2025 Creative
LIAisons Mentees

Pure creativity can't be taught.  Everything else can.
 
Selection Process
LIA doesn't directly select attendees we send out global allocations to the creative community.  Candidates are then put forward by companies that support LIA, agency networks, ad clubs and associations and the trade press through regional competitions.  A select number of places in the virtual program only are held for candidates who self-nominate.
 
Onsite Program
Creative LIAisons onsite program, fully funded by LIA, runs concurrently with LIA judging in Las Vegas.  The program features seminars, panel discussions, workshops and the rare and invaluable opportunity to observe statue discussions in the jury rooms.
 
Virtual Program
This program offers mentees one-on-one virtual coaching sessions with three established industry leaders from around the globe. These bespoke coaching sessions are customized to the mentee. Whatever it takes to help you develop your skills, elevate your ideas and fast-track your career.
 
Virtual Coaching Sessions: April through November 2025
On-Site Program Las Vegas: 27th September through 1st October 2025

“We talk about burn-out. For a lot of people their answer to burn-out is time off. This is an answer to burn-out. Go, get better at your job, take yourself to the next level, be around people who will inspire you, make connections. Creative LIAisons is the kind of program that can help solve burn-out." Susan Credle, Global Creative Advisor, IPG and Former Global Chair / CCO, FCB

 
Brianna Aguilar
Art Director
TBWA\Media Arts Lab
Los Angeles
, United States of America

Dana Al Sheyyab
Senior Graphic Designer
Serviceplan Middle East
Dubai
, United Arab Emirates

Dhay Almalki
Graphic Designer
BigTime Creative Shop
Riyadh
, Saudi Arabia

Dante Attuoni
Senior Designer
FCB London
London
, United Kingdom

JC Aujero
Senior Art Director
BLKJ Havas
Singapore
, Singapore

Andrea Avila Luna
Associate Art Director
David The Agency
Miami
, United States of America

Jovana Bakić
Creative Strategist
Mutant
Antwerp
, Belgium

Leyla Baliyeva
Art Director
thjnk Germany
Hamburg
, Germany

Erwin Baranowski
Freelance Art Director
PepsiCo
London
, United Kingdom

Bernardo Barbosa Justi
Creative Intern
DPZ
São Paulo
, Brazil

Jane Barker
Creative
adam&eveddb
London
, United Kingdom

Elisa Bernard
Copywriter
BETC PARIS
Pantin
, France

Charlie Boiler
Copywriter
72andSunny
Playa Vista
, United States of America

Christian Botha
Senior Designer
Publicis Groupe Africa
Johannesburg
, South Africa

Diogo Brito
Graphic Designer & Web Developer
Freelance
Lisbon
, Portugal

Drew Bunyan
Junior Creative
Weber Shandwick London
London
, United Kingdom

Megan Burns
Copywriter
TBWA\WORLDHEALTH
New York
, United States of America

Emily Bush
Creative
Iris Worldwide
London
, United Kingdom

Samuel Callegari
Art Director
Klick Health
São Paulo
, Brazil

Louise Canepa
Junior Producer
McCann Health Brasil
São Paulo
, Brazil

Samuel Carlson
Senior Copywriter
Mischief @ No Fixed Address
Brooklyn
, United States of America

Eunice Tria Casas
Senior Copywriter
The GIGIL Advertising Group
Taguig City
, Philippines

Madeline (Mads) Catanese
Creative
TBWA\Melbourne
Melbourne
, Australia

Yee Keat Chan
Junior Art Director
Leo
Kuala Lumpur
, Malaysia

John Chavez
Associate Creative Director
Weber Shandwick
Washington D.C.
, United States of America

