The Show '09

Oct. 23rd, 2009. Doors are at 5:30 pm. Program at 7:00 pm.

It's the biggest night of our year. Where friends and foes stand side by side. Drinks in hand. Fingers crossed.

You're invited to join in the debauchery. Let’s see how much metal you can leave with.

It's your big idea. Your blood, sweat and tears. And probably a few bonehead mandates. Here are the people who will sit in judgment of it.

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  Bart Heird

  Digital Creative Director
  JWT Chicago

  Bart is the Digital Creative Director for JWT Chicago. For the last 10 years he's been so deeply immersed in the world of bits, bytes and bandwidth, it's possible that he's just an avatar. He helped spearhead the original JWT Digital group and participated in some capacity in nearly every digital campaign launched out of the Chicago and Atlanta offices.

  Previously, as Lead Digital Art Director at RMG Connect, Bart worked with Hype Williams to create exclusive web content featuring Snoop Dogg, led the online launch for Chicago's successful "Winter Ice" event and was one of only three contributors from North America on the Kit Kat global business. Within two years, he won multiple web marketing awards for Nestlé, Oscar Mayer and Dreyer's Ice Cream.

  Additional clients include FEMA, Norfolk Southern Railways, Helene Curtis, HSBC, Northwestern Mutual, Texas Instruments, Kraft Foods, Blockbuster, Butterfinger and the Illinois Bureau of Tourism.

  Prior to his advertising days, he performed as part of the house act for the Chicago Improvisation, supervised numerous script-writing groups and was an analyst for U.S. Naval Intelligence (yes, really). He has enough famous friends to make him bitter... but he's not.

  P.S. Bart is also a voracious online gamer. You can find him on Xbox Live as "Bonejaw" or follow his Flickr obsession (http://www.flickr.com/photos/chicagobart)

  Follow Bart on Twitter
  @bartdigital
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  Luke Sullivan

  Group Creative Director
  GSDM

  Luke is a Group Creative Head at GSD&M in Austin, Texas. In years prior, he spent 10 years at the Minneapolis agency Fallon, 5 at The Martin Agency in Richmond, Virginia and 4 as the Chief Creative Officer at an agency in Atlanta. He began his career here in Minneapolis as an understudy of industry icon Tom McElligott. His 28 years in the business include working for such clients as AT&T, Norwegian Cruise Lines, United Airlines, Miller Lite, Lee Jeans, and Porsche. Luke is the author of a book on advertising, Hey Whipple, Squeeze This , now in its third edition. It’s available in 4 languages (5 if you count English) and is used across the country in colleges.

  Follow Luke on Twitter
  @heywhipple
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  Pum Lefebure

  Co-founder/Creative Director
  Design Army

  Pum Lefebure is a co-founding partner and creative director of Design Army, where she is responsible for overseeing all creative coming through the firm’s doors. An award-winning creative director with a keen attention to detail, Pum has successfully led the creative development of numerous high-profile campaigns both nationally and abroad.

  Pum excels in establishing the vision behind high-profile design campaign. Skilled in the creation and implementation of corporate identity, branding, and conceptual design, she has guided the design and development of many award-winning work for clients like The Washington Ballet, Chronicle Books, Ritz Carlton, Signature Theatre, University of Virginia, and recently she was the creative lead for the premier issue of the Washingtonian’s Bride and Groom magazine.

  Pum regularly judges elite design competitions and has been featured in industry publications such as Communication Arts, Graphis, HOW, Print, STEP, Novum (Germany), Coupe (Canada), and Art4D (Thailand). Her work has earned a plethora of awards, including AIGA 365, STEP 100, Mohawk Show, Black Book, AR100, the One Show, SPD, Type Directors Club, and the New York Art Directors Club.

  In 2008, Pum was named by Graphic Design USA as one of the top 50 People to Watch, and nominated as a Rising Star by the Washington Business Journal’s Women Who Mean Business. Pum graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.F.A. degree in Graphic Design from Radford University.

  Follow Design Army on Twitter
  @Design_Army
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  Reed Collins

  SVP, Executive Creative Director
  Leo Burnett USA

  Reed has spent his advertising career traveling the globe, working at the most creative agencies on four continents, including Mojo & Partners in Sydney; Hunt Lascaris TBWA in Johannesberg; Lowe Howard-Spink in London; Cliff Freeman & Partners in New York; and now Leo Burnett in Chicago. He has created for brands such as Staples, Hollywood Video, Qantas, BMW, P&G, Olympus, Stella Artois, Smirnoff, Fox Sports, Kelloggs, Altoids, Greenpeace and Nintendo to name a few.

  Reed has won every international award several times over across a wide range of categories. These include four Cannes Lions, two D&AD pencils, five One Show Gold pencils and the Best of Show at the One Show. In 2001, Reed was the most awarded creative in the world for his Fox Sports campaign, according to the Gunn Report. Together with Bob Winter, he is currently developing a short film based on the conversation that lead to the hit song "Beth" by Kiss.

  Follow Leo Burnett on Twitter
  @mr_burnett