USA TODAY Announces Additional U.S. Jurors For 2013 Cannes Lions International Festival Of Creativity

MCLEAN, Va., April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- USA TODAY, official U.S. representative to the 2013 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, today announced additional U.S. jurors chosen to represent the American creative community at this year's Festival. The jurors chosen for this prestigious honor will judge more than 30,000 entries from all over the world. Jurors were selected based on a rigorous selection process and each jury contains an even balance of members from around the globe and from a representative spread of agencies, independents and networks.

USA TODAY is proud to be the official U.S. representative to the Cannes Lions 2013 International Festival of Creativity. In honor of the Festival's 60^th anniversary, USA TODAY is pleased to celebrate the American talent that will represent our nation.

New this year, Cannes Lions introduced a two-stage judging process to the Media Lions category which rewards excellence in tactical media planning and placement. For more information regarding this process, please see their announcement here.

Following are the additional 2013 U.S. Cannes Lions Jury member for the categories announced today:  

• U.S. Branded Content & Entertainment Jurors:
  President:  Scott Donaton, President & CEO, Ensemble
  David Lang, President, Mindshare Entertainment North America
  Jimmy Smith, CEO & CCO, Amusement Park Entertainment
  Brian Dilorenzo, Chief Production Officer, McCann Erickson
  Jae Goodman, Co-Chief Creative Officer and Co-Head, CAA
  John McCarus, SVP, Brand Content, Digitas
  Angela Courtin, Chief Content Officer, Aegis Story Lab
  Teddy Lynn, EVP, Director of Content, BBDO
  Pat Connolly, VP Marketing Solutions, Conde Nast
  
  
• U.S. Creative Effectiveness Jurors:
  President: Shelly Lazarus, Chairman Emeritus, Ogilvy & Mather           
  Orlando Hooper-Greenhill, Director of Global Planning, JWT
  Eileen Campbell, Global CEO, Millward Brown
  Jonathan Mildenhall, VP Global Advertising Strategy and Content Excellence, Coca-Cola
  Bob O'Leary, Head of Global Marketing, Citigroup
  Lori Senecal, Chairman & CEO, kbs+
  Karina Wilsher, Partner & President, Anomaly New York
  
  
• U.S. Innovation Jurors:
  President:  David Droga, Founder & Creative Chairman, Droga5 
  Aaron Koblin, Executive Creative Director, Google
  Simon Bond, Chief Marketing Officer, BBDO
  Mark D'Arcy, Director of Global Creative Solutions, Facebook
  Mike Parker, Chief Digital Officer, McCann Erickson
  
  
• U.S. Media Jurors:
  President: Jack Klues, Chairman, VivaKi
  Brian Terkelsen, CEO, MediaVest USA
  Sasha Savic, CEO, MediaCom USA
  
  
• U.S. Mobile Jurors:
  President:  Rei Inamoto, CCO, VP, AKQA
  Chris Miller, Chief Digital Officer, Draftfcb Chicago
  Martin Lange, Executive Marketing Director, Digital Strategy, Ogilvy & Mather
  Gaston Legorburu, Executive Director & Worldwide Chief Creative Officer, SapientNitro 
  
  
• U.S. Titanium & Integrated Jurors:
  President:  Dan Wieden, Co-Founder & Chairman, Wieden+Kennedy
  David Lubars, Chairman & CCO, BBDO North America
  Margaret Johnson, Executive Creative Director/Partner, Goodby Silverstein & Partners
  Ed Ulbrich, CEO, Digital Domain
  Leonardo Premutico, Co-Founder, Johannes Leonardo
  Susan Credle, Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett USA
  Howard Draft, Executive Chairman, Draftfcb

To view the full list of jurors that have been announced, please visit the USA TODAY Cannes Lions website. 

Founded in 1954, the International Festival of Creativity is the world's leading celebration of creativity in communications. The Cannes Lions Awards are internationally recognized as the most prestigious international annual advertising and communications awards.

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