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In Conversation with Judy John

Judy John is certainly no slouch. She’s been ranked the #1 CCO in the world, is on the Board of the One Club for Creativity, been a Cannes Jury president, found a way to be both the CEO and CCO of a heavily celebrated ad agency, and is now the Global Chief Creative Officer of a PR firm that was named the 2nd most awarded independent network at Cannes 2024. As Judy was the very first guest of ‘In Conversation With’ four years ago and then the first returning guest, we’ve decided it’s about damn time to bask in her glow once again and learn from her awesomeness. Please join Edelman’s Andrew Simon for this very special in-person ICW at the Arts & Letters Club (14 Elm St) on Thursday, September 12th. Come for the Conversation, stay for the drinks.

Date and Time

Sep 12, 2024 6-8:30pm

Location

Arts & Letters Club 14 Elm St Toronto

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Judy John

Judy John

Edelman Global Chief Creative Officer

As the first ever Global Chief Creative Officer at Edelman, the world's largest communications firm, Judy sits on the Executive Committee and leads the creative community globally. Before joining Edelman, she was at Leo Burnett where she served as Chief Creative Officer for North America, and CEO for Canada. Judy loves building teams that go on to create the unexpected. In 2021, Judy led Edelman to win the Grand Prix in Entertainment for Sports and Independent Agency of the Year for the Entertainment track at the Cannes Lions Festival for Creativity. Following that momentum, in 2022, she led Edelman to be named Independent Agency of the Year for Good track. Judy has been recognised globally, winning at virtually every show and is known as the driving force behind the Always #LikeAGirl campaign which went on to win the Emmy for Outstanding Commercial, Black Pencil at D&AD, Titanium, Grand Prix and Glass Lion at Cannes, and was named by CBS as one of the top three Super Bowl Commercials of all time. In 2019, Judy was named on Gold House's A100 List of most influential Asians in culture and in 2020 Adweek's Women Trailblazers. She been ranked as the #1 CCO in the world in Advertising Age's Awards Report, was named to Business Insider's 30 Most Creative People in Advertising, and Advertising Age's Creatvity50: The Most Creative People of the Year. Judy also sits on the Board of the One Club for Creativity and the Ad Council Creative Review Board. Along the way, she's judged and chaired top international awards shows including Cannes, The Clios, ADC and D&AD.

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