New York Festivals Advertising Awards 2021 names Ralf Heuel as Jury President leading 25 Executive Jury members

New York Festivals Advertising Awards announced the 25-member 2021 NYF Executive Jury of international award-winning creative leaders to judge entries submitted into New York Festivals Advertising Awards.

Industry Executive Jurors from Asia include: Takahiro Hosoda, Executive Creative Director, TBWA HAKUHODO, Japan, Cindy Yan Chen, Partner/Chief Strategy Officer, Focus Media Group, China, Anil Nair, Chief Executive Officer, VMLY&R, India, Viral Pandya, Partner, Cog Digital, India, and Ramanuj Shastry, Co-Founder, Infectious Advertising, India.

Executive Jury President, Ralf Heuel, Chief Creative Officer and Partner of Grabarz & Partner Germany will preside over this elite panel of Chief Creative Officers and Executive Creative Directors from around the globe.

With 28 years of industry experience, Heuel brings both leadership and creativity to the role of Executive Jury President. Previously as a Creative Director, and then as CCO, Heuel made the agency one of the most creative locations in the country, in the process repeatedly propelling Grabarz & Partner into the top five of the most creative German agencies.

Heuel had this to say about the key elements that will set the tone for the Executive Jury judging sessions, “Keep your respect for the work, keep your mind open, and look for the best pieces of work.”

His dedication to respecting the work, combined with his understanding of the creative process will ensure that Heuel will set a tone of objectivity making sure that all global work will be judged with fair and meticulous attention.

“We’re thrilled that Ralf Heuel will lead this year’s Executive Jury,” said Scott Rose, Executive Director, New York Festivals Advertising Awards. “With a reputation as an innovative leader known for ground-breaking creative, he will lead the Executive Jury of 24 creative minds dedicated to the quality and aesthetic of creative advertising to select this year’s award-winning work as well as the newly unveiled special awards, the Pivot and the Signal.”

“I love it (Signal Award) because it is not disconnected from the world we live in; it is highly connected to the situation we are in and that is what makes advertising and communication relevant. It’s a beautiful idea,” said Heuel.

This is the 11th year that New York Festivals has brought together a panel of globally respected innovators from ground-breaking agencies to view brave creative work from around the globe.

The Executive Jury will convene for multiple passionate and focused discussions to select the World’s Best Advertising from the shortlisted entries selected by the online NYF Grand Jury.

2021 Executive Jury

Executive Jury President – Ralf Heuel, Chief Creative Officer & Partner, Grabarz & Partner, Germany

Sandra Bold, Global Creative Director, Publicis, Italy
Alexis Bronstorph, Chief Creative Officer, Taxi, Canada
Christian Caldwell, VP, Chief Creative Officer, McCann Lima, Peru
Cindy Yan Chen, Partner/Chief Strategy Officer, Focus Media Group, China
Lexi Corn, Creative Director, Iris Atlanta, USA
PJ Eales, Executive Creative Director, Machine Cape Town, South Africa
Ioana Filip, SVP Global Executive Creative Director, Energy BBDO, USA
Chris Gokiert, Chief Creative Officer, Critical Mass, Canada
Aste Gutierrez, Creative Director, Droga5, USA
Kia Heinnen, Creative Director, Droga5, USA
Takahiro Hosoda, Executive Creative Director, TBWA HAKUHODO, Japan
Michelle Lassman, Head of Creative, AKQA, USA
Myles Lord, Managing Creative Director, Serviceplan, Germany
Sandra Luciano, Creative Director Retail, Saatchi & Saatchi, USA
Anil Nair, Chief Executive Officer, VMLY&R, India
Sergio Leon Novoa, VP of Content & Experience, Sancho BBDO, Colombia
Viral Pandya, Partner, Cog Digital, India
Allison Pierce, Global Chief Creative Officer, Intel VMLY&R, USA
Jason Romeyko, Worldwide Executive Creative Director, Serviceplan, Germany
Ramanuj Shastry, Co-Founder, Infectious Advertising, India
David Weinstock, Partner & Chief Creative Officer, Decoded Advertising, USA
Polina Zabrodskaya, Creative Director, AMVBBDO, United Kingdom
Nicolas Zarlenga, Chief Creative Officer & Partner, The Juju, Argentina
Kevin Zung, Chief Operating Officer, WMcCann, Brazil

All entries into the 2021 NYF Advertising Awards competition will be judged by 400+ members of NYF’s Executive Jury and Grand Jury, a panel of prominent global creative minds, who collectively cast over 400,000+ votes to select the World’s Best Advertising.

The deadline to enter the 2021 New York Festivals Advertising Awards is February 26, 2021. For more information on categories, rules and regulations or to review the 2021 entry guide visit: HERE. To enter this year’s competition, visit: HERE.