Cannes Lions has revealed the line-up of global experts selected to award the world's best creative and effective work at the International Festival of Creativity from 16 to 20 June 2025, with 12 leaders from Dentsu Creative and dentsu selected, including two Jury Presidents.

Cannes Lions 2025 Appoints Dentsu Creative and dentsu Jurors 

Dentsu Creative and dentsu Leaders to Judge Cannes Lions 2025

Cannes Lions 2025 Jurors Announced

At ADFEST 2025, dentsu hosted the Young Lotus Workshop, a three-day in-person program of talks, mentoring, and workshops, culminating in a live 24-hour brief, designed to nurture the future of the Asian creative industry.

Dentsu Young Lotus Workshop 2025

Creativity++ at Dentsu Young Lotus Workshop

dentsu Young Lotus Workshop 2025

dentsu team accepting Network of the Year award at ADFEST 2025 in Thailand

For the fourth year running, and 9 years in total, dentsu wins ADFEST Network of the Year with 43 Lotus awards, including 16 for Dentsu Creative. Dentsu Inc., Tokyo secures both Agency of the Year and East Asia Agency of the Year. Young Lotus winners are also announced.

ADFEST Network of the Year 2025 | dentsu

Dentsu Wins ADFEST 2025 Network of the Year

Dentsu Creative ADFEST 2025

Dentsu Creative US Named Agency Standout AdAge A-List & Creativity Awards

Dentsu Creative U.S. has been named an Agency Standout on Ad Age’s 2025 Agency A-List for the second year in a row, recognizing its ability to drive clients’ brands and businesses forward with transformative creativity.

Dentsu Creative named Agency Standout on Ad Age’s 2025 A-List

Most NFL fans experience heartbreak by Super Bowl Sunday, with only two teams making it to the Big Game. To ease the sting of defeat, Dentsu Creative helped 7-Eleven turn their BOGO pizza deal on the 7NOW App into a free ‘Emotional Support Pizza’—giving losing fans a little something to cheer about.

Embracing the Losers: How Dentsu Creative, dentsu X, and Tag Made Everyone a Winner During Football Playoffs

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Dentsu Creative Italy premiered no fewer than three prime-time ad spots during Festival di Sanremo 2025 for long-standing clients Spotify and Veralab, and first-time client Pavesini, with the dentsu network representing 12 clients at the festival overall.

Dentsu Creative Italy Premier Three Campaigns at Festival di Sanremo 2025

Three Dentsu Creative Campaigns Premier at Italy's Biggest Ad Showcase

Dentsu Creative Italy Sanremo 2025

Group photo of Dentsu Creative leaders meeting in Singapore for Dentsu Creative Council

Leaders from across the Dentsu Creative network meet in Singapore to push the boundaries for transformative creativity while mentoring 12 emerging talents from APAC who are participating in dentsu’s Young Innovators Workshop.

Dentsu Creative Council Gather alongside dentsu's Young Innovators Workshop in Singapore

Dentsu Creative Council and dentsu's Young Innovators Workshop Gather in Singapore

dentsu Young Innovators Workshop Singapore

Dentsu Creative UK leadership team group photo people smiling against studio backdrop

Dentsu Creative UK announces its new creative and strategic leadership. Spearheaded by CEO Jessica Tamsedge, these appointments represent a bold and collaborative vision for the agency, to deliver transformative creativity and build brands for what's next.

Dentsu Creative UK Leadership Team

Dentsu Creative UK Announce New Powerhouse Leadership Team

UK Leadership team

Patricia McDonald and Naoki Tanaka Cannes Lions 2025 Jury Presidents

Cannes Lions appoints Dentsu Creative Global Chief Strategy Officer, Patricia McDonald, to the role of Creative Strategy Jury President, and Dentsu Lab Global Chief Creative Officer, Naoki Tanaka, as Jury President for Digital Craft at the 2025 Festival of Creativity.

Dentsu Creative, dentsu, and Dentsu Lab Among Cannes Lions 2025 Jury Presidents

Patricia McDonald and Naoki Tanaka Selected as Cannes Lions Jury Presidents

Cannes Lions Jury Presidents 2025

Happy Holidays 2024 | Dentsu Creative

Happy Holidays from Dentsu Creative

Happy Holidays 2024

Dentsu Creative Amsterdam win Grand Effie for KPN's A Piece of Me campaign at Effie Europe 2024.

