Thank You To Our Judges!
Our four ADDYs judges flew in the weekend of January 8-10 and completed judging for the 2009 ADDY Awards. What a thoughtful and thorough job they did...can't wait to reveal the winners at the show Feb. 25th!
Sakol Mongkolkasetarin
Associate Creative Director
Fire Station, Los Angeles
Sakol's background is art direction/design. His portfolio of work ranges from such high-profile accounts as Adidas, Saturn, and Visa, to small ones like Marmot, Pioneer, and San Francisco Zoo. Currently at Fire Station, he works on such remarkable brands as POM Wonderful, Fiji Water, and Wonderful Pistachios. He has worked at agencies including TBWA/Chiat/Day and Deutsch, and held senior creative positions at Hal Riney & Partners and BBDO West, where he was a VP & Associate Creative Director. In 1994, Sakol started his own agency, Acme Advertising, where he produced award-winning work for 15 years.
Sakol is no stranger to judging, having served as a judge for the prestigious Communication Arts Photography Annual. His own work has been recognized by The One Show, British D&AD, Communication Arts, Art Directors Club, the ADDYs, Beldings, and OBIEs, to name a few. In addition, his work has appeared in Archive numerous times.
Shannon Phillips
Associate Creative Director
Firehouse, Dallas, TX
Shannon's background is art direction/design. She has won awards from just about every show including the ADDYs, Tellys, One Show, and Logo Lounge. Most recently, Shannon's work for Fuel Clothing was featured in Archive Magazine.
Personally, Shannon received her agency's MVP award in 2007, proving her worth as both a creative powerhouse and a valued member of Firehouse.
Shannon's Client experience includes work with Nokia, Dell, Romano's
Macaroni Grill, 3M, Smoothie King, Baylor University and CompUSA.
Mick Sutter
VP, Creative Director
Arnold DC
Mick has been with Arnold in Washington, D.C. for the past 12 years. He's worked with clients like McDonalds, Hyatt, The American Red Cross, DeWalt, The Washington Post, USA Today, Colonial Williamsburg, and BBC America.
Mick's work has been recognized by The One Show, Communication Arts, Art Directors Club, the O'Toole's, ADDYs, Athenas, and New York Festivals. He's also been a finalist at the Radio Mercury Awards, Clios, and Cannes. Mick is currently a Group CD at Arnold DC, overseeing creative duties on the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, and Amtrak.
Seth Werner
Senior Partner,
Executive Creative Director
Eric Mower & Associates
Seth's background is as a writer. Probably best known for creating the award-winning California Raisin “Dancing Raisins” campaign, and “Alex the Dog” for Stroh’s Beer, Seth Werner has been named an Adweek All Star in the East, the West and the Southwest (basically, everywhere he's lived and worked).
As Executive Creative Director and Partner at Eric Mower and Associates, Seth leads the work for clients like Nucor Steel, Bojangles Famous Chicken and Biscuits, Charlotte Pipe and Foundry and other accounts throughout the Mower agency network.
Prior to joining Mower, he was with Publicis Mid-America (formerly the Bloom Agency) in Dallas, where he held President, Co-Chairman, and Chief Creative Officer titles, as well as Foote, Cone, Belding in San Francisco, and Lowe Marschalk in New York. Among his many awards, Seth's work has been recognized with 5 Clios, a One Show gold, a gold Effie, a Cannes silver and a Clio Hall of Fame.