Korea Beckons

BUSAN, Wednesday: Colenso BBDO CCO Levi Slavin and DDB CD Rory McKechnie have been selected as finals jurors for the Ad Stars 2020 Awards.

Slavin will be on the jury for Diverse Insights, Outdoor, PSA, Pivot, Place Brand, Radio & Audio categories; while McKechnie will be a juror in the Design & Print categories.

This year’s final jurors come from 20 different markets.

“The shortlist judges included Big CD Joe Holden, Stanley St CD Kim Ellison, and FCB ECD Peter Vegas”

Earlier, the festival had recruited 184 shortlist judges (including Big CD Joe Holden, Stanley St CD Kim Ellison, and FCB ECD Peter Vegas) who have already selected this year’s shortlist – NZ has 68 entries through to the finals.

Ad Stars received 20,028 entries from 60 countries to this year’s awards. All 1,651 finalists are now in the running to win two Grand Prix of the Year trophies and a cheque for US$ 10,000.

The winners will be announced online on Monday 7 September 7 in a virtual awards ceremony.

• More here: www.adstars.org