Cannes Lions names DDB Group Singapore’s Joji Jacob President of the Print & Publishing jury

February 16 2016, 7:35 pm | BY Lynchy | No Comments

Joji Jacob_DDB.jpgJoji Jacob, the Group Executive Creative Director of DDB Group Singapore has been named President of the Print & Publishing jury for this year’s Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Changes to the 2016 awards saw the old Press Lions category become the Print & Publishing Lions.

Jocob’s appointment as jury president is great recognition for the outstanding job he has done in Singapore. Since he took over running the creative department, DDB Group Singapore has become the most awarded Singaporean agency at Cannes, D&AD, Spikes, AdFest and Digital Media Awards six years in the running.

In addition to his Group ECD role at DDB Singapore he was also recently handed an additional role as the Head of DDB Asia’s Creative Council.

Over his career he’s spent over 20 years with some of the biggest and best agencies in India and Singapore; agencies like FCB, Ogilvy, JWT, BBDO and DDB.