, Senior Global Director – Innovation & Marketing, Snap Inc.
- PR – Kate Stanners, Chief Creative Officer, International, Edelman
Health
- Health & Wellbeing and Pharma – Eric Weisberg, Global Chief Creative Officer, Havas Health and You
Impact
- Impact, Future Impact & Sustained Impact – Ali Rez, Chief Creative Officer, Impact BBDO