Heeyon Hailey Choi
Art Director
TBWA\Media Arts Lab Seoul
Seoul
, Korea

Maria Trinidad Colombo
Design Lead
GREY Argentina
Buenos Aires
, Argentina

Brenda Cruz
Senior Art Director
FCBNewlink
Mexico City
, Mexico

LingHui (Vicky) Dai
Group Head Copy
Havas
Shanghai
, China

Quynh Trang Dang Xuan
Art Director
TBWA\Singapore
Singapore
, Singapore

Mikaela Dapremont
Art Direction
72andSunny
Playa Vista
, United States of America

Ophelia Dartey
Senior Art Director
Scholz & Friends
Hamburg
, Germany

Ana de la Torre
Art Director
ServicePlan SPX
Dubai
, United Arab Emirates

Freya Dholakiya
Copy Supervisor
FCB Interface, FCB Group India
Mumbai
, India

Jessica Driediger
Art Director
Philipp und Keuntje
Hamburg
, Germany

Jessie-Leigh Dudley
Art Director
Memac Ogilvy
Dubai
, United Arab Emirates

Zoe Durham
Junior Creative
Burson
New York
, United States of America

Marcelo Dzialoszynski
Associate Creative Director
EssenceMediacom
New York
, United States of America

Bassam Ehab
Senior Art Director
Horizon FCB
Dubai
, United Arab Emirates

Jackson Elliott
Art Director
Saatchi & Saatchi
Sydney
, Australia

Sercan Endes
Junior Art Director
MullenLowe Istanbul
Istanbul
, Turkey

Amy Fasey-Jones
Associate Creative Director
Havas London
London
, United Kingdom

Dene Fathil
Art Director
Prodigious Philippines
Makati City
, Philippines

Leonardo Fernandez Chaves
Creative Copywriter
Ogilvy Madrid
Madrid
, Spain

Gustavo Finamore Queiroz
Copywriter
Leo Burnett Brazil
São Paulo
, Brazil

Mangels Finn
Junior Concept Creative
Jung von Matt
Hamburg
, Germany

Marc Flores
Copywriter
DDB Philippines
Taguig City
, Philippines

Luisa Gabaldi
Senior Art Director
AKQA
São Paulo
, Brazil

Josie Gailey
Senior Multimedia Designer
Dentsu
Cape Town
, South Africa

Amparo Garay
Creative Copywriter
DAVID Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
, Argentina

Javier García
Junior Art Director
MRM Spain
Madrid
, Spain

Viola Merle Gauglitz
Junior Art Director
Jung von Matt NECKAR
Stuttgart
, Germany

Lauren Gericke
Mid-weight Art Director
Ogilvy Cape Town
Cape Town
, South Africa

Soham Ghosh
Group Head -Copy
Havas Worldwide
Gurgaon
, India

Gabriela Grant
Creative
Adam & Eve DDB
London
, United Kingdom

Valentin Gronau
Copywriter
Jung von Matt SPREE
Berlin
, Germany

Marloes Hartsuiker Hartsuiker
Junior Creative
Happiness Amsterdam
Amsterdam
, The Netherlands

Daniel Heard
Junior Art Director
Cheil Dallas
Dallas
, United States of America

Gilliane Hellstern
Copywriter
BETC PARIS
Pantin
, France

Amashani Herath
Business Head
Boutique Media Network
Colombo
, Sri Lanka

Alice Hsueh
Copywriter
ROCK YU Creative
Taipei
, Taiwan

Alex Huynh
Senior Art Director
Neon Agency
New York
, United States of America

Farishte Irani
Senior Copywriter
Saatchi & Saatchi MEA
Dubai
, United Arab Emirates

Saulė Jasiūnaitė
Creative Art Director
TRUTH. agency
Vilnius
, Lithuania

Wesley Jon
Senior Copywriter
FP7 McCann
Dubai
, United Arab Emirates

Stephanie Karsten
Art Director
72andSunny
Playa Vista
, United States of America

Jeongyun Kim
PM
Concentrix Service Korea
Seoul
, Korea

Francesca Kleinstück
Creative Concepter
Marty—Trezzini
Zurich
, Switzerland

Efthymios (Makis) Kolevris
Copywriter
DDB Athens
Athens
, Greece

Jacqueline Lee
Copywriter
FCB Canada
Toronto
, Canada

Melissa Lee
Designer
Cheil
New York
, United States of America

Minhyang Lee
Copywriter
Cheil Worldwide
Seoul
, Korea

Yebin Lee
Senior Art Director
The Kitchen North America
Chicago
, United States of America

