NEW YORK, August 25, 2021 – Effie Worldwide has announced the marketing leaders who will serve on the Grand Jury for the 2021 Effie Awards United States competition.
The Grand Effie jury will select the most effective, impactful work of the year as the recipient of the “best in show”, the Grand Effie. The year’s competition reflects the work and results achieved during the onset of the pandemic. The Grand Effie winner will serve as both a symbol of the industry’s resilience and benchmark for the path forward.
Leading this year’s prestigious panel are co-chairs, Umesh Sripad, Chief Digital Officer at IKEA USA, and Amani Duncan, President at BBH USA. Each year, the Grand Jury is selected for their expertise in a range of disciplines across the industry. Joining Sripad and Duncan on the jury are:
– Jason Harris, Co-Founder & CEO, Mekanism
– Dirk Herbert, Chief Strategy Officer, dentsu Americas
– Tracy-Ann Lim, Chief Media Officer, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
– Deidre Smalls-Landau, CMO & EVP, Global Culture, UM
– Zena Srivatsa Arnold, Global Chief Digital & Marketing Officer, Kimberly-Clark
– Kate Stanford, VP, Ads Brand & Activation Marketing, Google
– Musa Tariq, CMO, GoFundMe
– Justin Thomas-Copeland, Président et chef de la direction, DDB Amérique du Nord
The jury will meet virtually, in a session sponsored by YouTube, to review and debate the creativity and effectiveness of the highest-scoring Gold Effie winners from the 2021 Effie Awards United States competition.
“Despite all of the challenges, I am consistently impressed by our industry’s ability to produce amazing work and drive growth,” said Traci Alford, Global CEO of Effie Worldwide. “It is critical that we continue to recognize and celebrate marketing effectiveness, especially now, and the leaders on this year’s Grand Effie Jury are well-equipped to determine this year’s winner and establish the benchmark for effectiveness going forward.”
The Grand Effie contenders and winner will be announced during the final day of the virtual Ideas That Work: 2021 Effie US Summit & Awards Celebration taking place September 29-30 (3-5pm ET). The free-to-attend event will celebrate winners from this year’s Effie US competition and explore the path forward for brands and marketers in today’s constantly evolving landscape.
À propos d'Effie Worldwide
Effie est une organisation mondiale à but non lucratif 501c3 dont la mission est de diriger et de faire évoluer le forum sur l'efficacité du marketing. Effie dirige, inspire et défend la pratique et les praticiens de l'efficacité du marketing par le biais de formations, de récompenses, d'initiatives en constante évolution et d'informations de premier ordre sur les stratégies marketing qui produisent des résultats. L'organisation reconnaît les marques, les spécialistes du marketing et les agences les plus efficaces, à l'échelle mondiale, régionale et locale, grâce à ses plus de 50 programmes de récompenses à travers le monde et à ses classements d'efficacité convoités, le Indice EffieDepuis 1968, Effie est reconnue comme un symbole mondial de réussite, tout en servant de ressource pour orienter l'avenir du succès marketing. Pour plus de détails, visitez effie.org.
