GLOBAL – CANNES, FRANCE, APRIL 11, 2012: Made up of a senior creative from the award-winning agencies of each of the 2011 Cannes Lions Grand Prix winning pieces of work, the Cannes Chimera was created by Cannes Lions 2012 to guide the finalists as they develop their projects.
The first Cannes Chimera will be made up of the following talented communicators:
Mark Bashore, Head of Creative, Digital Kitchen, Chicago, USA – Winner of the Design Grand Prix, ‘The Cosmopolitan Digital Experience’, The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
Mark Bernath, Executive Creative Director, Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam, The Netherlands- Winner of the Film Grand Prix, ‘Write the Future’, Nike
Adrian Botan, Creative Partner, McCann Erickson Bucharest & Regional Creative Director, McCann Erickson Central and Eastern Europe -Winner of the Direct and Promo & Activation Grand Prix, ‘American Rom’, Kandia Dulce
Paul Brazier, Executive Creative Director, Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO London, UK – Winner of the Creative Effectiveness Grand Prix, ‘Sandwich’, Pepsico
Amanda Clelland, Associate Creative Director, Droga 5, New York, USA -Winner of the Film Craft Grand Prix, ‘After Hours Athlete’, Puma
Neil Heymann, Creative Director, Droga 5, New York, USA – Winner of the Outdoor and Titanium & Integrated Grand Prix, ‘Decode Jay-Z with Bing’, Bing/Jay-Z
Ant Keogh, Executive Creative Director, Clemenger BBDO Melbourne, Australia – Winner of the PR Grand Prix, ‘Break Up’, National Australia Bank
Thomas Kim, Executive Creative Director, Cheil Worldwide, Seoul, Korea -Winner of the Media Grand Prix, ‘Homeplus Subway Virtual Store’, Tesco
Aaron Koblin, Artist, Google Creative Labs, New York, USA – Winner of the Cyber Grand Prix, ‘The Wilderness Downtown’, Google
Nick Law, Executive Vice President and Chief Creative Officer, R/GA New York, USA – Winner of the Cyber Grand Prix, ‘Pay with a Tweet’, Innovative Thunder
Rob McLennan, Executive Creative Director, Net#work BBDO, Johannesburg, South Africa – Winner of the Radio Grand Prix, ‘Bud’, ‘Love’, ‘Toby’, Mercedes-Benz
Iain Tait, Global Executive Interactive Creative Director, Wieden + Kennedy Portland, USA – Winner of the Cyber Grand Prix, ‘Response’ Campaign, Proctor & Gamble, Old Spice Body Wash
Jason Williams, Executive Creative Director, Leo Burnett Melbourne, Australia – Winner of the Grand Prix for Good, ‘See the Person’, Scope
Yang Yeo, Chief Creative Officer, JWT Shanghai, China – Winner of the Press Grand Prix, ‘Heaven and Hell’, Samsonite
A new challenge will be set each year to harness the power of creativity for the greater global good. Each year, a new Cannes Chimera will be formed with the respective Grand Prix winners. Previous years members will remain part of the Cannes Chimera consultancy board, which will grow year on year.
For more information about the Cannes Chimera, visit http://www.canneslions.com/chimera.
