Raymond Otene McKay, Simon Vicars and Arch MacDonnell to represent NZ on D&AD juries

D&AD has today announced the judges for the 61st annual Awards programme including three from New Zealand.

This year, 71 professionals from across the Asia Pacific region have been selected to join the juries, dedicated to recognising and celebrating the world’s best creative work from the past year.

Representing New Zealand on the juries is Raymond Otene McKay, co-founder and CCO of RUN (Digital); Simon Vicars, CCO, Colenso BBDO (Experiential) and Arch MacDonnell, creative director (Graphic Design). Kiwi expats on the jury include Malcolm Poynton, global CCO, Cheil Worldwide (Gaming & Virtual Worlds) and Cody Amos, creative director, Heckler (Visual Effects).

Live judging will take place over four days from 7-10 May at The Old Truman Brewery, London, in conjunction with a series of creative excellence insight panels, keynote talks, workshops, and an exhibition of the shortlisted work as part of the returning D&AD Festival. More details about D&AD Festival will be announced soon.

The D&AD Awards Ceremony will be held as the culminating event of D&AD Festival at BFI Southbank in London across two nights on 24 and 25 May, with a day programme of keynote talks on 25 May.

The juries for this year’s Awards welcome participation from some of the Asia Pacific’s leading creative thinkers, including: Eugene Cheong, Chief Creative Officer, DDB Asia; Kitty Lun, Director, Creative Shop Greater China, Meta; John Mescall, Global Executive Creative Director, McCann Worldgroup; Natalie Lam, Chief Creative Officer, APAC & MEA Publicis Groupe; Noopur Datye, Type Designer / Co-founder, Ek Type; Ronald Ng, Global CCO, MRM; Seiichi Saito, Panoramatiks Principal    Abstract Engine Co., Ltd.; and Tara Ford, Group Chief Creative Officer, The Monkeys.

Says Donal Keenan, awards director at D&AD: “Delighted that the D&AD Awards Judging, Festival and Ceremony, are all back and in person for 2023…The real life connections and experiences had during judging and festival are in-valuable so looking forward to bringing the community together again. The debates, stimulation and provocations are what make it all so special at D&AD.”

Full details of all Judges by category are available on the D&AD website.

D&AD Awards 2023 are now open for entry. The deadline to save 20% is 8 February, and the final deadline to enter is 15 March. Freelancers and small businesses can save an additional 25% on submissions.

View the full jury line-up here.