Top Creatives to Judge BC’s 2011 Lotus Awards
The Lotus Awards recognize the outstanding creative work of individuals, companies and agencies in BC. Entries are open until Tuesday September 13 and include traditional advertising – print, outdoor, broadcast, direct mail, photography, public service, design and digital. Two new categories have been added this year too, acknowledging BC’s best advertiser (client) and best media collaboration.
Judging this years Lotus Awards are six highly acclaimed Designers and Creative Directors from across North America.
Saatchi & Saatchi New York’s Senior Art Director, Grant Minnis has helped develop campaigns for global giants – Miller, Wendy’s, Head & Shoulders and Krispy Kreme to name a few.
From San Francisco’s Pereira O’Dell comes Creative Director, Jason Apaliski. Jason’s background was initially in print design, but has since taken an interest in interactive design and art direction. His impressive client list has included Xbox, Sprite, Visa, Microsoft and Red Bull.
Roy Rub, Senior Graphic Designer and Co-Founder of Topos Graphics was born in Israel and spent three years as a Commander in the Israeli Navy. Now living in New York, he has been the recipient of numerous awards both in the US and abroad, having been consistently recognized by the AIGA, Print Magazine, and Communication Arts.
Luke Oath, Creative Director at Modern Climate in Minneapolis has experience as an independent iPhone app developer and freelance designer. Luke’s background is a fusion of design, interactive and art direction, which allows him to be happy and comfortable creating anything from a bumper sticker to a mobile app.
Andy Minisman, Senior Art Director at CP+B put customers faces on their Burger King whoppers and was involved in the American Legacy Foundation campaign against the tobacco industry.
Joining all of the ad men is Toria Emery, a Writer from San Francisco. While her high school friends were pouring over articles in Seventeen magazine about dating and clear skin, Toria was focused on the ads. Since then, Toria has dabbled in nearly every kind of advertising, from traditional to design to digital, but is most drawn to integrated work that blurs the lines between advertising and experience. While at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, the agency went from having no interactive department to winning Digital Agency of the Year – twice. While at AKQA, she headed up the first global Alternate Reality Game, which attracted more than five million players in 100 countries. Toria has a collection of awards from the usual places, including Cannes, The One Show, D&AD, The Clios Communication Arts, and Flash In The Can. Toria is currently freelancing as a writer and creative director in San Francisco.
The Lotus Awards will be hosting a mingler so that industry folk can meet and speak with the judges. The cocktail mingler will be held at The Granville Room on Thursday September 29, tickets on sale shortly through the Lotus Awards website.
The 2011 Lotus Award night will be held at The Commodore Ballroom (Granville and Smithe) on Thursday November 10. Tickets are available at www.lotusawards.com.
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