United States

Jon Meakin

Global Business Development Director, Grayling

Jon has 25 years of public relations experience, encompassing consumer, corporate, business-to-business and crisis and issues management. In his current role, Jon is responsible for co-ordinating Grayling's response to multi-market briefs, working with colleagues from all disciplines throughout the agency' s international network to develop strategies, and ensuring the right resources are brought together. He previously established and ran Grayling' s EMEA-wide account for PayPal. Before joining Grayling, Jon's career saw him develop and run successful UK and international campaigns for clients including Associated British Foods plc, Baxters Food Group, The Gleneagles Hotel, Hasbro, ICI, Marriott International, McCain Foods, News International, PepsiCo, Red Bull, Scottish & Newcastle (now Heineken), Shell, Unilever and Weetabix. Jon is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and the Chartered Institute of Marketing in the UK and has previously judged several PR industry awards, including the CIPR Excellence Awards, PRCA Awards, the PRWeek Awards and the Romanian PR Awards. Jon is currently resident in San Francisco.

China

Birger Linke

Senior Creative Director, DMG Beijing/Shanghai/L.A.

As the Senior Creative Director at DMG Beijing/Shanghai/L.A., Birger Linke has a global perspective, having worked across countries and continents in companies such as Ogilvy & Mather (Beijing), Saatchi & Saatchi (Singapore), TBWAVietnam, Leo Burnett (Shanghai), to name a few. He is an experienced judge, having judged many international awards shows. His works are featured in numerous publications around the world, as well as on national television in Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, etc.

Italy

Alessandro Sciortino

Creative Director, McCann Worldgroup

A Creative Director with more than 15 years of international experience, Alessandro Sciortino had the opportunity to create integrated campaigns for clients like MasterCard, Honda, Opel, Alitalia, the FAO, and Poste among others. He has led international creatives in Belgium, Germany, and Italy, starting as a copywriter and actually guiding McCann and MRM Rome as a CD on traditional and digital advertising. Alessandro won more than 30 awards worldwide including Cannes, Epica, Eurobest, Eaca, ADCE Awards, to name a few. He also served as a jury member at ADCI, ADCE, and NY Festivals. His professional experience includes knowing 4 languages and involvement in the Scientific Committee of the University of Rome - Master in Media Management.

United States

Jacopo Biorcio

Senior Art Director, Saatchi & Saatchi New York

Jacopo Biorcio is a Senior Art Director, originally from Italy, now based in New York. He studied Advertising and graphic design in Turin (Italy), before working in London and Berlin, where he worked as an Art Director at DDB, creating integrated campaigns for global clients such as T-Mobile, Sony, Volkswagen, eBay, and others. In 2017 Jacopo moved to New York, joining Saatchi & Saatchi and working on clients including Tide, Olay, Luvs, Pampers, Flipz, Theraflu, and more. Jacopo helped create and develop Tide’s award-winning Super Bowl campaign: “It’s a Tide Ad”. He has collected many industry awards throughout his career including the Film Grand Prix and a Titanium Lion at Cannes Lions Festival, a D&AD Black Pencil, Best in Film at The One Show, and even an Emmy nomination. In 2018, AdAge featured him in their “Creatives You Need to Know” list.