2017 Jury

Jordan Doucette
Chief Creative Officer
TAXI

Jordan has a natural talent for communicating and collaborating with people. Her commitment to understanding clients’ marketing challenges and her ease with multiple communication channels have allowed her to make a significant impact on a wide array of accounts from pharma to telco.

Jordan's work has been recognized by most major award shows, including Cannes, the One Show, the CLIO Awards, and the CASSIES. Her exceptional abilities have also helped her achieve great heights within TAXI, from copywriter all the way to Chief Creative Officer.

Zak Mroueh
Chief Creative Officer, CEO & Founder
Zulu Alpha Kilo

A copywriter by trade, Zak spent the early part of his career at notable agencies such as Chiat/Day and BBDO. In 1999, he joined a small boutique shop called Taxi and, under his creative leadership, helped lead the agency to international acclaim on the world stage and seven Agency of the Year titles locally. Zak has been ranked amongst the world’s top Creative Directors, had two campaigns in the Gunn Report’s top five globally and been named Canada’s Creative Director of the Year three times.

In 2008, he took the biggest leap of his career and started his own agency. Nine years later, Zulu Alpha Kilo is a thriving 90-person shop. Headquartered in Toronto, his eponymous agency (ZAK = Zulu Alpha Kilo in the NATO phonetic alphabet) garnered international headlines when it won AdAge’s Small Agency of the Year top honours. It was the first time in AdAge history that a non-U.S. shop had won this international competition, giving Zulu the honour of being the world’s top ranked independent. In 2016, Zulu also made Strategy and Marketing magazine’s list of top Canadian shops as the “unofficial shit disturber” of the year. Zak has been a judge at all the world’s top shows, including Cannes, One Show, and D&AD. This is his second time co-chairing the Marketing Awards.

Katie Ainsworth
Executive Creative Director
Grey

Claude Auchu
Partner/Executive Chairman/Head of Design
LG2

Denise Cole
Associate Creative Director
JWT

Nancy Crimi-Lamanna
Chief Creative Officer
FCB Toronto

Dave Douglass
Executive Creative Director
Anomaly Inc

Tom Koukodimos
Executive Creative Director/Partner
Sid Lee

Lance Martin
Partner/ Executive Creative Director
Union

Jo-Ann Munro
Creative Director
McCann Montreal

Mia Pearson
Co Founder
North Strategic Inc

Deborah Prenger
Creative Director
Ant Agency

Roehl Sanchez
EVP/Chief Creative Officer/Owner
BIMM

Jenny Smith
President, Creative Director
RAY

Sean Barlow
Creative Director
Cundari

Masanori Benno
Creative Director
Critical Mass

Dhaval Bhatt
Creative Director
NFA

Greg Bolton
Creative Director
Jam3

Nuala Byles
EVP Executive Creative Director
Geometry Global

Linda Carte
VP, Associate Creative Director
BBDO Canada

Anne-Claude Chenier
Associate Creative Director
Cossette

Jamie Cordwell
Associate Creative Director
Edelman

Michelle Donnelly
Creative Director

Terry Drummond
Chief Creative Officer
Juniper Park\TBWA

Vanessa Eckstein
Founder
Blok Design

Cory Eisentraut
VP Creative Director
Havas Worldwide Canada

Pam Fujimoto
Executive Creative Director
WongDoody

Lisa Greenberg
SVP Creative Director, Head of Design
Leo Burnett

Karen Howe
Creative Director
The Township

Karen Howe founded The Township to answer complex business needs with creativity. She is a globally recognized creative director and speaker who has been awarded around the world for her work on The Dairy Farmers of Canada, Fountain Tire, Nike and Apple. Karen served as a Cannes Lions judge and is now a member of its Advisory Board. She tours the country pinpointing global trends in creativity brings them alive for audiences through the best work from Cannes. Karen’s speaking has included Future Flash and Ad Week.

Karen is a frequent advertising commentator for CTV, CBC, Strategy, Marketing and The Globe and Mail.

As one of the few female CDs in the world, she is a vocal supporter of the 50/50 Initiative, which advocates for more women in senior creative roles.

Stephen Jurisic
Executive Creative Director
John St.

