The Globe and Mail has named the finalists for the 2017 Young Lions and Young Marketers contest.
The winners will be announced April 25 during the CMDC Conference. Each Gold-winning team will be given the opportunity to travel to France in Junes to represent Canada in the global Young Lions competition during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
This year?s Canadian contest had 383 teams registered to compete (up from 359 in 2016 and 287 in 2015), with 118 in Print; 35 in Cyber; 42 in Film; 140 in Media; and 48 in the Marketers category. Read more about this year?s competition briefs here.
2017 Canadian Young Lions and Young Marketers Finalists
Young Lions — Media
Brent MacKinnon, digital marketing strategist, and BeckyAnne Brydon, digital strategist, Time+Space Media
Elizabeth McPhedran, communications manager and Jessica Burnie, visual communications director, Media Experts
Russell Cross, senior communications designer, Initiative and Dylan Montcalm, account manager, Adobe (TubeMogul)
Young Lions — Print
Geeta Chopra, freelance strategist/consultant, Geeta Chopra Consulting and Gina Nasuti, account supervisor, Behaviour Inc.
Stephanie Bibeau, copywriter, and Etienne Goulet, art director, Tank
Michael Mehrasa, copywriter, and Alyssa Jongsma, art director, Taxi Canada
Young Lions — Cyber
Shane Rodak, copywriter, and Alec Carluen, art director, J. Walter Thompson Canada
Jordan Gladman, art director, and Alex Boland, senior designer, Sid Lee
*Note: The Young Lions Cyber Jury decided to only name two teams as finalists in this category
Young Lions — Film
Layton Wu, copywriter, DentsuBos, and Tyler McKissick, art director, Open. A Creative Company.
Jake Bundock, art director, and Andrew Chhour, copywriter, Rethink
Lorne Heller, copywriter, and Justin Luu, art director, Juniper Park/TBWA
Young Marketers
Telis Carayannakis, brand manager, Budweiser, Labatt Breweries of Canada and Michael Holmes, senior assistant brand manager, Old Spice, Procter & Gamble
Kevin De Gruijter, assistant brand manager, Bud Light, Labatt Breweries of Canada and Kristina McCaughey, associate brand manager, Stella Artois, Labatt Breweries of Canada
Michael Alaimo, marketing manager, Gatorade, PepsiCo Beverages Canada and Christian Alaimo, associate marketing manager, Away From Home, PepsiCo Beverages Canada
