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Art Directors Club Names Global Jury for ADC Young Guns 24
The global Art Directors Club, part of The One Club for Creativity, announced the more than 100 creative professionals from around the world who will serve on the jury for the global Young Guns 24 competition.
ADC Young Guns is the industry’s only global, cross-disciplinary, portfolio-based awards competition that identifies and celebrates today’s vanguard of young creative professionals. The program is open to those ages 30 and under who have been working for at least two years, full-time or freelance. Eligible entrants can submit a combination of professional and personal work.
A sampling of some of this year’s global jury by region, including past YG winners as indicated, is as follows:
APAC
- Albert Chan, Founder, Lup, Jakarta
- Sonam Gautam, Head of Creative, ULKA (A BBDO Group), Mumbai
- Nikki Golez, Founder, CCO, Passionade Creative, Makati City
- Young Huale, Art Director, By-Enjoy Design, Fujian
- Chris Rowson, Head of Creative, Good Drinks Australia, Perth
Europe & UK
- Marta Cerdà Alimbau, freelance designer, Barcelona (YG6)
- Suvi Lähde, ECD, SEK, part of Grey, Helsinki
- Roxana Nita, ECD, BBDO Bucharest
- Hamish Shand, Founder, ECD, Boundless Brand Design, London
- Paul Watmough-Halim, ECD, Co-founder, Hyperfocus, Berlin
Latin America
- Julia Martinez Diana, Graphic & Type Designer, Antipixel Type Studio, Buenos Aires
- Diego Guerhardt, ECD, Fbiz WPP, São Paulo
- Fermín Guerrero, Type Designer, Art Director, Fuerte, Montevideo
Middle East & Africa
- Elie Antaky, Associate Creative Director, Impact BBDO, Beirut
- Oyindamola Fakile, Chief Creative Alchemist, Thwind, Lagos
- Nhlanhla Ngcobo, Group ECD, VML Johannesburg, Randburg
US & Canada
- Christopher Brand, VP, Creative Director, The Crown Publishing Group, New York (YG13)
- Amy Crawford, VP, Creative Development, MassiveMusic, New York
- Julien Hébert, Lead Designer, Principal, Montréal (YG17)
- Sue Murphy, Senior Global Director of Design, The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta
- Joaquin Salim, Group Creative Director, Anomaly, New York (YG15)
- Ellese Shell, Executive Producer, Cut+Run, New York
- Kenesha Sneed, Creative Director, Head of Design, BUCK, Los Angeles
- Siavosh Zabeti, Creative Director, Apple, Los Angeles (YG12)
The complete list of all ADC Young Guns 24 judges can be viewed here.
The online entry system is now open, with the reduced-fee regular deadline of August 27, 2026, and final deadline September 24, 2026. Winners will be announced in January 2027, with the YG24 awards ceremony and party slated for January 27, 2027 in New York.
The renowned competitions regularly attract entries from upwards of 45 countries, with more than half coming from outside the US.
All ADC Young Guns winners receive a unique version of the iconic ADC Young Guns Cube, designed exclusively for this year’s incoming class, and have their permanent profile page added to the YG website.
Winners also receive a complimentary one-year One Club for Creativity membership, permanent membership in the YG network, a chance to be featured in YG events and an assortment of career-boosting opportunities from YG sponsors.
Past ADC Young Guns include rising stars who went on to become leaders in their chosen fields, including Oscar-winning film director duo DANIELS (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) (YG14), “Top Gun Maverick” director Joseph Kosinski (YG4); graphic designers James Victore (YG1), Stefan Sagmeister (YG1), Natasha Jen (YG4) and Jessica Walsh (YG8); artist/designer Rich Tu (YG8); ad creatives Rei Inamoto (YG4) and Menno Kluin (YG6); illustrators Christoph Niemann (YG2) and Deanne Cheuk (YG4); fashion designer Kerby Jean-Raymond (YG14); artist/filmmaker Calmatic (YG16); director/photographer India Sleem (YG17); typographers Alex Trochut (YG6) and Gemma O’Brien (YG13); animation artist Todd St. John (YG1), and others.
ADC Young Guns 24 branding and YG Cube trophy were created by Brooklyn-based independent illustrator and designer Chantal Jahchan, a winner in last year’s YG23 competition.
For more information and to enter, please visit the ADC Young Guns 24 website.
ABOUT THE ONE CLUB FOR CREATIVITY
The One Club for Creativity – home of The One Show, ADC Annual Awards, Art Directors Club of Europe (ADCE) awards, ONE Asia Creative Awards, Type Directors Club TDC competition and scholarships, ADC Young Guns, Young Ones Student Awards, Next Creative Leaders, ONE School, ONE Creator Lab, Where Are All The Black People conference and career fair, Portfolio Night, Creative Week, and more – is the world’s foremost non-profit organization whose mission is to support and celebrate the success of the global creative community. Revenue generated from entries to its global awards shows goes back into the industry to fund programs that support industry access, creative education, professional development, and enhancement of creative careers around the world.
NatureSweet and 270B Debut Lovable “Teamatoes” in “Taste All The Good” Campai
NatureSweet has debuted its charming crew of new brand mascots, the Teamatoes, to the world for the first time in “Taste All the Good,” a new digital campaign that brings the brand’s characters into a live-action environment.
Created by 270B, the creative agency awarded AOR for NatureSweet earlier this year, the campaign introduces the brand’s new positioning unifying both flavor and purpose. It pairs the introduction of the Teamatoes with the brand’s new creative direction centered on celebrating incredible flavor, joyful moments, and the belief that when things are done right, life tastes better.
Travis Laveault, Director of Omnichannel & Digital Marketing notes, “Behind every creative spot is months of insight, creativity, and collaboration. We’re excited to bring this campaign to audiences and thank everyone who helped make it happen, especially our agency partners at 270B.”
In the hero spot, guests enjoy NatureSweet tomatoes as appetizers at a gathering while animated Teamatoes playfully point guests toward the food, adding charm to each moment eager to give snackers what they crave, ensuring each guest has the perfect bite. Designed to be universally understood, emotionally resonant, and flexible across social channels, the Teamatoes embody the heart of the NatureSweet brand while building memory and meaning through their consistent, lovable presence. The spot wraps with the pod label revealing the NatureSweet Associate before it closes, ensuring that “all the good” is shown: the delicious tomatoes and the amazing people who make them possible.
The landing page introduces the campaign’s new characters while showcasing the NatureSweet product portfolio and inspiring consumers with fresh recipe ideas and product uses. People can spend more time with the Teamatoes in a game called “Reveal the Good,” seeking them out in a variety of illustrated scenes. Featured recipes link out to NatureSweet’s Instagram, showing people the delicious uses for the products.
The “Taste All the Good” campaign showcases multiple snacking occasions across different settings while highlighting the brand’s signature pod packaging, including its portability and easy opening design. To bring the Teamatoes into a live-action environment, 270B transformed characters that first appeared on NatureSweet packaging in early 2026 into fully realized 3D personalities. They refined the Teamatoes through multiple rounds of development, including 360-degree turntables, lighting, shading, color, and animation, naturally translating their 2D design into a three-dimensional world.
During production, clay Teamato stand-ins established blocking and framing before the final visual effects were integrated into each scene. The production, helmed by Republic, required close collaboration between the creative, production, editorial, and visual effects teams to seamlessly blend the animated characters into live-action footage.
The campaign launched across digital platforms in select DMAs.


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