Jae Goodman

ENTERTAINMENT LIONS JURY PRESIDENT
CEO, Observatory

First (but second in importance) are the series of moments that validated the “risk” we took by building an agency around the idea of Entertainment as a driver of brand and business results.

• Our first-ever Grand Prix in the first-ever “Branded Content and Entertainment” jury meant maybe we were actually on to something and/or good at it!
• Our second Grand Prix for Film, that same year, validated that our work was not niche, and was competing with the world’s best ads.
• Then, two years later two more Grand Prixs in Cyber and PR...validated that we could deliver the whole campaign...
• ...and all of the above for an American restaurant brand little known throughout the world: Chipotle.

BUT, the moment that really MOVED me was years later in 2018 when I first saw the Entertainment Lions Grand Prix winner, “5B” by Johnson & Johnson, about the world’s first AIDS-specific hospital ward. A stunning film made even more poignant by the current pandemic and inspiring dedication of the world’s healthcare workers. Wow. Moved is an epic understatement.

Tiffany Rolfe

CREATIVE ECOMMERCE LIONS JURY PRESIDENT
Global Chief Creative Officer, R\GA

As a Creative Director for Legacy’s truth I realized the power of what creativity could do. Sure, we did award-winning creative work and we believed it was effective, but it was years later before we knew the full impact. One study found that truth was directly responsible for keeping 450,000 teens from starting to smoke during its first four years, and a second study found that the campaign resulted in savings of between 2-5 billion in health care costs in its first two years. It was the most successful cessation campaign of all time and named one of the top ad campaigns of the 21st Century. And to this day, I’m still motivated knowing what the potential of my work can be.

Richard Brim

FILM LIONS JURY PRESIDENT
Chief Creative Officer, adam&eveDDB

A moment for me, albeit a little one, was when I overhead my six year old singing “Dumb ways to Die” to himself during lockdown, a song he was shown by a friend. It made me think of the Croisette in 2014 when it was winning everything it touched and it was all that our contemporaries talked about. That was the year before my little boy was born. So that moment made me think that with true creativity, whilst hitting the people around you is important, its ability to endure and work endlessly is what makes it magic.

Wyclef Jean

ENTERTAINMENT LIONS FOR MUSIC JURY PRESIDENT
President and Chief Strategy Officer, Sodo Mood Lab

The moment for me in my life that pushed me forward like nothing else was when the Fugees’ first record didn’t do well commercially. That moment fueled me to dig deeper, get more focused, and more creative than ever before. Without that moment, The Score might not have been the record and cultural movement it was able to become.

Bozoma Saint John

GLASS: THE LION FOR CHANGE JURY PRESIDENT
Chief Marketing Officer, Netflix

At the time of the making of this campaign, we hadn’t yet had the kind of racial reckoning we’re seeing now. It was still an undercover conversation for the “woke-few.” But this truth-barring account from 2 of the most visible Black men in our culture, who by all accounts should be shielded from the daily racism many Black people feel in the country, was an awakening for many that racism was not a thing of the past. As soon as Laura Ingram critiqued LeBron for his views on race, politics, and commanded that he should “shut up and dribble”, a revolution was born. That is the power of our creative storytelling. It’s the ability to see around the corner on an underlying culture-shifting issue which is about the break the surface... and giving it the nudge to become a central voice. That’s the intangible magic we’re all seeking.

Luiz Sanches

OUTDOOR LIONS JURY PRESIDENT
Chairman, Chief Creative Officer & Partner, AlmapBBDO

I have not one but three moments, because I believe they all reinforce advertising's power to make a difference in people's lives – by engaging them, moving them, informing them, and entertaining them. HP Inc’s ‘Magic Words’ for using technology to impact and make a difference to people’s lives; Budweiser’s ‘Wassup’ for how it affected culture and leapt over boundaries; and Getty Images’ ‘Endless Stories’ for transforming a commodity into entertaining content that impacted life and society. All such powerful stories.

Kerstin Emhoff

FILM CRAFT LIONS JURY PRESIDENT
President, Prettybird

Starting Prettybird with Paul Hunter! We started from scratch so we could build a creative community that embraced all voices and provide a platform for creators that weren’t getting exposed to the world of advertising. In 2016 our vision and determination was recognised when we were awarded our first Grand Prix for Beyonce's 'Formation'.

Tom Richards

HEALTH & WELLNESS LIONS JURY PRESIDENT
Co-Global Chief Creative Officer, 21GRAMS

I still remember the first time I entered the Palais as a junior creative and experienced the most wonderful work. Rows and rows of amazing ideas, elevated by beautiful craft; art direction, design, illustration, photography and copywriting. An emotion stirred within me, that ignited into a flame that is still burning today - so much so that 16 years later, when I was running Havas Lynx's creative department, we won the Cannes Lions Healthcare Agency of the Year.

Debbi Vandeven

SOCIAL & INFLUENCER LIONS JURY PRESIDENT
Global Chief Creative Officer, VMLY&R

This work was definitely a “moment” for me. It was the Cannes Lions Grand Prix in Social & Influencer in 2019 and created for our client Wendy’s — which might mean I’m a bit biased. But it truly opened up an entirely new channel and did it in such an organic and fresh way. This idea enabled Wendy’s to engage a community of gamers and become part of their entertainment without interrupting. PJ Pereira, 2019 Jury Chair for Social & Influencer, suggested this type of seamless brand engagement had all the makings of a new trend. In the time since, we’ve seen how that “trend” has taken hold — and how gaming has become a whole new media channel for not only Wendy’s, but for all types of clients.

Merlee Jayme

RADIO & AUDIO LIONS JURY PRESIDENT
Global President Dentsu Mcgarrybowen/
Chairmom Dentsu Jayme Syfu, Dentsu Mcgarrybowen

We brought a dead whale's statement to life by pushing brands to make sustainability their priority. But consumption of plastic today has dramatically increased due to health safety with protection packaging, take-outs, deliveries.

Now we need to take serious action to achieve zero plastic waste by 2030.

Eduardo Maruri

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS LIONS JURY PRESIDENT
VP Global Creative Board & President/CEO Europe, Grey Worldwide

My favourite moment in history: The moon landing. What did it do for JFK, for USA and for the world? Imagine if a brand would have done it.

For me, that idea, brilliantly executed, set the standard for the ideas I want to be a part of. Ideas like ‘Nature Represented’ which I was proud to be a part of and even prouder to have received seven Lions for.

Geoff Northcott

CREATIVE BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION LIONS PRESIDENT
Global Chief Experience Officer & Managing Partner, EMEA, AKQA

Nike’s 2010 World Cup campaign “Write the Future” inspired young footballers around the world. But how could we offer those aspiring athletes a chance to write their own future? Together with Nike we launched a search for the world’s undiscovered football talent, called “The Chance”. Despite doubts that any kids could have fallen through the cracks of the scouting system, through social media and a series of in-person trials we identified eight promising young footballers who attended the Nike Academy. All eight signed professional contracts upon graduation, and three went on to play in subsequent World Cups for their countries, the wildest dreams of our brainstorming sessions come true.