NEW YORK, July 28, 2026 — The global Art Directors Club, part of The One Club for Creativity, announced the more than 100 creative professionals from around the world who will serve on the jury for the global Young Guns 24 competition.
ADC Young Guns is the industry’s only global, cross-disciplinary, portfolio-based awards competition that identifies and celebrates today’s vanguard of young creative professionals. The program is open to those ages 30 and under who have been working for at least two years, full-time or freelance. Eligible entrants can submit a combination of professional and personal work.
A sampling of some of this year’s global jury by region, including past YG winners as indicated, is as follows:
APAC
- Albert Chan, Founder, Lup, Jakarta
- Sonam Gautam, Head of Creative, ULKA (A BBDO Group), Mumbai
- Nikki Golez, Founder, CCO, Passionade Creative, Makati City
- Young Huale, Art Director, By-Enjoy Design, Fujian
- Chris Rowson, Head of Creative, Good Drinks Australia, Perth
Europe & UK
- Marta Cerdà Alimbau, freelance designer, Barcelona (YG6)
- Suvi Lähde, ECD, SEK, part of Grey, Helsinki
- Roxana Nita, ECD, BBDO Bucharest
- Hamish Shand, Founder, ECD, Boundless Brand Design, London
- Paul Watmough-Halim, ECD, Co-founder, Hyperfocus, Berlin
Latin America
- Julia Martinez Diana, Graphic & Type Designer, Antipixel Type Studio, Buenos Aires
- Diego Guerhardt, ECD, Fbiz WPP, São Paulo
- Fermín Guerrero, Type Designer, Art Director, Fuerte, Montevideo
Middle East & Africa
- Elie Antaky, Associate Creative Director, Impact BBDO, Beirut
- Oyindamola Fakile, Chief Creative Alchemist, Thwind, Lagos
- Nhlanhla Ngcobo, Group ECD, VML Johannesburg, Randburg
US & Canada
- Christopher Brand, VP, Creative Director, The Crown Publishing Group, New York (YG13)
- Amy Crawford, VP, Creative Development, MassiveMusic, New York
- Julien Hébert, Lead Designer, Principal, Montréal (YG17)
- Sue Murphy, Senior Global Director of Design, The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta
- Joaquin Salim, Group Creative Director, Anomaly, New York (YG15)
- Ellese Shell, Executive Producer, Cut+Run, New York
- Kenesha Sneed, Creative Director, Head of Design, BUCK, Los Angeles
- Siavosh Zabeti, Creative Director, Apple, Los Angeles (YG12)
The complete list of all ADC Young Guns 24 judges can be viewed here.
The online entry system is now open, with the reduced-fee regular deadline of August 27, 2026, and final deadline September 24, 2026. Winners will be announced in January 2027, with the YG24 awards ceremony and party slated for January 27, 2027 in New York.
The renowned competitions regularly attract entries from upwards of 45 countries, with more than half coming from outside the US.
All ADC Young Guns winners receive a unique version of the iconic ADC Young Guns Cube, designed exclusively for this year’s incoming class, and have their permanent profile page added to the YG website.
Winners also receive a complimentary one-year One Club for Creativity membership, permanent membership in the YG network, a chance to be featured in YG events and an assortment of career-boosting opportunities from YG sponsors.
Past ADC Young Guns include rising stars who went on to become leaders in their chosen fields, including Oscar-winning film director duo DANIELS (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) (YG14), “Top Gun Maverick” director Joseph Kosinski (YG4); graphic designers James Victore (YG1), Stefan Sagmeister (YG1), Natasha Jen (YG4) and Jessica Walsh (YG8); artist/designer Rich Tu (YG8); ad creatives Rei Inamoto (YG4) and Menno Kluin (YG6); illustrators Christoph Niemann (YG2) and Deanne Cheuk (YG4); fashion designer Kerby Jean-Raymond (YG14); artist/filmmaker Calmatic (YG16); director/photographer India Sleem (YG17); typographers Alex Trochut (YG6) and Gemma O’Brien (YG13); animation artist Todd St. John (YG1), and others.
ADC Young Guns 24 branding and YG Cube trophy were created by Brooklyn-based independent illustrator and designer Chantal Jahchan, a winner in last year’s YG23 competition.
For more information and to enter, please visit the ADC Young Guns 24 website.
