GroupM leads Festival of Media Asia Rising Stars shortlist
MEC’s Allister Hercus and Mindshare’s Jason Maggs are amongst the finalists at this years Festival of Media Asia’s Rising Stars.
The competition is for individuals under the age of 30 working for media agencies, advertisers or media owners; all six finalists were from media agencies. This year, they tackled a client brief provided by lodging rental service Airbnb.
GroupM secured the most finalists, with MEC, Mindshare and Maxus all making the shortlist.
Hercus and Maggs are joined as finalists by Tiffany Cheng from OMD Hong Kong, Vikesh Jain from Maxus India, Yen Chen from Starcom MediaVest Group Taiwan and PHD Singapore’s Ronnie Thomas.
The winner will be announced March 24 in Singapore.
