The first jury members of ADC*UA Awards 2025 announced
March 28, 2025
The national creative contest ADC*UA Awards 2025 has revealed the first names on its jury – leading Ukrainian creatives, art directors, and designers who are members of the Art Directors Club of Ukraine (ADC*UA).
These professionals will judge the strongest projects of the season across three dedicated teams:
- Team 1. Film & Audio
- Team 2. Print & Outdoor, Design
- Team 3. Integrated & Innovation, Interactive & Mobile, Brand Experience
TEAM 1. FILM & AUDIO
- Dmytro Barsukov, Independent Creative Director
- Anna Goncharova, Co-founder, Creative Director, Drama Queen agency
- Iurii Gorbachevskyi, Creative Director, Creative Right
- Dmytro Liutyi, Creative Director, Bickerstaff.420
- Olga Mykhalets, Creative Producer, Director, Postmen
- Oleksii Pasichnyk, Promo Director, Inter Media Group
- Mykhailo Petrusiak, Creative Director, Publicis Ukraine
- Ilya Pochkun, Co-founder, Creative Director, Taktika
- Petro Storozhenko, Creative Director, SHOTS
- Igor Finashkin, Founder, Creative Director, IAMIDEA
- Andrii Franchuk, Creative Director, BrainTank
- Viktor Shkurba, Founder, Creative Director, ISD Group
- Illia Yankov, Creative Director, Yankov Club
- Sergey Yaroslavtsev, Creative Director, PROMODO
TEAM 2. PRINT & OUTDOOR, DESIGN
- Boris Alexandrov, Creative Director, Brandon Archibald
- Ilia Anufrienko, Founder, Creative Director, Bickerstaff.840
- Artem Beseda, Creative Director and Founder, Rocketmen Agency
- Vlad Galyapa, Creative Director, provid
- Artem Gusev, Creative Director, Gusev Art Lab
- Mykola Kovalenko, Graphic Designer and Founder, Mykola Kovalenko Studio
- Yuriy Kurov, Creative Director, Kyifornia agency
- Dmytro Lynnyk, Founder, Linnik & Linnik branding agency
- Svitlana Lobanova, Founder, zatiya creative unit
- Andrii Mishchenko, Independent Creative Director, Founder of Kyiv Creative Community
- Valentyn Paniuta, Co-founder, CEO, HyperNormal (post)creative agency
- Anna Seniuk, Independent Creative Director
- Oleksandr Topolnytskyy, Founder, Design Director, Gram Family
- Kosta Schneider, Chief Creative Director, Publicis Groupe Ukraine and Czech Republic, Saatchi & Saatchi Ukraine
- Oleksandr Yavorskyy, Creative Director, Co-founder, Nevgamovni
TEAM 3. INTEGRATED & INNOVATION, INTERACTIVE & MOBILE, BRAND EXPERIENCE
- Sergiy Biloshytskiy, Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi Ukraine
- Volodymyr Gnatovych, Staff Designer, Reddit
- Anatoliy Davydov, Creative Director, Leo Burnett Ukraine
- Slava Denis, Communications Director, Bevar Ukraine
- Anastasiia Dovgal, Creative Director, Glad Head
- Oleksandra Dorohuntsova, Creative Director, Banda
- Anton Karunsky, Creative Copywriter, Postmen agency
- Julia Kolesnyk, Head of Brand & Communications, Hily
- Kirill Lazarev, Founder, Lazarev.agency
- Serhii Malyk, Co-founder, Creative Director, ANGRY agency
- Alexander Smirnov, Partner, Сo-founder, Tabasco
- Trykoz Nadia, Creative Director, VML Ukraine
- Olga Shevchenko, Creative Director, Vintage
As tradition goes, ADC*UA Awards unites the most influential figures in Ukraine’s creative industry. This year, as in the previous one, they will be joined by international experts from top European agencies – members of Art Directors Clubs from European countries. This will not only enrich the jury's expertise but also create a platform for knowledge exchange between the European and Ukrainian creative communities.
ADC*UA Awards is more than just a national contest – it opens the door to European recognition. Winners and finalists will have the opportunity to present their work at ADCE Awards, the annual contest of the Art Directors Club of Europe. Gold winners are automatically eligible, while other awarded entries can participate on special terms.
The 2025 contest program includes seven categories, covering a wide range of disciplines in advertising and design – from video and outdoor campaigns to interactive formats, mobile platforms, innovation, design, and student projects. A reminder: students and young creators can submit their work in the ADC Young & Students category free of charge.
Regular Deadline – April 1.
ADC*UA Awards is held within the framework of Ukrainian Creative Stories.
General Partner of UCS 2025 – Nova Post. Delivering victories from Ukraine worldwide.
Stay tuned – the international jury lineup will be announced soon!
