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The members of the KIAF jury are leading experts in the global advertising industry across various disciplines and are one of the main values of the festival.

In the 2024 contest program, there will be 6 international jury teams and 1 client jury team formed by advertisers. The selection of jury members is conducted meticulously each year. The jury consists of international experts in the advertising field who have judging experience and have been awarded at international festivals and contests, including Cannes Lions.

Works in the CREATIVE COMMUNICATIONS and CRAFT/TECHNOLOGY blocks will be evaluated by 5 international jury teams:

JURY TEAM 1. Film, Radio & Audio, Integrated & Innovation, Radio & Audio Craft Jury
JURY TEAM 2. Design & Branding, Print & Publishing, Out Of Home, Design & Branding Craft, Print & Publishing Craft, Out Of Home Craft Jury
JURY TEAM 3. Digital & Mobile, Media, Branded Content & Entertainment, Digital & Mobile Craft, Media Craft Jury
JURY TEAM 4. Brand Experience & Activation, PR, Direct Marketing, PR Craft, Brand Experience Craft and Direct Marketing Craft Jury
JURY TEAM 5. Film Craft, Branded Entertainment Craft Jury

Works in the SOCIAL GOALS CONTESTS block will be evaluated by a jury team of marketers and communication agency representatives with knowledge and expertise in the field of CSR and sustainable development marketing:

JURY TEAM 6. Social Goals Contests Jury

Works in the CLIENT'S VIEW block will be evaluated by a jury team of the most experienced marketers:

JURY TEAM 7. Client's View Jury

JUDGING PROCESS

The evaluation of the works will be conducted using a 100-point scale: from 1 to 100 points.

The judging procedure is based on the independent assessment of each jury member. As a result, each contest work will receive an independent score from each jury member and a calculated average score, which will determine the fate of the work.

Each jury team will have its own Jury Chairman. After the judging by all members, the Chairmen will finalize the list of finalists & winners (gold, silver, or bronze awards) and BEST OF CONTEST in their categories.

Four GRAND PRIX awards will also be selected – one GRAND PRIX in each block: CREATIVE COMMUNICATIONS, CRAFT/TECHNOLOGY, SOCIAL GOALS CONTESTS, and CLIENT'S VIEW.

Works for non-profit and charitable organizations cannot participate in the GRAND PRIX selection in the CREATIVE COMMUNICATIONS, CRAFT/TECHNOLOGY, CLIENT'S VIEW blocks, but will be considered in the SOCIAL GOALS CONTESTS block for the GRAND PRIX title.

Additionally, the GRAND PRIX award for works submitted and awarded simultaneously in the CREATIVE COMMUNICATIONS and SOCIAL GOALS CONTESTS blocks can only be granted within the SOCIAL GOALS CONTEST block.

Jury teams Contests/Categories

JURY TEAM 1. Film, Radio & Audio, Integrated & Innovation, Radio & Audio Craft

Chairman

Vince McSweeney

Chief Creative Officer, McCann Central, UK

Sebastian Haus

Creative Director, Accenture Song, Germany

Catalin Rusu

Chief Creative Officer, CEO, Rusu+Bortun, Romania

Michal Sek

Chief Creative Officer, Saatchi & Saatchi, Poland

Vesselin Trandov

Senior Copywriter, The Smarts, Bulgaria

Piotr Osiński

Executive Creative Director, VML Poland

Joonas Hokka

Creative Strategy Director, Ivalo Creative Agency, Finland

JURY TEAM 2. Design & Branding, Print & Publishing, Out Of Home, Design & Branding Craft, Print & Publishing Craft, Out Of Home Craft

