Iris Lo to judge NY Art Directors Club awards

DraftFCB Hong Kong ECD Iris Lo is to represent Asia on The Art Directors Club international jury. The New York-based ADC is holding it’s 90th Annual Awards, which is open for entries at www.adcawards.org

The Advertising jury will judge entries for both Advertising and the ADC Hybrid category, which honors the year’s most innovative, game-changing and inspiring work, and the most relevant, entertaining, engaging brand experiences and advertising solutions.  The complete list of jurors for the Advertising and ADC Hybrid categories, which have an entry deadline of February 6, 2011, is as follows:

• Paul Lavoie (Advertising jury chair), chairman, co-founder, TAXI, New York, NY, USA

• Wayne Best (Hybrid jury chair), founder/creative director, Cog, New York, NY, USA

• Joe Alexander, senior vice president, group creative director, The Martin Agency, Richmond, VA, USA

• Sarah Barclay, executive creative director, JWT, New York, NY, USA

• Miguel Bemfica, managing creative director, JWT Delvico, Madrid, Spain

• Susan Corbo, creative director, BBH, New York, NY, USA

• Jeremy Craigen, executive creative director, DDB London, London, UK

• Christine Gignac, creative director, Mother, New York, NY, USA

• Alison Gragnano, executive creative director, Ogilvy, New York, NY, USA

• Graeme Hall, senior copywriter, Y&R, New York, NY, USA

• Tom Hauser, creative director, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Boulder, CO, USA

• Ivan Johnson, executive creative director, Network BBDO, Cape Town, South Africa

• Margaret Johnson, executive creative director, associate partner, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco, CA, USA

• Jeff Kling, creative director, freelance, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

• Iris Lo, managing director, executive creative director, DraftFCB, Hong Kong

• Deborah Morrison, distinguished professor of advertising and brand development, University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communications, Eugene, OR, USA

• James Spence, vice president, creative director, Syfy, NBC Universal, New York, NY, USA

• Rob Strasberg, co-CEO, chief creative officer, Doner, Detroit, MI, USA

• Shahir Zag, chief creative officer, Y&R Dubai, Dubai, UAE

Steve Simpson, chief creative officer, Ogilvy North America, will serve as ADC’s first Annual Awards Chair, where he will oversee the Advertising, Design, Photography, Illustration and Interactive juries, and work with category chairs to ensure consistent standards and highest judging criteria.