Delia Lepădatu
Senior Art Director
MRM
Bucharest
, Romania

Yanik Leroux
Junior Copywriter
TANK Worldwide
Toronot
, Canada

Leah Li
Senior Art Director
Cheil Great China
Beijing
, China

Catherine LoSchiavo
Art Director
MRM Detroit
Detroit
, United States of America

Tung Hei Lui
Associate Creative Director
Cheil Hong Kong
Hong Kong
, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China

Florencia Luna Gonzalez
Senior Art Director
Third Ear
Austin
, United States of America

Sofia Macário Pereira
Creative Intern
DPZ
São Paulo
, Brazil

Júlia Machado Malavazzi
Associate Creative Director
GUT São Paulo
São Paulo
, Brazil

Thomas Macphail
Senior Art Director
Howatson + Company
Sydney
, Australia

Amalie Malmgren
Social media & content activator
&Co
Copenhagen
, Denmark

Peter Maluleke
Junior Copywriter
TBWA Hunts Lascaris
Johannesburg
, South Africa

Fabian Marciniak
Copywriter
Philipp und Keuntje
Hamburg
, Germany

Johannes Mazkour
Art Director
HeimatTBWA\ Berlin
Berlin
, Germany

Izzi McGrath
Creative
TBWA\Melbourne
Melbourne
, Australia

Nuwairah Md Zabid
Junior Art Director
Havas Malaysia
Petaling Jaya
Bernardo Medina
Senior Copywriter
Dentsu Creative
Sao Paulo
, Brazil

Rhiana Merota
Intermediate Art Director
Special Group New Zealand
Auckland
, New Zealand

Maggie Michella
Associate Creative Director
Ogilvy Singapore
Singapore
, Singapore

Moeko Mizoguchi
Account Executive
KYU PLUS
New York
, United States of America

Eric Mouton
Creative
Mother
Brooklyn
, United States of America

José Murillo
Copywriter SR
Havas Costa Rica
Belén
, Costa Rica

Ryan Murray
Associate Art Director
MRM New York
New York
, United States of America

Loreen Mutuku
Designer
Ogilvy Africa
Nairobi
, Kenya

Veronika Mykolaichuk
Creative Copywriter
ISD Group
Kyiv
, Ukraine

Dana Naval
Senior Copywriter
Ogilvy Philippines
Makati City
, Philippines

Gonzalo Navarro
Creative Director
Fahrenheit DDB
Lima
, Peru

Maria Oleaga Alba
Associate Experience Designer
VML
Atlanta
, United States of America

Sumire Ono
Copy Writer
DENTSU
Saitama City
, Japan

Jens Østrem
Creative
Anorak NoA
Oslo
, Norway

Ivan Trip Palenskis
Art Director
Åkestam Holst NoA
Stockholm
, Sweden

Jasmine Paylor
Senior Art Director
Mischief @ No Fixed Address
Brooklyn
, United States of America

