Judges

Phil Jones completed a 5 year apprenticeship as a hot-metal compositor in Manchester in the 1960s before moving to London in 1973 and setting up typography specialists APT, which he grew to over 100 staff before selling the business to an Ad Agency in 1990.

He became MD of Real Time Studio in 1991 (in the pre-digital era) and grew a team of ten to around 110
becoming one of the leading digital agencies in the UK before merging with DM agency EHS where he became Vice Chairman of ehsrealtime (now EHS Brann) with 400 staff in several locations.

Amongst the digital highlights was a ten year relationship with www.Diesel.com, and www.Canon.co.uk and the online launches for the new MINI, The Premier League, Sport England and the launch of England Fans for the Football Association.

E-Consultancy's Internet Decade event in 2004 recognised Phil as one of the top 100 digital influencers over the previous ten years. In 2006 Phil was nominated for a Lifetime Achievement award at the Net Imperative awards in London.

Having given up full time employment in January 2004. Phil formed Real Time Consultancy through which he acts as an advisor and consultant for creative businesses and organises annual lunches for the design, digital and sports community, digitalpodge, podgelunch.com and sportspodge.

Christian Shaub, FIFA

 

 

 

 

Adrian graduated from Sheffield Hallam University with a First Class Hons degree in Computer and Network Engineering where he was recognised for his outstanding achievement.

In 2003 Adrian went on to launch an online jewellery business making available one of the largest jewellery collections in the UK and the first online business to receive a loan from the Princes Trust.

In 2004 he also co-founded the development of the first adult shopping comparison engine making available over 100,000 products.

Adrian is currently the New Media Manger at Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, during in his time their he has been responsible for managing the delivery of the New redesigned TottenhamHotspur.com and the first use of digital media to launch the 2009/2010 first team kit at www.spurskit.com.

Adrian has previously also worked for companies including Capgemini and AIG.

Callan brings both Agency and Client side experience to his current role as Global Digital Brand Manager at Bacardi Global Brands.

Specifically, Callan is responsible for the development of global digital communication strategies for a portfolio of international brands, as well as the management of the Bacardi Global marketing infrastructure.

Callan's entrepreneurial approach and passion for all things digital has evolved since he was involved in a very embryonic new media industry in his native South Africa, where he attended the industry renowned AAA school of advertising, majoring in Brand Strategy Management and Integrated Marketing Communications.

After avoiding the 'real world' and office life by working for several of Africa's leading Film, Photography, and Experiential Events houses in the booming Cape Town production industry, Callan moved into digital marketing and advertising in Johannesburg at Elevation Africa, before relocating to London - which led him further down the digital rabbit hole - joining New Media Maze, Ministry of Sound Group, Holler Digital, and finally Bacardi Global Brands in 2009.

Based in London, when he does manage to step away from his laptop Callan enjoys Travel, Photography, Martial Arts, Music and DJ'ing - and still has dreams of producing that hit record, independent film, and/or running a Web Startup that will allow him to live on a yacht enjoying his deferred life plan

Rob began his career as a commercial illustrator working for an advertising agency in South Africa, which prompted him to enrol on a Graphic Design Degree course at Durban University of Technology where he graduated with honors. He then went on to work for various advertising agencies in South Africa and Britain, where he produced award-winning work in print, TV, CD Rom and Web for more than a decade.

He continues to illustrate & has exhibited work at a number of galleries in the UK.
He was commission by Getty Images to produce and licence a series of illustrations, which have been used internationally for a number of years.
At any given time he has a number of personal projects on the go, the latest being a children’s picture book he has written & is currently illustrating. Without giving too much away it’s basically a horror story for kids!

Rob founded Naked Penguin Boy, a digital communications agency that creates engaging content to help some of the world's biggest brands promote their objectives,
with his brothers Rowan & Greg in June 2001.
Current clients include Paramount, Turner, William Hill, Ladbrokes & Universal Pictures.

Alastair runs the planning and business development teams at the digital creative agency Collective and is responsible for strategy, planning and conceptualisation. He has over 12 years experience in digital and has worked with a wealth of high profile clients including 2012, Adidas, Aliance & Leicester, Barilla, BBC, BMW, Carlsberg, CBBC, COI, Doritos, EA, Harper Collins, Honda, learndirect, Lloyds TSB, Microsoft, MSN, npower, Ordnance Survey, Sainsburys, Sega, Schroders, Virgin Mobile and the World Gold Council.

Alastair is also a published academic specialising in branding and self identity. He has papers in the European Journal of Marketing, Consumer Behaviour and the European Academy of Marketing.

Following the recent $100 Allianz win in which he was instrumental, Jon has been elevated to the post of Chief Digital Officer for Grey EMEA to lead that business globally. He began his career in traditional advertising, and then spent nine years exploring digital, before coming back above the line to take the post of Chief Creative Officer of Grey London. That experience makes him unique in the U.K. Previously he worked at Beattie McGuinness Bungay where he held the position of Head of Digital, before that he was Creative Director/Joint Managing Partner at Harrison Troughton Wunderman and Interactive chief at Publicis.

He has worked above, below, through the line and online on brands as diverse as Honda, Toshiba, Carling, adidas, Hewlett Packard, X-box, Microsoft, Land Rover, the DePaul Trust, Renault and the British Heart Foundation.

His work has travelled globally, and has won over 100 international awards for both creativity and effectiveness, including Cannes Lions (of which four are gold, three silver), D&AD, Creative Circle, BTAA, the Art Directors Club of New York, and a number of Grand Prix’s including the DMA, Precision Marketing and IMAA.

Creatively, he developed the first genuinely interactive TV ad ever broadcast, the first MPU in Europe, the first use of near-field mobile enabled posters in a national campaign, and the iPint, the world’s first native branded application for the iPhone, more popular on the App Store than FaceBook it has been downloaded more than six million times.

Chris Hassell, Ralph & Co.

 

 

 

 

Dominic Beardsworth, Cheil Europe

 

 

 

 

Dennis Valle, Dolce & Gabbana

 

 

 

 

Sam Chatwin, Clock

Julian Walker, Steak Digital