Mumbai: Jon Austin, Co-founder of Supermassive, Sydney Australia, and Kate Stanners, Chairwoman and Global Chief Creative Officer, Saatchi & Saatchi have been appointed as Jury Chair of Branded Content & Entertainment category and Jury Chair of Film Cinema Digital OTT (above 1 min duration) category respectively, at The Abby One Show Awards 2024.
The Abby One Show Awards 2024 will be held from 29 – 31 May during Goafest 2024.
Austin’s workl the organisers of the awards show say has been recognized at advertising awards showsfor PR, entertainment, social and influencer, music, media, and audio. Prior to co-founding Supermassive, he was the Executive Creative Director of Host Havas Australia. He has over 15 years of work experience.
He has a background in commercial music, which saw him playing on stages around the world. His creations, a true crime podcast for the AFP, and a Christmas carol charted at #1, with the carol still being taught in NZ schools.
Moreover the organoisers aid that he has contributed to the tourism industry. He launched a world-first gamified model of ecotourism, that has been praised by global policymakers as a tourism game-changer. Jon also created a global brand platform for Tourism Fiji that brought new levels of authenticity and visitors to the islands. A writer of two Gold Albums, Jon has also helped get a five-year overdue release date from George RR Martin for Winds of Winter.
Stanners meanwhile is Chairwoman and Global Chief Creative Officer at Saatchi & Saatchi. She has been at Saatchi & Saatchi for 18 years.
Based at Saatchi & Saatchi’s London headquarters, she oversees Saatchi & Saatchi’s creative output, the creative talent of the network, and global clients that include Visa, UBS, Beiersdorf, and Deutsche Telekom to name a few. Prior to Saatchi, Kate was a Founding Partner of the agency, St Lukes in 1995.
She also sits on the customer experience council of the V&A museum and was honored to be made President of D&AD in 2019. She is a member of WACL, an association for the most influential women in the UK Communications industry.
