Ted Royer to chair Dubai Lynx jury

Ted Royer, Partner and Executive Creative Director of Droga5, USA, will chair the Film, Print, Outdoor, Radio and Craft Jury as well as the Integrated Jury at The Dubai International Advertising Festival taking place 4-7 March, 2012.

Helping to build Droga5 from its founding, Royer’s clients include Puma, Coke, Method, Activision, Rhapsody, New Museum and Net10. Among his nearly 100 international awards, Royer (left) has won 16 Cannes Lions – including four Titanium and three Grand Prix Lions – as well as two D&AD Black Pencils, and numerous One Show Pencils, Clios and Andys. He has also seen Droga5 named Creativity’s Agency of the Year.

Previous to Droga5, Ted has held positions at major agencies including Saatchi & Saatchi Singapore, Ogilvy & Mather, Wieden+Kennedy and Publicis.

Commenting on his appointment, Ted Royer said, “How exciting to be picked as the Jury President for the Dubai Lynx. In this business, nothing beats travelling to different parts of the world and seeing how things are done. I look forward to meeting the creative talent there and will do all I can to help encourage creative expression in such an exciting region. And I especially can’t wait to see the work.”