Catalin Dobre (McCann Bucharest), member of the Creative Jury at Golden Hammer

Catalin Dobre, Creative Director of McCann Bucharest is one of the members of the Creative Jury, at Golden Hammer festival, that will take place in Latvia on June 10th-11th.

The Creative jury, that includes Romania’s representative, is headed by John Pallant, Regional Creative Director, Europe, Middle East and Africa Saatchi&Saatchi UK. The other members of the jury are Erkko Mannila – Executive Creative Director at TBWA Finland, Tomás Oliva – Executive Creative Director Contrapunto Barcelona, Dejan Galovič – Creative Director Vaculik Advertising Slovakia, Armands Leitis – Creative Director Latvia, Madis Ots – Creative Director Vatson Wunderman Estonia and Robin Weeks – Regional Creative Director for Ogilvy CEE Poland.

The Media Jury of the competition, headed by Anna Lubowska – Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Mediaedge:cia CEE Poland, includes also: Rupert Slade – Head of PHD Central & Eastern Europe UK, Normunds Roziņš – Managing Director MediaCom (Trendmark Ltd) Latvia, Paul O’Neill – Mindshare Invention Leader UK,
Rupert McPetrie – CEO ZenithOptimedia Moscow, Hanno Kindel – Development Manager Media House Estonia and Rita Jermakaite – Director Carat Lithuania.

On the other hand, the Interactive jury of the competition is presided by Markus Grannenfelt – CEO White Sheep Finland and has as members Janno Siimar – Creative Director & Partner Velvet Creative Alliance Estonia, Arturas Kokoshkinas – Client Service Director Media House Lithuania, Dave Hompe – Group Digital Director EMEA Starcom MediaVest UK and Sergejs Timonins – Digital Media Director Reactiv Latvia.

Golden Hammer reached to the 11th edition and will take place on June 10th and 11th. The 1st edition of the festival took place in 1999 and, starting 1999, the festival become international.

The prizes of the festival are Grand Prix, Gold and Silver Hammer, and also special prizes such as Creativity Case, Media Folder and Access key.

Golden Hammer categories are TV, Print, Radio Ads, Outdoor posters, Interactive media, Best use of media, Art direction, Advertising Campaigns and Direct Marketing.