Droga heads star-studded Spikes Asia jury lineup

Spikes Asia has long been one of the top regional advertising awards in the business, and this year they are raising the bar with a superstar international jury and an all-new format, converting the award show into a three day Cannes-like festival in Singapore this September — in fact, the Spikes Festival is being put together in part by the same minds behind Cannes Lions, Dubai Lynx and Eurobest.

The Spikes has just released the jury list for the TV/Cinema, Print, Outdoor and Radio categories, and wow, it’s a stacked card.

David Droga, Creative Chairman, Droga5, USA (also the jury President)
Warren Brown, Executive Creative Director, BMF, Australia
Edmund Choe, Executive Creative Director Greater China, Saatchi & Saatchi, China
Piyush Pandey, Executive Chairman & National Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather, India
Prasoon Joshi, Executive Chairman & Regional ECD Asia Pacific, McCann Erickson, India
Akira Kagami, Executive Creative Director, Dentsu, Japan
John Merrifield, Creative at Large, TBWA Asia-Pacific, Singapore
Calvin Soh, Vice Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Asia, Singapore
Jureeporn Thaidumrong, Founder & Creative Chairwoman, JEH United, Thailand
David Guerrero, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, BBDO Guerrero, The Philippines
Bil Bungay, Co-Founder & Creative Partner, Beattie McGuiness Bungay, UK
Ty Montague, Co-President North America, JWT, USA

The deadline for entering Spikes Asia is July 24th, with festival taking place in Singapore on September 16–18