Grand Effie 2024 Awarded to Dentsu Creative Amsterdam

Dentsu Creative Amsterdam win Grand Effie 2024

Dentsu Creative KPN Grand Effie 2024

Pats McDonald presenting at Most Contagious 2024

Dentsu Creative Chief Strategy Officer previews five key trends for brands and marketers at London advertising industry conference Most Contagious 2024.

Creative Trends Previewed at Most Contagious | Dentsu Creative

Five Emerging Consumer and Culture Trends Previewed at Most Contagious

Five Key Trends Previewed at Most Contagious London 2024

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Dentsu Creative Iberia made history with the launch of Cristiano Ronaldo’s YouTube channel, URCristiano, the most successful YouTube channel launch to date. Leading full creative and strategic execution, see how the channel gained 64 million subscribers and 500 million views in its first month.

CR7 Cristiano Ronaldo YouTube Channel Insights | Dentsu Creative

URCristiano: Behind the Work

URCristiano Behind the Work

Abi Evans, Chief Growth Officer, Dentsu Creative US

Abi Evans, Chief Growth Officer of Dentsu Creative U.S., has been selected as an ADWEEK 50 winner. 

Dentsu Creative US: Abi Evans Selected as ADWEEK 50 Winner 

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Dentsu Creative Iberia, in partnership with CR7 Media, delivers the most successful YouTube channel launch of all time, seeing Cristiano Ronaldo’s ‘URCristiano’ set a new Guinness World Record.

CR7 Media | URCristiano YouTube Channel | Dentsu Creative

URCristiano: The Most Successful YouTube Launch in History

CR7 URCristiano YouTube Channel Launch

Dentsu Creative judges and mentees LIA awards 2024

Dentsu Creative senior leadership and rising creative talent to share their insights and perspectives on creative excellence, innovation and trends from LIA Awards judging.

Creative Insights, Innovations and Trends from LIA Awards Judging

From the LIA Jury Room: Perspectives on Excellence, Innovation and Trends

LIA Judging Perspectives Insights

Said Gil CEO of Dentsu Creative Mexico on white backdrop

Said Gil, CEO of Dentsu Creative Mexico, has been named one of Ad Age’s 2024 40 Under 40 honorees, a prestigious recognition that highlights trailblazers in the marketing and media industries.

Dentsu Creative Mexico's Makes Ad Age 40 Under 40 List

Dentsu Creative Mexico's Said Gil Makes Ad Age 40 Under 40 List

Adobe, the global leader in personalized digital experiences, announced that Dentsu Creative has been selected as lead global scaled creative and content agency for its Digital Media Business.

Adobe Awards Global Scaled Creative & Content To Dentsu Creative

Adobe Awards Global Scaled Creative & Content To 
Dentsu Creative

Adobe Awards Global Scaled Creative & Content To Dentsu Creative 

Dentsu Creative Global Brand President Abbey Klaassen presenting at Maximidia 2024 Brazil

Dentsu Creative Global Brand President Abbey Klaassen presents key marketing and creative trends from the 2024 Global CMO Report at Maximidia Brazil for brands, advertisers, and marketers.

Brand building through community and culture from Dentsu Creative's Abbey Klaassen

From Commanding Attention to Creating Culture: Insights for Brand Building Today 

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At the EFK International Forum in Madrid, Patricia McDonald, Global Chief Strategy Officer, presented findings from the Dentsu Creative 2024 CMO Report. 

Patricia McDonald Unpacks the Dentsu Creative 2024 CMO Report

Patricia McDonald Unpacks the Dentsu Creative 2024 CMO Report at the EFK International Forum

Dentsu Creative Taiwan's Chief Creative Officer, Alice Chou, discusses her journey as a creative leader, and the evolution of Taiwan's advertising landscape, following a recognition as Agency of the Year by Adm News.

Dentsu Creative Taiwan CCO Alice Chou's journey as a creative leader

Dentsu Creative Taiwan CCO Alice Chou on Her Journey as a Creative Leader

Dentsu Creative Mexico has received top billing in the advertising and marketing category of Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators 2024, in recognition of its commitment to encouraging and developing innovation at all levels. 



