Tapas Sen, Radio Mirchi’s Chief Programming Officer, is one of three Asia-based executives picked to be part of the radio jury for the 61st Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
Sen joins Tony Hertz, Owner & Creative Director of the Phillipines-based Tony Hertz: Radio & Brand Sound and Danny Searle, Chief Creative Officer/Vice Chairman BBDO Asia, Singapore on the panel.
Running from June 15-21, Cannes Lions bills itself as the only truly global meeting place for professionals working in creative communications, from creatives and marketers to technologists and media specialists.
The advertising awards ceremony covering all media will run on June 18.
Radio advertising aired between March 1 2013 – 30 April 2014 can be entered to one of 26 radio sub-categories.
Ads must be submitted as they originally aired and in the original language.
Speaking about the jury members, Philip Thomas, CEO of Lions Festivals, said, “We are delighted to welcome this group of high calibre professionals to judge entries and award creative excellence in their respective categories. Every year the outcome of the judging process at Cannes Lions sets new benchmarks in creative communications for the global industry. By pulling together this collection of leading names we can expect the outcome of the jury’s deliberations to continue to achieve this.”
The full radio jury list is:
Tony Hertz, owner & creative director, Tony Hertz: Radio & Brand Sound, The Philippines – Jury president
• Danny Searle, chief creative Office/Vice chairman BBDO Asia, BBDO, Singapore
• Emma Eriksson, creative/partner, Le Bureau, Sweden
• Felipe Luchi, creative VP, Lew’LaraTBWA, Brazil
• Jan Leube, chief creative officer, Y&R, Germany
• Josh Rabinowitz, EVP/director of Music, Grey Group, USA
• Max König, creative director, Simple, Chile
• Raf Debraekeleer, producer – director, Cobra Radio Brewery, Belgium
• Rafael Arnau, producer, composer, sound designer, Rafael Arnau Freelance, Spain
• Shane Bradnick, ECD, DDB, New Zealand
• Simon Blaxland, owner, Blazland Productions, UK
• Tapas Sen, chief programming officer, Radio Mirchi, Entertainment Network, India
• Tom Eymundson, partner, director, Pirate Group, Canada
• Vanessa Pearson, ECD, House of Brave, South Africa
• Victoria Marie Evensen, Copywriter, Dinamo, Norway
• Vince Lagana, creative director, Leo Burnett Sydney, Australia.