Chairman

Mariana Peluffo

Global Creative Director, Publicis One Touch, Germany

Lia Bira

Creative Director, McCann Worldgroup Bucharest, Romania

Nicolás López

Chief Creative Director, Partner, Loca Santiago, Chile

Jure Tovrljan

Executive Creative Director, Pristop, Slovenia

Daniel Binns

Global CEO, Elmwood Brand Consultancy, UK

Nicolas Dumenil

Creative Director, We Are Social, France

Vlado Slivka

Chief Creative Officer, MullenLowe GGK, Slovakia

JURY TEAM 3. Digital & Mobile, Media, Branded Content & Entertainment, Digital & Mobile Craft, Media Craft

Chairman

Jean Benaim

Head Of Strategy and Media Creativity, Havas Media Network, France

Nikola Foktova

Creative Director, Leo Burnett Prague and MSL, Czech Republic

Tao Legêne Thomsen

Founder & Creative Partner, Innovation, STAN — The Fandom Agency, Denmark

Prerna Mehra

Creative Director & Head of Art, MullenLowe MENA, UAE

Bobby Petrov

Creative & Strategy Director, All Channels Group, Bulgaria

Barbara Niedziela

Chief Strategy Officer, 2012 Agency, Poland

Simon Rhodes

Director, Smiling Wolf, UK

JURY TEAM 4. Brand Experience & Activation, PR, Direct Marketing, PR Craft, Brand Experience Craft and Direct Marketing Craft

Chairman

Bae Geumbyul

Executive Creative Director, INNOCEAN, South Korea

Ania Nowak

Creative Technology Director, dentsu Creative, Poland

Heidi Taina

Creative Director, TBWA\Helsinki, Finland

Lars Mejer

Managing Partner, BRIGHT, Denmark

Miha Bevc

Creative Director, Partner, Herman & partnerji, Slovenia

Pit Kho

Chief Creative Officer, Voss+Fischer, Germany

JURY TEAM 5. Film Craft, Branded Entertainment Craft

Chairman

Juha-Matti Nieminen

Executive Producer, CEO, Directors Guild Helsinki, Finland

Anders Schroder

Co-founder, Director, FRAME, Denmark

Vasil Petrakov

Creative Director, Film Director, gutsandbrainsDDB, Bulgaria

Lise Fearnley

Producer, Norway

Damir Ciglar

Founder, CEO, Imago Ogilvy, Renaissance Allrounder, Hungary

Aubry Mintz

Interim Executive Director, ASIFA-Hollywood, USA

JURY TEAM 6. Social Goals Contests

Contests/Categories

Chairman

Pablo Dominguez Agregan

Group Creative Director, 180heartbeats + JUNG v. MATT, Poland

Sean Poropat

Chief Creative Director, Co-Owner, Studio SONDA, Hungary

Sari-Liia Tonttila

Managing Director, Ahjo Communications, Finland

Nuka Shevardnadze

Managing Partner, Playmakers, Georgia

Orland Alvarez

Chief Creative Officer, Publicidad Comercial MullenLowe, Salvador

Bogdan Teodorescu

Creative Director, VML&R, Romania

Maciej Lissowski

Vice-President, indaHash, Poland

JURY TEAM 7. Client's View

Chairman

Olena Plakhova

Chief Reputation and Marketing Officer, NOVA, group of companies (Nova Post)

Oksana Andrushkiv

Head of Marketing, DС GALYCHYNA LLC

Igor Blystiv

Global Marketing and Innovation Director, Kormotech

Viktoriia Gladchenko

Communications Director, East Europe Foundation

Hennadiy Karlinskyy

Chief Marketing Officer, WOG

Oleksandr Shevchenko

Deputy Director of Passenger Company for Communications and Client Service, Ukrainian Railways

Iryna Shynkarenko

Chief Marketing Officer, Epicentr K

Oksana Slusarchuk

Marketing Head, Philips Ukraine

Volodymyr Sobolev

Chief Marketing Officer, Kovalska

Anatoliy Symachynskyy

Creative Team Lead, Favbet

Valeriia Tolochyna

Chief Marketing Officer, MEGOGO

Serhii Kostia

Head of Marketing, Bolt CEE