Glimpse Inside the Cannes Jury Room

Glimpse Inside the Cannes Jury Room

Reflections from my Deep Dive into Global Creativity , by WPP Media boss Aimee Buchanan. I’ve just emerged from an intense few days within the Cannes Lions jury bubble. Three days of focussed discussion, rigorous debate, and deep immersion in some of the world’s most impactful work. For me, coming to Cannes, and particularly serving […]

Alison Tilling Cannes Diary #1: Inside the jury room of the Creative Strategy Lions

Alison Tilling, Chief Strategy Officer at VML AUNZ, represented Australia on this year’s Creative Strategy Lions jury in Cannes. Here, she gives us a glimpse inside the jury room - sharing what set the best work apart, the joy of discovering diverse ideas from around the world, and why judging this

What the Cannes Jury room teaches you (that no brief ever will)

One of my favourite things about the judging process is when someone changes their mind about a piece of work. Not to be polite. Not to avoid a migraine-inducing debate. Not because lunch is delayed. But because the work simply earned it. That’s when you know you’re in the right room, where people are actually listening and not just waiting for their own voice to echo back at them. Judging at Cannes is not glamorous. It’s fluorescent basement li…