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Jury ADCE Student Awards

A distinguished jury, composed of both educators and industry professionals, conducts the judging process for the ADCE Student Awards online. They select one Gold winner in each category, as well as the standout “Youngstar” – the overall winner.

The 2026 Jury List

Overall Jury President

  • Lorenzo Imbesi

    PhD & Full Professor, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Communication & Creative Ideas

  • Patrick Amor

    Executive Creative Director, C3 – Germany

  • Jesper Bange

    Chief Design Officer, BOND – Finland

  • Bren Byrne

    Creative Strategist, Catapult – Ireland

  • Jana Brisova

    Creative Leader, Independent – Czech Republic

  • Ugur Cevdet Panayirci

    Professor, Yeditepe University – Turkey

  • Mariam Chargazia

    Senior Copywriter, Windfor’s Georgia – Georgia

  • Felix Foltas

    Junior Juror

    Cinematographer & Director – Austria

  • María García Campos

    Head of Social & Brand Creative Content, LOLA Madrid – Spain

  • Mihnea Gheorghiță

    Group Creative Director, Publicis Romania – Romania

  • Ivan Hristov

    Professor, New Bulgarian University – Bulgaria

  • Andrew Judd

    Professor, Norwich University of the Arts — United Kingdom

  • Anastasija Kostikova

    Creative, WRONG Digital – Latvia

  • Nino Liparteliani

    Associate Professor, Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA) – Georgia

  • Camilla Nani

    Professor, IED Milano – Italy

  • Johannes Nittmann

    Executive Creative Director, KISKA. – Austria

  • Prof. Betty Schimmelpfennig

    Professor, University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Germany

  • Julian Elias Stauffer

    Creative Director, Mona und Mateo – Switzerland

  • Stefano Summo

    Creative Director, DUDE Milano – Italy

  • Andrea Toth

    Managing Creative Director, Kastner Budapest – Hungary

Product, Environmental & New Technologies

  • Vilmos Farkas

    Chief Creative Officer, Positive Adamsky – Hungary

  • Christos Georgiou

    Head of Design, Finance Magnates – Cyprus

  • Christoph Hofbauer

    Professor, AT University of Applied Sciences Salzburg / FH Salzburg – Austria

  • Helena Nagel

    Co-Founder & Creative Director, Dint – Estonia

  • Vera Novais

    Professor, ETIC – Portugal

  • Torlogh O’Boyle

    Founder & Creative Director, Theory In Motion – Ireland

  • Marek Uličný

    Creative Director, Zaraguza – Czech Republic

  • Hellington Vieira

    Creative Director, The Walt Disney Company – Portugal

  • Ina Vodivnik

    Creative Director, Jung von Matt DONAU – Austria

Graphic Design & Branding

  • Michaela Brůhová

    Senior Copywriter, McCANN – Czech Republic

  • Tytti Halonen

    Professor, Metropolia UAS – Finland

  • Marko Kekishev

    Professor, Pallas University of Applied Sciences – Estonia

  • Theodor Liho

    Professor, National Academy of Arts and Design Sofia – Bulgaria

  • Debora Manetti

    Professor, TypeCampus – Italy

  • Albert Navarro

    Art Director, Morillas – Spain

  • Shane O’Riordan

    Professor, National College of Art & Design – Ireland

  • Xavi Palouzié

    Professor, eina – Spain

  • Angelos Panayides

    Professor, Cyprus University of Technology – Cyprus

  • Elisabeth Plass

    Founder & Creative Director, EIGA – Germany

  • Aleksandrina Stefanova

    Creative Director, All Channels Communication Group – Bulgaria

  • Margus Tamm

    Graphic Designer, Independent – Estonia

  • Piëtke Visser

    Creative Director, KUUDES Oy – Finland