Fast Company Names Dentsu Creative Mexico as the ‘Best Workplace for Innovators’

Dentsu Creative US has announced Ryan Paulson will join the agency as Chief Creative Officer in New York and Vince Lim will join as Chief Creative Partner. 



Dentsu Creative US Welcomes New Creative Leaders

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After our Amsterdam team — and client KPN — scooped a Grand Prix in the Creative Strategy category, we caught up with the client and the creative team to unpack the winning work.

Dentsu Creative Amsterdam & KPN Discuss Cannes Lion Winning "A Piece of Me"

Dentsu Creative Amsterdam and KPN Discuss Cannes Lion Winning "A Piece of Me"

Dentsu Creative Amsterdam and KPN Discuss Cannes Lion Winning "Piece of Me"

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After our Dentsu Creative China scooped a Bronze Cannes Lions with Jian Ai, we asked our China CCO, Chris Chen, and the creative team, about the impact of this well-deserved win.

Dentsu Creative China CCO Discusses Cannes Lion Winning “Lost In Time”

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Underscoring Dentsu Creative’s commitment to nurturing the next generation of talent, the global creative network is set to sponsor a lunch during the 2024 Creative LIAisons program in Las Vegas.

Dentsu Creative named as a lunch sponsor for the 2024 Creative LIAisons program

Dentsu Creative Sponsors 2024 Creative LIAisons Program

Dentsu Creative Canada celebrates a significant victory, winning two Gold Lions for outstanding creativity and innovation at this year's award

Dentsu Creative Canada Triumphs with Two Gold Lions

Dentsu Creative Canada takes home two gold lions

DENTSU CREATIVE CANADA TAKES HOME TWO GOLD LIONS

To help navigate a busy week at Cannes Lions 2024, we’ve pulled together this overview of what Dentsu Creative got up to this year.

Dentsu Creative at Cannes Lions 2024

Dentsu Creative Amsterdam and Dutch telecom giant KPN have won the Cannes Lions 2024 ‘Creative Strategy’ Grand Prix for their campaign ‘A Piece of Me’.

Dentsu Creative Amsterdam x KPN win Grand Prix

Dentsu Creative Amsterdam and KPN Awarded Creative Strategy Grand Prix

Dentsu Creative Amsterdam And Kpn Awarded Creative Strategy Grand Prix

Cannes Lions 2024 is awash with high tech innovations and discussions around the power of AI. In a refreshing session at the Palais, Dentsu Creative Italy CCO and professional photographer, Riccardo Fregoso took to the stage encourage the creative audience to rediscover a pure artistic attitude: lo-fi.

Dentsu Creative Italy CCO goes against the grain in Cannes ‘Lo-Fi’ keynote

What will the future look like? Chris Chen, Dentsu Creative China CCO shared his view on the industry 18 months from now at Cannes Lions 2024.

Dentsu Creative China CCO gives insight into our Gen Z Future

Kicking off Cannes Lions 2024 dentsu President & Global CEO, Hiroshi Igarashi and Global Chief Creative Officer, Yasuharu Sasaki took to the Dubussy theatre to showcase dentsu’s innovation key principles, work and history, and announced its innovation future in the expansion of Dentsu Lab globally from Dentsu Lab Tokyo.  

Dentsu CCO opens Cannes with Live-Game & Innovation Showcase 

Dentsu Global CEO and CCO open Cannes with Live-Game & Innovation Showcase 

Dentsu Creative US named USA Agency of the Year in 2024 Gerety Awards
 

Dentsu Creative Enters Transformative Creativity Era with New Leaders Abbey Klaassen and Phil Gaughran Joining Yasu Sasaki

Dentsu Creative welcomes the Era of Transformative Creativity 

Dentsu Creative Welcomes The Era Of Transformative Creativity

 


Dentsu Creative Welcomes The Era of Transformative Creativity

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Dentsu Canada announced today that globally awarded Jordan Doucette is being promoted to President, Dentsu Creative Canada.

Jordan Doucette promoted to President, Dentsu Creative Canada.

Jordan Doucette Appointed as President, Dentsu Creative Canada
 


Jordan Doucette Appointed as President of Dentsu Creative Canada

Motorola Deep Connect by Dentsu Creative India won a Baby Black Elephant, 10 Blue Elephants, and 6 Baby Blue Elephants at the Kyoorius Creative Awards 2024.

