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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