International creatives Garbutt and Premutico join Award judges panel

SYDNEY - TBWA\Paris creative director Chris Garbutt and Saatchi & Saatchi New York ECD Leo Premutico are the latest additions to Award's juding panel, which is being headed by Toby Talbot (pictured), executive creative director, DDB New Zealand.

The duo joins Prangthip Pradipong from Creative Juice\G1 Bangkok, JWT Shanghai’s Sheung Yan Lo and BBDO Guerrero Ortega chief David Guererro.

Judging will take place in Sydney from 24 September until 5 October, with the winners to be announced at a gala evening on 30 November.

According to Award general manager Lucy McKee, entries are at a seven-year high, with the Interactive and TV Craft categories seeing the most growth.