The One Club’s ADC 104th Annual Awards global jury has been announced. It includes 10 creatives from the Middle East and Africa region (Image by © Bizcommunity)

Of the six representatives from Africa, five are from South Africa and one is from Kenya.

The creatives representing the Middle East & Africa are:

• Yash Deb, co-founder, creative partner, The Bar Africa, Nairobi - Experiential Design Jury
• Mukondi Ralushayi, co-founder, CEO, Think Creative Africa, Johannesburg -Fusion Jury
• Heather Dodd, partner, Savage + Dodd Architects - Architecture / Interior / Environmental Design Jury
• Wade Moonsamy, co-founder & creative director, BCKRDS - Interactive Jury
• Osmond Tshuma, creative director, Mam'Gobozi Design Factory - Typography / Lettering Jury
• Pola Maneli, independent illustrator - Illustration Jury
• Thabang Lehobye, head of design, M&C Saatchi UAE (originally from South Africa) - Fusion
• Emad Khayyat, executive creative director, Black Orange Live, Dubai - Artificial Intelligence Jury
• Sahar Madanat, founder, CDO, Twelve Degrees - Amman Product Design Jury
• Hatem Soliman, creative director, ADPRO Communications, Amman, Jordan - Pharma / Health / Wellness Jury

Global jury members

A sampling of just some of the confirmed jury members from around the world, and their judging discipline, includes the following.

APAC

• Joao Flores, CCO, Monks, Singapore (Interactive)
• Morihiko Hasebe, global ECD, Hakuhodo Inc., Tokyo (Fusion)
• Hyeah Nahm, ECD, Publicis Groupe, Seoul (Interactive)
• Fizza Shah, ECD, Grey Pakistan, Karachi (Fusion)
• Zigeng Wang, founder, chief architect, PILLS, Beijing (Architecture/Interior/Environmental Design)

Europe

• Bruno di Lucca Goncalves, director of creative content, channel innovation, Burberry, London (Brand-Side/In-house)
• Tad Greenough, global CCO, Pernod Ricard, Paris (Brand-Side/In-house)
• Adriana Pascan, CCO, Leo Burnett, Bucharest (Motion/Film Craft)
• Aline Perchez Tort, creative design director, The Coca-Cola Company, London (Brand-Side/In-house)
• Dörte Spengler-Ahrens, non-executive chairwoman, Jung von Matt, Hamburg (Advertising)
• Jörg Waschescio, ECD, Scholz & Friends, Berlin (Interactive)

Latin America

• Ricardo Chadwick, co-CEO, Fahrenheit DDB, Lima (Interactive)
• Maria Contreras Aravena, independent illustrator, Santiago (Illustration)
• Alessandra Gomes, ECD, McCann Health Brazil, São Paulo (Pharma/Health/Wellness)
• Ignacio Jardon, ECD, R/GA, Buenos Aires (Experiential Design)
• Andrés Porras, ECD, DDB Colombia, Medellín (Advertising)
• Mauricio Sarmiento, CCO, Sancho BBDO, Bogotá (Fusion)

North America

• Fernando Capeto, head of editorial design, Forbes, Jersey City (Book/Magazine/Newspaper Design)
• Fruhlein Chrys Econar, photo editor, The Wall Street Journal, New York (Photography)
• Toni Ferreira, head of digital and transformation, DAVID Miami (Gaming)
• Lauren Hertzberg, managing partner, Cut+Run, New York (Motion/Film Craft)
• Natasha Jen, partner, Pentagram, New York (Brand/Communication Design)
• Jones Krahl, US head of creative, Deloitte Digital, New York (Artificial Intelligence)
• Laywan Kwan, executive director of art, Macmillan, New York (Book/Magazine/Newspaper Design)
• Leah Rubin-Cadrain, head of creative, Snap, New York (Artificial Intelligence)
• Javier Verdura, director, product design, Tesla, Los Angeles (Product Design)
• Christian Widlic, global head of brand design, Intuit Mailchimp, New York (Brand-Side/In-house)
• Kiki Wolfkill, vice president, Xbox Film | TV, Microsoft/Xbox, Redmond (Gaming)

The complete ADC 104th Annual Awards jury can be viewed here.

New for 2025

Among the changes for the ADC 104th Annual Awards are:

• Pharma/Health/Wellness has been added as a new discipline.
• Publication Design has been divided into two disciplines: Book Design and Magazine/Newspaper Design.
• Product Design and Packaging Design now have their own dedicated juries (both disciplines were previously judged by the same jury).
• The Typography discipline is now called Typography/Lettering.

Entries, pricing and judging

Entries can be submitted now, with fees increasing after each deadline period.

Regular deadline: 31 January 2025Extended deadline: 14 February 2025Final deadline: 28 February 2025.

A special tiered pricing structure makes it easier for smaller agencies, studios and freelancers to participate. Larger agencies and brands pay the standard entry fee; smaller shops get a discount on entries (the amount varies by discipline), and freelance creatives and one-person shops are eligible for an even greater reduction in their entry fee.

Judging for the ADC 104th Annual Awards takes place in March 2025. Finalists — all entries winning either Gold, Silver, Bronze Cubes or Merit — will be announced in early April, with winners unveiled at the ADC 104th Annual Awards ceremony during The One Club’s Creative Week 2025 in New York in May.