2025 Juries

Each year we assemble the best creative talent from around the globe.

The best shows have the best judges. Like attracts like.

So, appointing the right judges is a serious business. LIA puts careful thought and consideration into selecting the best frontline practitioners to sit on the juries. Every year, the jury members are high-profile professionals from diverse communities internationally; each accomplished in their field and acclaimed by their counterparts in the industry. Having a diversified jury (DEI) across the world - companies, networks, holding companies, independent companies to clients means having different points of view that would eventually lead to the best work being funneled through.

There is a big weight of responsibility to push the most notable work to the top. That’s why, in the interest of total fairness, every jury member must see every piece of work from the get-go. No pre-judging off-site. And any juror who has a vested interest in a piece of work must abstain.

2025 Creative Strategy Jury

Jury President
Sandi Preston
Chief Strategy Officer
Translation (United Masters), Brooklyn

Sandi Preston contributes her Chicago-bred work ethic and journalist-trained storytelling sensibilities to her day-to-day role as Chief Strategy Officer at Translation. A near 15-year veteran at the company, Sandi is responsible for running the strategic engine of the agency – partnering with enterprise leadership and guiding interdepartmental teams towards work that is award worthy, award winning, and culturally seismic at its best.

To Be Announced