Matthew Litzinger
President and CCO
Red Lion

Steph Mackie
Owner
Mackie Biernacki

Julie Markle
Associate Creative Director
Ogilvy & Mather

Lyranda Martin-Evans
Executive Creative Director, VP
DentsuBos

Stephane Monnet
President, Creative Director
Monnet Design

Hugues Morin
Creative Director - Interactive
Brad

Julia Morra
Associate Creative Director
Grip Limited

Jackie Musial
Designer
Diamond Integrated Marketing

Julie Nikolic
Associate Creative Director
Camp Jefferson

Dominic Prevost
Associate Creative Director
ONE TWENTY THREE WEST (123w)

Leia Rogers
Creative Director
Rethink

David Rosenberg
Chief Creative Officer and Partner
Bensimon Byrne

Jonathan Rouxel
VP, Associate Creative Director
Bleublancrouge

Jonathan Smith
Executive Creative Director
Pigeon Brands

David Taylor
Creative Director
Awake Studio

Dominique Trudeau
President
Couleur Locale

Leah Zukowski
Creative Director
ZGM Collaborative Marketing

Steve Mykolyn
Partner
Castor Design

Living the dream.

Steve Mykolyn is the former CCO of TAXI, an advertising agency of some note. Currently, Steve is a partner in Castor, a Canadian design firm. You can buy their stuff here: castordesign.ca.

Steve also has a passion for books and film. In 1997, he wrote and directed El Dia La Noche Y Los Muertos, an award-winning documentary about Mexico’s Day of the Dead festival.

In 2008, he was co-curator of the Canadian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale for Architecture.

He is a past board member of both The One Show and the D&AD. He has some awards.

Jan Avendano
Designer
Art & Mechanical

Ben Feist
SVP, Technology Director, North America
Blast Radius

Alison Garnett
Creative Director
Field Trip & Co

Paul Hodgson
Creative Director
Trajectory

Diti Katona
Chief Creative Officer, Founding Partner
Concrete Design Communications Inc.

Will Novosedlik
Head of Growth Partnerships
Idea Couture

Mikey Richardson
Partner Creative
Jacknife

Monique Gamache
Design Director & Partner
WAX Partnership Inc

Danielle Krysa
Founder, Artist
The Jealous Curator

Sharifa Khan
President & CEO
Balmoral Multicultural Marketing

Sharifa Khan has more than 30 years of experience in marketing and public relations. She specializes in ethnic marketing communication which includes advertising, public and media relations, community relations, government relations and event management.

As President and CEO of Balmoral Multicultural Marketing, which is celebrating its 28thanniversary this year, Sharifa is considered a pioneer in multicultural marketing in Canada where she leads a team of seasoned ethnic marketing professionals to service corporate, government and non-profit organizations. She guides these marketers to reach out and expand their market share within Canada’s diverse ethnic communities.

Her company clients include Government of Ontario, OLG, Chatr, Fido, Rogers, Clorox, Metrolinx, Brita, Dairy Farmers of Canada, Porsche, Burt’s Bees, Campbell’s Canada, Nestlé, Rémy Martin, BMO Financial Group, and the Canadian Cancer Society, just to name a few. Balmoral Marketing has offices in China, India and Hong Kong.

In 1999 Sharifa was awarded a federal recognition from Prime Minister Jean Chrétien for her entrepreneurial success. In 2002, she was recipient of a Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Award and the Diamond Jubilee Award in 2012. In 2004, she received an Alumni Achievement Award from Ryerson University. She is a recipient of the 2013 Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award for her achievements.

Gavin Barrett
Founding Partner/Chief Creative Officer
Barrett and Welsh

Alisa Choi Darcy
President
Quote End Quote Cross-Cultural Strategy Inc

Penelope Chow
Account Director
Monsoon Communications Inc.

Salima Jivraj
Managing Director
Nourish Food Marketing Toronto

Feraz Rahman
Account Director
Koo Creative

Waseem Shaikh
Copywriter/Creative Lead (Multicultural)
McCANN CANADA

Timothy Yip
COO, VP Client Services
Maple Diversity Communications

Lilian Chen
Director of Strategy
Hamazaki Wong

Jatinder Rai
President
Response Advertising