The Jodi Harris Scholarship
This is your moment to honour a legacy of diversity, opportunity and excellence.
Jodi Harris led by example at AB InBev. After her passing in May 2022, she left behind a legacy of championing creativity in the marketing industry – with a particular focus on diversity, and opportunities for marketers from underrepresented backgrounds.
The Jodi Harris Scholarship keeps this legacy alive for any client-side marketers whose own legacies are in the making.
Meet the 2025 Jodi Harris Scholarship cohort
Alex Gerrity
Alex Gerrity
Global Head of PR, Tony’s Chocolonely
UK & the Netherlands
Andrea Hall
Andrea Hall
Brand Manager, Spotify
USA
Anna Rallos
Anna Rallos
Go-To-Market Strategy, Payments, Commonwealth Bank
Australia
Anupama Sharma
Anupama Sharma
Senior Brand Manager, Mondelēz International
India
Ben Stead
Ben Stead
Senior Brand Experience Manager, NEOM
Saudi Arabia
Jelil Adedoyin
Jelil Adedoyin
Digital Marketing Manager, SSA, Reckitt
Nigeria
Le Hong Anh Thao
Le Hong Anh Thao
Senior Brand Manager, LaVie LLC (Nestlé Waters & Premium Beverages)
Vietnam
Nomblé Coleman
Nomblé Coleman
Manager, Omnichannel Marketing, The Hershey Company
USA
Roman King
Roman King
Creative Director
USA
Queenie Ou
Queenie Ou
Senior Global Brand Manager, Unilever
Singapore
Programme Lead
Stacey Mukasa Product Marketing Manager, Meta, USA
What's the programme? What does it include?
We’re accepting 10 emerging marketing leaders back into the Scholarship this year alongside the team at AB InBev. Offering a fully-funded, curated programme – including exclusive sessions with industry thought leaders and the AB InBev executive marketing team, and VIP access to Festival content and the Awards shows.
If you’re selected for the Jodi Harris Scholarship, you’ll get a fully funded trip to the Cannes Lions Festival, including accommodation, travel and allowance. You’ll also get a Brand Marketers Pass, which gives you all the access of the Gold Pass, plus a customised Festival learning programme, possibilities for collaboration and private sessions designed specifically for senior marketers.
Entrants should:
- have a big dream in life, and see creativity as a means to achieve it
- possess a natural curiosity and love of marketing and creativity
- be aged between 31-36
- work in a role for a client marketer in a Manager or Senior Manager level role
- have the aspiration and potential to become a senior marketing leader, at Vice President or Chief Marketing Officer level.
Who can apply?
We welcome applications from big dreamers who see creativity as a means to achieve them. You must be born between 20 June 1988 and 16 June 1993 and work in a role for a client marketer at Manager or Senior Manager level. If you possess a natural curiosity, a love of marketing and creativity and aspire to become a Senior Marketing Leader, Vice President, or CMO, then we’d love to hear from you.
Please note, applications are now closed.
Important dates
Applications close: 5 December 2024
Applicants notified: 22 January 2025
I have never felt so inspired in my life. This whole experience was truly life changing for me because after Cannes I decided I really want more, I’m ready for more: more challenges, bigger markets, collaborating with bigger brands and really making work that changes the industry like the unbelievable work I saw at the Festival.
Rachel Stewart
Chief Creative Officer & Brand Experience Senior Manager
Applications for the Jodi Harris Scholarship 2025 are now closed.
If you have any queries, please contact talentprogrammes@canneslions.com.