Next Creative Leaders 2025 Jury

The Next Creative Leaders Jury is an international collection of creative leaders, rising stars, and past Next Creative Leaders winners who are joining our mission to advance gender equity and celebrate women and nonbinary creatives.



Dandara Almeida

Creative Director
Independent
São Paulo

Sollin Apelthun Sæle

Senior Art Director
Wieden+Kennedy
New York

Dotun Bello

Associate Creative Director
translation
Los Angeles

Valentina Carrete

Creative Director
BBDO
Mexico City

Sitta Chandarawong

Creative Group Head, Art Director
SOUR
Bangkok

Abigail Chieppa

Creative Director
EnergyBBDO
Chicago

Michelle Co

Creative Director
Forsman and Bodenfors
Singapore

Simeon Coker

Head of Creative
Valerie
New York

Vanessa de Beaumont

Associate Creative Director
Mischief @ No Fixed Address
New York

Oyindamola Fakile

Executive Creative Director
Flow
Lagos

Brian Finucane

Co. Founder & Creative Director
Curious Orange
Dublin

Sally Fung

Associate Creative Director
FCB
Toronto

Juan Pablo Garcia

Managing Director
David
Bogota

Emese Gillotte

Head of Art
DDB
Budapest

Joseph Han

Executive Creative Director
COLLINS
Brooklyn

Daniela Herrera

Talent and DEI Consultant
Kay & Parters Talent Management
New York

Paul Hewitt

Executive Creative Director
That Lot
London

Carine Howayek

Creative Director
Freelance
Beirut

Claudia Illan

Senior Copywriter
Lola MullenLowe
Madrid

Farishte Irani

Senior Copywriter
Saatchi & Saatchi MEA
Dubai

Manisha Joshi

Business Director & Head of DEI
Ketchum
Vienna

Stacey Karayannis

Creative Director
Leo Burnett
Melbourne

Juliet Kavishe

Executive Board Member
Pan African Design Institute
Johannesburg

Arah Kim

Creative Director
Wieden+Kennedy
Mexico City

Florencia Loda

Executive Creative Director
draftLine
Buenos Aires

Julia Machado

Associate Creative Director
GUT
São Paulo

Naledi Manama

Creative Group Head, Art Director
Independent
Johannesburg

Daniela Marino

VP, Creative Director
Edelman
New York

Josefina Mateo Burton

Senior Copywriter
Lola MullenLowe
Madrid

Sands Mathura

Associate Creative Director
Accenture Song
Cape Town

Catharina Mendonca

Senior Copywriter
AlmapBBDO
São Paulo

Deborah Morrison

Professor & Associate Dean
University of Oregon
Eugene

Sara Muchnick

Senior Copywriter
Wieden+Kennedy
New York

Kiah Nicholas

Senior Creative
Wieden+Kennedy
Sydney

Roxana Nita

Executive Creative Director
DDB
Bucharest

Nnenna Onyewuchi

Founder
The Barefoot Strategist
Lagos

Jacquelyn Parent

Creative Director
Rethink Ideas
Toronto

Jasmine Paylor

Senior Art Director
Mischief @ No Fixed Address
New York

Nayaab Rais

Executive Creative Director
FP7 McCann
Dubai

Enas Rashwan

Founder, CEO
Cairo Ad School & Saudi Ad School
Cairo

Mark Renken

Creative Director
Electronic Arts
Redwood City

Ali Rez

Chief Creative Officer
ImpactBBDO
Dubai

Alejandra Rozo Ruda

Art Director
David
Bogotá

Rana Sadek

Creative Director
ImpactBBDO
Dubai

Jacky Salome

Creative Director
Netflix
Mexico City

Chaeyeong Seo

Creative Art Director
Wieden + Kennedy
London

Cassandra Shuber

Creative Director
Edelman
New York

Dörte Spengler-Ahrens

Creative Chairwoman
Jung von Matt
Hamburg

Nat Taylor

Founder, Executive Producer
Poppet
Melbourne

Dorottya Tóth

Creative Director
DDB
Budapest

Titipun Tubthong

Head of Creative
Brilliant & Million
Bangkok

Lisa Vanterpool

Director of Brand Content
Fiverr
New York

Tung Wang

Associate Creative Director
Ogilvy
Taipei

Adriana Weinberg

Co-Founder / Copywriter
The Girls Room Club
Mexico City

Alexandria Williams

Creative Strategy Director
TikTok
New York