London International Awards Call for Entries – Marcello Serpa + David Nobay to lead judging

Entries to the London International Awards are now open with the deadline for submission being June 14th, 2010. To enter visit the LIA website.This year the LIA turns 25 years old, a milestone in the life of any organization, and a tribute to the many who have contributed to its success. To judge this year’s awards the LIA is assembling eight juries who will join together in September at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas to pass judgement on the work.

This year’s jury Presidents will include one of Brazil’s most revered creative directors, Marcello Serpa from AlmapBBDO (pictured left) and Australia’s David ‘Nobby’ Nobay from Droga5 Sydney (below left).

“True to the LIA tenet of celebrating the iconoclasts, legends andavatars of the industry, we invited, arguably, some of the bestcreative people, each rated among the top in their field of expertise,to head our jury panels.  They are well respected by their peers in theindustry,” revealed Barbara Levy, President of London InternationalAwards. “If you look at their salubrious records, you will find thatthey have each broken the rules and re-written them to enrich theindustry as a whole. We are very proud to have them preside over thevarious media.”

“For the first time in 25 years, wehave invited a Jury President (TBA) to preside over theTelevision/Cinema/Online Film Technique jury,” explained Barbara Levy.”As for Music, we think it is time the industry recognises and rewardsthe contribution music makes to enhancing a piece of creative work. That’s why Music has its own Jury President this year.  We are thefirst major international award show to have a separate jury for Music.”

The Jury Presidents along with their respective Jury Panels will gather at Wynn/Encore Las Vegas this September.

TheJury Presidents are as follows: David Nobay – Creative Chairman, Droga5Australia presiding over Integrated Campaign andTelevision/Cinema/Online Film; Marcello Serpa – Partner/GeneralCreative Director, AlmapBBDO São Paulo presiding over Non-Traditional,Print, Poster and Billboard; Rei Inamoto – Chief Creative Officer, AKQApresiding over Digital (pictured 2nd left); Faris Yakob – Chief Innovation Officer, MDCPartners New York presiding over The NEW Category (pictured 3rd left); Terry O’Reilly -Writer/Director, Pirate Toronto presiding over Radio; Josh Rabinowitz -SVP/Director of Music, Grey Group New York presiding over Music (pictured right) andGarrick Hamm – Creative Partner, Williams Murray – Hamm Londonpresiding over Design and Package Design.

The presentation of statues will be held at the awards ceremony in London on November 8th, 2010.

For more information on the awards see www.liaawards.com