 Jury President
Jean-Remy von Matt
Founder/Member of the Board
Jung Von Matt, Berlin |
Jean-Remy von Matt, a natural-born businessman, specialized in advertising in Switzerland, then started his career in the industry in D¸sseldorf. He worked as a copywriter for Ogilvy & Mather, Frankfurt and later at BMZ, Dusseldorf. From there he was appointed as Creative Director at Eiler & Riemel/BBDO Munich. Jean-Remy was as partner and manager of Springer & Jacoby, Hamburg before founding Jung von Matt 16 years ago.
Behind such success lies much hard work. "Quality, is the result of an ordeal," says von Matt, who has been a teaching professor since 2003 at the University of Wismar.
In 1991 he co-founded Jung von Matt along with Holger Jung. Considered Germany's largest independent agency Jung von Matt was voted creative "number one" by the German business magazine "Handelsblatt". A well deserved title as Jung von Matt has won numerous awards, including 19 Cannes Lions, numerous London International Awards, Epica and Eurobest. In 2007 the agency topped the world creative ranking not only for traditional media but online as well. It was also named the top agency of the world by the The Big Won Report in 2008. |
