Judges announced for Ad Age’s Small Agency Awards

Ad Age today announces its jury panel for its Small Agency Awards, the only event of its kind in the industry that recognizes independent shops with 150 or fewer employees. This year’s judges include a who’s who of marketing from agencies around the country; they will judge Campaigns of the Year in categories including business-to-business, experiential, digital, health care, integrated, media and pro bono. See all of Ad Age’s 2024 Creativity Award winners here This all-star judges lineup for 2024 includes Suzanne Barbosa, partner, managing director, Atlantic New York; Scott Bell, chief creative officer at Droga5; Dhaval Bhatt, co-founder and chief creative officer, Courage; Frank Cartagena, U.S. CEO, MullenLowe; Gati Desai Curtis, president, Elite Media; Tara DeVeaux, CEO, Burrell Communications; Christy Hiler, president and owner, Cornett; Jay Kamath, founder, chief creative officer, Haymaker; Flor Leibaschoff, chief creative officer, BeautifulBeast; Marissa Nance, founder and CEO, Native Tongue Communications; Gordy Sang, co-founder and co-chief creative officer, Quality Meats; Ciro Sarmiento, chief creative officer, Colle McVoy; Kendra Schaaf, founder, Schaaf; Kwame Taylor-Hayford, creative executive and co-founder, Kin; and Ari Weiss, founder and creative chairman, Quality Experience. “We are thrilled to have such a top-tier judging panel for our Small Agency Awards,” said Ad Age Executive Editor Judy Pollack. “These judges represent some of the most-admired agencies in the country and have worked at agencies of all sizes. It is a true honor that they have agreed to join our judging team.” In addition to Campaigns of the Year, the Ad Age Small Agency Awards recognizes the best indie agencies in the U.S. awarded by employee size, region and discipline as judged by Ad Age editors. This year categories have been added including Data & Insights Agency of the Year, Best Use of AI, and an award to honor in-house agency producers. There is also an award for International Agency of the Year and Newcomer of the Year. Along with Producer and Executive of the Year, other people categories include Creative of the Year, Account Manager of the Year; Media Planner of the Year and Strategic Planner of the Year. See all of Ad Age’s 2024 Creativity Award winners here The deadline to enter is April 24, 2024. Winners will be announced at an awards show capping the Ad Age’s Small Agency Conference, to be held July 23-24, 2024, in Boston.

Judges announced for Ad Age’s Small Agency Awards

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