LIONS 2023 announce scholarship winners: Philippines and Pakistan represented

To celebrate the 70th edition of Cannes Lions, LIONS launched a fully-paid scholarship for underrepresented talent within the creative industry with an emphasis on diversity of location, gender, colour, class, preference and perspective. With 5 places available on the Brand Marketers Academy and 5 on the Creative Academy, in total 10 under 30s from 10 countries will receive a fully funded trip to Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2023.

The successful participants are named as:

Creative Academy
Alana Marques Silva, Brazil, Art Director, SOKO
Andrea Del Rosario, Philippines, Senior Copywriter, McCann Worldgroup Philippines
Jimena María Sagot Espitia, Costa Rica, Creative Senior Copywriter, Garnier BBDO
José Miguel García Lucero, Mexico, Creative Writer, The Juju Mx
Sameer Ali, Pakistan, Associate Creative Director, Adcome Leo Burnett

Brand Marketers Academy
Annebelle Wafula, Kenya, Community Manager, Power Learn Project
Dunya Bulut, Turkey, Strategic Marketing Manager, ABA Automotive
Grace Lokako, Switzerland, Senior Product Marketing Specialist, Logitech
Kateryna Kononenko, UK, Senior Marketing Manager, Zego
Vanessa Mbonu, USA, Vice President Digital Marketing and Communications, NAACP

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