The young professionals representing Australia at the Cannes Young Lions comeptition have been revealed. The announcement was made at a reception in Sydney organised by local Young Lions representative News Limited. The teams will represent Australia in media, digital, print, film and marketing.
They are:
Digital:
- Liam Riddler and Alex Bolderoff, 303Lowe
Print:
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- Josie Fox and Sara Oteri, cumminsross
Film:
- Omid Amidi and Michael Ashton, DDB Sydney
Media:
- Kristine Ballensky, UM and Paul Den, UM
- Highly commended: Nelson Demartini, UM and Dean Schwal, OMD
- Highly commended: Rebecca Alexander, Match Media and Jennifer Carroll, OMD
Marketing
- Laura Bindon, AMP Capital and Tim Seow, Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV)
The five winning teams came through from 80 finalists.
News Limited’s group director – sales Fiorella Di Santo said: “The level of talent demonstrated by this year’s finalists made selecting winners extremely difficult. The 80 finalists showed a high level of strategic thinking, clear innovation and relentless tenacity in their response.”
Winning teams receive return flights to Nice, accommodation and a Young Lions registration to the Cannes Festival with access to all the seminars, awards ceremonies, showcases and the Young Lions party. The festival takes place in June.