D&AD Awards 2025 announces jury and jury presidents including 53 leaders from Asia
The 63rd annual D&AD Awards will be held at the County Hall and Southbank Centre on the London Southbank. From May 18 to 22, 2025, there will be four days of live judging. The D&AD Awards Ceremony, marking the grand finale of the D&AD Festival, will take place on May 22 at the Southbank Centre, specifically in the Queen Elizabeth Hall Building.
Panels for 44 categories will be made up of 300+ leading creative experts from over 50 countries across the globe. This year, 63 professionals from Asia Pacific will travel to London to participate in the judging process. These are made up of 9 from Australia, 13 from Japan, 9 from India, 9 from China, 9 from Singapore, 3 from South Korea, 2 from New Zealand, 1 from Philippines, 2 from Indonesia, 1 from Thailand, 1 from Sri Lanka, 1 from Malaysia and 4 from Taiwan.
See Asia’s Jury Presidents and a few of Asia’s Jurors below:
Joey David Tiempo, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Octopus&Whale Philippines, Gaming & Virtual Worlds Jury President
Akae Wang, Head of Creative, Banana Balloon Shenzhen, Digital Design Jury President
Neha Tulsian, Founder & Executive Creative Director, NH1Design India Packaging Design Jury President
Kinya Tagawa, Chief Executive Officer, Takram Japan, Product Design Jury President
Boyoung Lee, EVP | Brand Experience & Digital Innovation, SHINSEGAE South Korea, Luxury Jury President
Carlos Camacho, Chief Creative Officer, GUT ASIA, Commerce Jury
Sachin Kamble, Leo Burnett India, Chief Creative Officer, Art Direction Jury
Nopparath (Mint) Eksuwancharoen, Executive Creative Director & Head of Art, Sour Bangkok, Entertainment Jury
Seongphil Hwang, Creative Director, Cheil Worldwide Seoul, Commerce Jury
Lili Jiang, Executive Creative Director, Cheil Hong Kong, Experiential: Activation & Participation Jury
Jody Xiong, Director, Artist & Digital Director, The Nine Shanghai, Film Jury
Rahul Mathew, Chief Creative Officer, DDB Mudra Group India, Digital Marketing Jury
Pooja Manek, Founding Member & Creative Director, Talented Agency India, Writing for Advertising Jury
Richard Yu, Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer, ROCK YU Creative, Press & Outdoor Jury
Neville Shah, Chief Creative Officer, FCB Kinnect & FCB/Six India Digital Design Jury
Keng Ming Liu, Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Bito Taiwan, Animation Jury
Wendi Chong, Head of Production & Executive Producer, BBH Singapore, Cinematography Jury
Vivien Chou, Executive Creative Director, Dentsu Creative/Isobar Taiwan, Gaming & Virtual Worlds Jury
Chow Kok Keong (KK Chow), Independent Chief Creative Officer, Spatial Design Jury
Pei Ling Ho, Executive Creative Director, Publicis Chemistry Singapore, Creator Content Jury
Gyu Kim, Global Creative Director, Cheil Worldwide Seoul, Editing Jury
Kazuhiro Shimura, Group Creative Director, Dentsu Tokyo, Experiential: Activation & Participation Jury
Jennifer Hu, Chief Creative Consultant, Oglivy Taiwan, Film Jury
Louis Piereck, Global Brand Director, Vaseline, Unilever, Health Jury
Ruchi Sharma, Founder & Chief Creative Officer, HumanSense, Impact Jury
Shintaro Monden, Chief Design Officer & Head, quantum/MEDUM Japan, Product Design Jury
Vikram Kalra, Co-Founder & Executive Producer, Good Morning Films, Production Design Jury
Tamon Fujimi, Founder & Music Director, WISTERIASOUND Japan, Sound Design & Use of Music Jury
Eric Widjaja, Design Principal, Thinking*Room Indonesia, Typography Jury
The full list of 300+ international judges for 2025 can be found here.
These jury members have been carefully selected to come together for live judging of the past year’s best work across the global commercial creative industries. They will award creative excellence with the belief that creativity is a major driver in commercial, economic, social and cultural success and will recognise work that inspires established talent and encourages the next generation.
The D&AD Awards Ceremony will be held as the culminating event of D&AD Festival. From 21-22 May, 2025, D&AD Festival will gather these 300+ global creative leaders and will feature 80+ speakers across two main stages. The programme will include jury insights, interviews, panel discussions, and keynotes from the people behind the work, alongside taster sessions of D&AD Masterclasses, activations, networking opportunities, and a physical and digital exhibition of the 2025 D&AD Award-winning work.
Winners are awarded an iconic Pencil. Last year, entrants from APAC won 135 Pencils: 23 to Australia, 10 to New Zealand, 2 to Korea, 5 to Taiwan, 9 to Thailand, 21 to China, 4 to Indonesia, 8 to India, 33 to Japan, 9 to Singapore, 1 to Philippines, 5 to Malaysia, 2 to Macau, 1 to Nepal and 2 to Pakistan.
Donal Keenan, COO at D&AD, said: “Judging the D&AD Awards is not only a massive honour but a huge responsibility to uphold the integrity, rigour and standards that D&AD is renowned for. Entries to these awards actively support D&AD’s mission as an educational charity by funding learning programmes that bridge the gap between education and industry. This is made possible by these top calibre professionals from around the world offering their time, wisdom and expertise.”
D&AD Awards 2025 is now open for entry. Key dates below, and for full details on categories, judging criteria, pricing and deadlines, please visit the D&AD website.
Tickets for D&AD Festival 2025 are now on sale. Book by midnight on Monday 24 February to get 30% off.