National Advertising Awards announce 2010 Chairs of Judging

November 6, 2009 – Cameron Gardner, president of Adcam Media Group and founder of the National Advertising Awards (NAA), is pleased to announce the appointment of the NAA 2010 Chairs of Judging. They are:

Lead Chair: Pete Breton, Co-Chief Creative Officer, Cossette
Direct Chair: Carlos Garavito, Chief Creative Officer, OgilvyOne worldwide Toronto
Interactive Chair: Andrew McCartney, Managing Director, Tribal DDB Toronto
Young Media Chair: Sandra Clark, VP Client Services Director, PHD

Full bios of the 2010 NAA Judging Chairs

All of the newly appointed chairs have previously served on NAA juries and were approached by Adcam Media Group based on their contributions to past competitions and their leadership positions within the Canadian advertising community. Each chair will select a team of top Canadian creative and media minds to join them on their respective category juries; final NAA jury members will be announced in late November and judging will take place in April 2010.

As Lead Chair, Cossette’s Pete Breton will act as figurehead of the 2010 judging team and will oversee the jury responsible for the Cinema/TV, Integrated, Mobile, Print, Out-of-Home, Radio and Young Creatives categories. Cossette is also the creative agency of record for the 2010 NAA; art director Scott Johnson and copywriter Chris Duffett are currently working on the new promotional campaign that will be unveiled at the annual Chairman’s Reception to be held Wednesday, January 20^th at the historic Berkeley Church in Toronto.