Gonzalo Pazos
Creative Director
Fahrenheit DDB
Lima
, Peru

Dafne Pereira
Art Assistant
Wieden + Kennedy
São Paulo
, Brazil

Scott Pierce
Writer
72andSunny
Playa Vista
, United States of America

Oliver Porwol
Creative Media & Award Manager
Mediaplus Germany
Munich
, Germany

Daniel Puentes
Creative Director - Art
Ogilvy Colombia
Bogotá
, Colombia

Simon Pyson
Creative
Mutant
Antwerp
, Belgium

Hannah Quarin
Senior Copywriter
Klick Health
Toronto
, Canada

Ryan Quinn-Wallcraft
Copywriter
Cossette
Toronto
, Canada

Hanna Röder
Art Director
Grabarz & Partner
Hamburg
, Germany

Jury Salaya
Senior Art Director
Prodigious Philippines
Makati City
, Philippines

Paula Santos Luengo
Art Director
Innocean Berlin
Berlin
, Germany

Yada Sattabud
Copywriter
Cue Digital International
Bangkok
, Thailand

Ariane Schenk
Junior Copywriter
Philipp und Keuntje
Hamburg
, Germany

Madeleine (Maddy) Semit
Copywriter
Howatson+Company
Sydney
, Australia

Tanvi Shah
Senior Copywriter
Toaster India
Gurugram
, India

Philipp Siegwardt
Creative Director
Scholz & Friends
Berlin
, Germany

Oken Silva
Head of Digital Marketing
Loops Integrated
Colombo
, Sri Lanka

Eglė Skairytė
Creative Copywriter
NEW! agency
Vilnius
, Lithuania

Filip Śliwa
Senior Copywriter
Sips & Bites
London
, United Kingdom

Nora Slonim
Senior Art Director
Klick Health
New York
, United States of America

Shreya Srinivasan
Sr. Art Director
Klick Health
Toronto
, Canada

John Starkweather
Copywriter
TBWA\Media Arts Lab
Los Angeles
, United States of America

Julia Stigborg
Copywriter
Åkestam Holst NoA
Stockholm
, Sweden

Mina Sugioka
Copywriter
DENTSU
Tokyo
, Japan

Chloé Tabarié
Creative
AKQA
London
, United Kingdom

Arisa Takada
Junior Art Director
TBWA\Media Arts Lab
Tokyo
, Japan

Kar Yee Tan
Strategic Planner
Leo
Kuala Lumpur
, Malaysia

Stephanie Tan
Junior Art Director
Havas Malaysia
Petaling Jaya
, Malaysia

Xi Jia (Audrey) Tan
Senior Copywriter
Leo
Kuala Lumpur
, Malaysia

Eleanor (Ellie) Taylor
Junior Art Director / Designer
VCCP Health
London
, United Kingdom

Wai Boon Tee
Strategic Planner
Ogilvy Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
, Malaysia

Martha Teves
Senior Copywriter
Leo Burnett Manila
Makati City
, Philippines

Chloé Thivel
Art Director
BETC
Pantin
, France

Issei Usui
Junior Copywriter
TBWA\Media Arts Lab
Tokyo
, Japan

Marta Viães
Graphic Designer and Illustrator
Marka Branka
Monção
, Portugal

Rebekah Villamor
Art Director
Ogilvy Health
Parsippany, NJ
Angela Vuong
Senior Art Director
No Fixed Address
Toronto
, Canada

Camille Walker
Art Director
Havas NY
New York
, United States of America

Alex Ward
Student
VCU Brandcenter
Richmond, VA
, United States of America

Simon Watts
Intermediate Creative
Special Group New Zealand
Auckland
, New Zealand

Ross Weaver
ACD / Art Director
Translation
Brooklyn
, United States of America

Tamia Whittaker-Almeida
Art Director
Cossette
Toronto
, Canada

Abraham Williams Alcantara
Digital Designer
Havas Costa Rica
Belén
, Costa Rica

Olivia Wrobel
Copywriter
Angry Butterfly
Toronto
, Canada

Jonas Xavier de Mendonça
Jr. Art Director
McCann Health Brazil
São Paulo
, Brazil

Oktadila Aufa Yovari
Senior Copywriter
MullenLowe Lintas Indonesia
Jakarta
, Indonesia

Ding Zhong
Strategist
Bob the Robot
Helsinki
, Finland

Philip Ziegler
Copywriter
Serviceplan Neo
Munich
, Germany