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The 2016 Canadian Young Lions and Young Marketers finalists shortlist

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Photo from Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity Facebook Page

The Globe and Mail has unveiled the shortlist of 2016 Canadian Young Lions and Young Marketers finalists. Winners will be announced at the CMDC Conference taking place on April 26, 2016. Each Gold winning team will travel to Cannes, France to represent Canada in the global Young Lions and Young Marketers Competitions taking place June 18 to 25, 2016. The Canadian qualifying competitions took place March 5-7. Congratulations to the finalists!

2016 CANADIAN YOUNG LIONS AND YOUNG MARKETERS TOP 5 FINALIST TEAMS
In random order

YOUNG LIONS – CYBER
Alex Bird – Copywriter, Rethink
Sheldon Rennie – Digital Art Director, Rethink

Sally Fung – Art Director, Leo Burnett
Jason Soy – Copywriter, Leo Burnett

Sarah Cody – Copywriter, Cundari
Matthew Morris – Art Director, Cundari

Jenny Luong – Art Director, john st.
Martin Stinnissen – Copywriter, john st.

Jess Toye – Art Director, BBDO
Kaidy Wong – Copywriter, zulu alpha kilo

YOUNG LIONS – FILM
Michael Appleby – Copywriter, SapientNitro
Ihar Turtsou – Art Director, SapientNitro

Kohl Forsberg – Writer, john st.
Emma Wathan – Art Director, john st.

Julia Milstone-Turner – Copywriter, Route Eleven
Samuel Sferrazza – Creative Director, Route Eleven

Jordan Hamer – Copywriter, Lg2
Spencer Dingle – Art Director, Lg2

Shauna Roe – Copywriter, Leo Burnett
Mary Soroka – Art Director, Leo Burnett

YOUNG LIONS – MEDIA
Alyssa Agnew – Digital Trading Assistant, Touché! Media
Rachelle Dobson – Digital Trading Assistant, Touché! Media

Arslan Shahid – Sr. Designer, Klick Inc
Majid Behboudi – Sr. User Experience Architect, Klick Inc

Catherine Dorion – Strategic Planner, DentsuBos
Jacob Guité-St-Pierre – Strategy Director, DentsuBos

Kayleigh Forbes – Strategy Assistant, Starcom
Brittney Stephenson – Strategy Planner, Starcom

Marissa Fischer – Strategy Planner, Starcom
Geoffrey Morton – Communications Planner, Carat

YOUNG LIONS – PRINT
Joshua Lessard – Copywriter, Sid Lee
Lian Benoit – Designer, Sid Lee

Jake Bundock – Art Director, Rethink
Andrew Chhour – Copywriter, Rethink

Jordan Darnbrough – Copywriter, Havas Worldwide
Nethmie Hettiarachchi – Art Director, Havas Worldwide

Ioana Rucareanu – Designer, Edelman Toronto
Darya Klymenko – Copywriter, Leo Burnett

Adam McDade – Copywriter, Clever Samurai
Emmanuel Torres – Art Director, Cundari

YOUNG MARKETERS
Farhan Ali – Brand Lead, Proctor and Gamble
George Wong – Assistant Marketing Manager, PepsiCo

Samantha Finkelstein – Marketing Communications Manager, TELUS
Danica Nelson – Marketing Communications Specialist, TELUS

Christian Di Vincenzo – Team Lead – Digital Marketing Consultant, Lexus Canada
Olena Sapojnikova – Digital Marketing Consultant, Lexus Canada

Tiffany Gonsalves – Associate Brand Manager, Johnson & Johnson
Tyler Rochwerg – Associate Brand Manager, Johnson & Johnson

Brittany O’Bright – Assistant Manager Program Development, MolsonCoors
Amanda Secor – Brand Manager, Heineken

Entries were judged by a panel of industry experts including:

YOUNG LIONS PRINT JURY
Mary Maddever – VP, Editorial Director, Brunico Communications – Jury Chair
Matt Antonello – VP, Group Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi
Frederic Bruniquel – VP, Creative Director, Havas Worldwide – Montreal
Karen Howe – Creative Director, The Township
Morgan Kurchak – Group Creative Director, Leo Burnett
Bernice Lo – Senior Art Director, Cundari
Gail Pak – Associate Creative Director, Zulu Alpha Kilo
Jenny Smith – President, Creative Director, Ray Agency

YOUNG LIONS FILM/CYBER JURY
Mary Maddever – VP, Editorial Director, Brunico Communications – Jury Chair
Sarah Di Domenico – Copywriter & Creative Lead, Sid Lee Montreal
Jordan Doucette – Executive Creative Director, Taxi Canada
Josh Fehr – Executive Creative Director, Camp Pacific
Joel Holtby – Creative Director, Rethink
Carl Robichaud – VP, Creative Director, Publicis Montreal
Ryan Spelliscy – Chief Creative Officer, J. Walter Thompson

YOUNG LIONS MEDIA JURY
Cathy Collier – CEO, OMD – Jury Chair
Jeff Dack – President, Carat Canada
Helen Galanis – President, Initiative Canada
Brooke Leland – SVP, General Manager, Cossette Media
Zoryana Loboyko – SVP, Managing Director, PHD
Alexandra Panousis – CEO, Starcom MediaVest
Dany Pedneault – Quebec Director Performance, Resolution Media
Rick Sanderson – SVP, General Manager, MacLaren McCann Vancouver
Penny Stevens – President, Media Experts
Alastair Taylor – Chief Client Officer, MEC Global

YOUNG MARKETERS JURY
Mark Childs – CMO, Samsung Canada – Jury Chair
Dave Wilkin – Founder, TenThousandCoffees.com – Jury Co-Chair
Marc Belcourt – National Manager, BMWi
Bob Cornwall – Head of Brand Strategy, Google Canada
Jason Doolan – Director of Marketing, General Mills Canada
Susan Irving – Senior Director of Marketing, PepsiCo Canada
Steve Levy – Chief Operating Officer, Ipsos Reid
Nelson Quintal – Creative Director, Cheil Canada

For more information about The Globe and Mail’s Cannes Lions program, visit globelink.ca/canneslions.

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