Motorola x Dentsu Creative x Kyoorius 2024

Motorola Deep Connect wins 17 awards at Kyoorius Creative 2024
 



dentsu's CCO, Yasuharu Sasaki, examined the power of 'humanising brands' at D&AD 2024.

DENTSU'S YASUHARU SASAKI SPEAKS AT D&AD 2024

Dentsu's Yasuharu Sasaki Examines the Power of 'Humanising Brands' at D&AD

Teams across Dentsu Creative and Dentsu Japan earned 1 Black, 4 Yellow, 7 Graphite and 10 Wood Pencils at D&AD 2024.

Dentsu Wins 22 Pencils at D&AD 2024

Dentsu wins 22 Pencils at D&AD 2024

Dentsu Creative collaborated with D&AD for the 2024 event, featuring an extensive Festival program by D&AD. Join us as we unite the worldwide creative community to delve into innovation and creative excellence during this transformative AI era.

Dentsu Creative x D&AD

PENCILS, HUMANISING BRANDS AND CREATIVE FORTUNES: DENTSU CREATIVE LANDS AT D&AD

 Dentsu Creative partners with D&AD for 2024 event

Jonathan McVinish with Dentsu Creative Logo

Dentsu Creative Mexico has announced the appointment of Jonathan McVinish as its new Chief Creative Officer.

DENTSU CREATIVE MEXICO NAMES JONATHAN MCVINISH AS NEW CCO

Dentsu Creative Mexico Names Jonathan McVinish as New CCO

Dentsu Creative and Merkle have launched Pringles Poptopia — a digital playground for Pringles enthusiasts.

Pringles Poptopia — a digital playground for Pringles enthusiasts

Pringles Poptopia: a digital playground for Pringles enthusiasts
 

Dentsu Creative Iberia partners with Visit Portugal to launch 'Easy Reading' an AI tool that opens up accessibility to the nation's culture and history for millions worldwide with intellectual disabilities.

Dentsu Creative Iberia x Visit Portugal 

Dentsu Creative Iberia Launches “Easy Reading”

Dentsu Creative Launches “Easy Reading”

Dentsu Creative Kenya and Zero Malaria ask every Kenyan to step up in the malaria fight with the national campaign “The Power of EveryONE”.

“The Power of EveryONE”: Dentsu Kenya and Zero Malaria ask every Kenyan to step up in the malaria fight

“The Power Of Everyone”: Dentsu Kenya And Zero Malaria Ask Every Kenyan To Step Up In The Malaria Fight

"The Power of EveryONE": Dentsu Kenya and Zero Malaria Ask Every Kenyan to Stand Against Malaria

KPN partners with Dentsu Creative Amsterdam for a #BetterInternet campaign targeting Gen Z to combat online shaming with 'Think Twice before you forward'.

KPN And Dentsu Creative Amsterdam’s Hit ‘A Piece Of Me’ Film Launches Internationally 

KPN and Dentsu Creative Amsterdam’s Hit ‘Piece of My Soul’ Launches Internationally 

Dentsu Creative Collaborates with Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) to Drive Renewable Energy Momentum Forward

Dentsu Creative South Africa x Global Energy Alliance For People And Planet (Geapp) 

Dentsu Creative partners with GEAPP 


Dentsu Creative Joins Forces With The  Global Energy Alliance For People And Planet (Geapp) To  Accelerate A Renewable Energy Movement

Dentsu Creative expands in DACH after acquiring RCKT in August 2023. Now operating as a unified team across Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Vienna, Geneva, and Zurich.

Dentsu Creative DACH Region

Dentsu Creative Boosts Its Presence in the DACH Region

Dentsu Creative Webby Award Nominees 2024

Dentsu Creative teams in Argentina, Brazil, the US and Mexico have picked up 6 shortlists in the 2024 Webby Awards — the "internet's highest honor".

DENTSU CREATIVE TEAMS LAND 6 WEBBY SHORTLISTS

Dentsu Creative Teams Land 6 Webby Award Shortlists

Dentsu Creative South Africa's Michelle Marais, Conceptual Copywriter, is set to join the prestigious 2024 See It Be It cohort, marking the program's 10th anniversary milestone.

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