Slow down and smell the roses!
Many of us have had that axiom quoted to us when we get carried away and lose our connection to the real world. And haven’t we all seen advertising campaigns when somebody should have used those wise words along the way. Another classic way of reconnecting with reality is taking a look in the mirror – and that is just what we will be doing at the 17th Golden Hammer this year.
Our international jury will be helping us reflect on our year’s achievements, but they won’t be asking a mirror, they will be telling us “who is the greatest of them all”!
The Golden Hammer 2015 festival was justly proud of our highly professional, multi-national jury. We intend to build on that in 2016, when competition entries will be judged by your industry peers from numerous countries, from both major networks and outstanding independent creative agencies.
We are pleased to be able to already introduce you to some confirmed jury members, with the list soon to be expanded to 28 creative industry professionals:
We look forward to working with these guys in June, in Rīga and Jūrmala:
Matt Ryan, freelance Creative Director and Mentor, United Kingdom
Folker Wrage, Chief Creative Officer, Havas Worldwide, Switzerland
Michael Preuss, Creative Director and Founder, Preuss und Preuss, Germany
Ulrich Proeschel, Global Business Development, Digital Arts Network, TBWA\Worldwide, Germany
Hilary Jeffrey, President EMEA, PHD, United Kingdom
Muggie Ramadani, Creative Director and Partner, Bold Copenhagen, Denmark
Desiré Engström, Copywriter, Åkestam Holst, Sweden
Aive Hiiepuu, Managing Director and Partner, PRConcept, Estonia
Peter Michalka, Unit Creative Director, MUW Saatchi & Saatchi, Slovakia
Rimantas Stanevičius, Creative Director, Milk, Lithuania
Nicolas Zeuss, Design Director, Landor Moscow, Russia
Renos Demetriou, Founder of Creative Club Cyprus and Creative Director of Conversion Pros, Cyprus
Catherine Movold, Head of Experience Design, Making Waves, Norway
Eugen Suman, Creative Director, Kubis Interactive, Romania
Antero Jokinen, Creative Director and Founder, 358 Helsinki, Finland
Jonas Dahlquist, Chief Executive Officer, Starcom Worldwide, Sweden
Vince Pataky, Head of Digital, JWT Hungary, Hungary
Denis van Leeuwen, Chief Strategy Officer, Carat Amsterdam, Netherlands
Christina Forsgård, Chair and Partner, Netprofile, Finland
And, as we said, this is just for starters, to whet your appetite for submitting works.