Carte Blanche Contest

THINGS TO KNOW

Key Dates, Format & Prizes

IMPORTANT DATES

Submission:
March 16 to June 2, 2020

Extension:
June 2 to June 9, 3pm, 2020

Industry Favourite vote:
June 15 to June 19, 2020

Finalists announcement:
June 22, 2020

2020 winners announcement:
July 2020

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ONE FORMAT ONLY FOR
ALL MARKETS 14’H x 48’W

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GRAND PRIZE:

A trip to the Cannes Festival of Creativity

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$50,000 in Astral media for the client and winning concept

2^nd PLACE:

iPad Pro

3^rd PLACE:

Apple Watch

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The Jury

Carte Blanche’s winners will be chosen by a jury of experienced creative directors from across Canada. Each member of the jury is responsible for representing the regional perspectives of their market, while determining this year’s winners of Carte Blanche.

Sylvain Dufresne
FCB - Montreal

Sylvain Dufresne

Vice President and Chief Creative Officer at FCB Montreal - Montreal

Sylvain Dufresne is Vice President and Chief Creative Officer at FCB Montreal, and for over 20 years, he’s been trying to explain to his parents what he actually does for a living. Otherwise, he’s had the pleasure to work on numerous campaigns for advertisers such as Air Canada, BMO, MAXI, DFK, La Cage, YWCA and many more. He’s also contributed to skits on the year-end sketch-comedy show “Bye Bye”, written and performed monologues on the Just for Laughs stage, and worked as a bodyguard for Robert DeNiro. He’s received several industry awards (CRÉA, Boomerang, Marketing Awards, Clios, One Show, MIA) and he’s often invited to sit on panels to discuss advertising and other topics. Let’s hope this clears things up for his parents.
Eva Van den Bulcke
Forsman - Montreal

Eva Van den Bulcke

Creative Director at Forsman Montreal - Montreal

Eva Van den Bulcke is a Creative Director and was partner at Sid Lee, from 1998 until 2014. Since then she’s been a freelance creative director for several major agencies as well as working with clients directly. The accolades have come from all sides: PCM Awards, Marketing Awards, Design & Advertising Awards, Grafika magazine, New York Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival. She was selected by Marketing Magazine for its Top 30 Under 30 personalities to follow, and La Presse designated her as one of the "six women who make a difference in Quebec". Eva has always been inspired by the audacity of using a variety of creative modes, including architecture, television, the Internet and interactive media, as well as advertising.
Gerald Kugler
Zulu Alpha Kilo - Toronto

Gerald Kugler

Creative Director at Zulu Alpha Kilo - Toronto

Gerald Kugler is a Group Creative Director at Zulu Alpha Kilo in Toronto. A native of Richmond, Virginia, Kugler started his career 25 years ago in the ad department of a big box electronics retailer. Unable (or unwilling) to write one more headline like “Labor Day VCR Blowout!!!”, Kugler enrolled at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Ad Center. After graduating, Kugler moved to Boston to work at Ingalls Advertising. Two years later, Kugler ventured to the Great White North for “a year, maybe two.” Nineteen years later, he’s happily still in Toronto, having worked at agencies like Roche Macaulay and Partners, John St, BBDO, TBWA and others. He’s worked on clients like Mercedes-Benz, Ikea, Dove, Holiday Inn, Visa, Gatorade, Interac and Tim Hortons. Kugler’s work has been awarded at shows such as Cannes, One Show, Communication Arts, Clios and Webbys. Feeling like his bio is becoming an endless series of lists, Kugler stops yammering on about himself mid-senten
Lyranda Martin Evans
Dentsubos - Toronto

Lyranda Martin Evans

Executive Creative Director, Vice President at DentsuBos Canada - Toronto

Lyranda is an award-winning creative director, author, and podcast host. She currently sits on the Advertising and Design Club of Canada board of directors and is the host of their podcast “ADCC Created” which unpacks how some of the best campaigns in Canada actually get made. Her bestselling book “Reasons Mommy Drinks”, a humour book about parenting, has been published in three languages. She is also the podcast host for Google’s “Lead by Womenwill” which aims to address gender disparity in the workforce and champion young women in their careers. A working mom with two young boys at home, in her spare time she enjoys all the coffee.
Cameron Spires
Rethink - Western Canada

Cameron Spires

Associate Creative Director at Rethink - Western Canada

Cameron is an Associate Creative Director, Copywriter, father, former truck driver, webcomic artist and high-functioning insomniac. Bet you thought he was going to say alcoholic, but that’s not really a problem for Cam. It’s under control. Let’s move on. Before calling Rethink Vancouver home, Cameron cut his teeth at agencies like Cossette and DBB. He’s worked on a variety of top-tier brands including McDonald's, Shaw, Tostitos, and The Vancouver Canucks.
Katie Ainsworth
Cossette - Western Canada

Katie Ainsworth

Executive Creative Director at Cossette Vancouver - Western Canada

Katie is a writer and creative director with 25+ years of experience in world-class agencies including BBDO, TBWA, Y&R, Rethink, GREY and Cossette. She has created and overseen memorable and effective campaigns for major national brands, local start-ups, as well as for numerous not-for-profits. With the ability to bring strategies to life in honest and unexpected ways, Katie has earned industry accolades from The One Show, Communication Arts, The ANDY Awards, The Marketing Awards, Applied Arts, ADCC Awards, Graphis and more. Katie has a BA in European History and Germanic Studies from the University of Victoria. The current state of her German is schrecklich. Translation: dreadful.

2019 Winners

See last year’s winners

Montreal

See the submissions

Toronto

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Western Canada

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Carte Blanche for creatives contest cancelled

THINGS TO KNOW

IMPORTANT DATES

ONE FORMAT ONLY FOR
ALL MARKETS 14’H x 48’W

GRAND PRIZE:

2^nd PLACE:

3^rd PLACE:

THE INDUSTRY FAVOURITE PRIZE

The Jury

Sylvain Dufresne

Sylvain Dufresne

Vice President and Chief Creative Officer at FCB Montreal - Montreal

Eva Van den Bulcke

Eva Van den Bulcke

Creative Director at Forsman Montreal - Montreal

Gerald Kugler

Gerald Kugler

Creative Director at Zulu Alpha Kilo - Toronto

Lyranda Martin Evans

Lyranda Martin Evans

Executive Creative Director, Vice President at DentsuBos Canada - Toronto

Cameron Spires

Cameron Spires

Associate Creative Director at Rethink - Western Canada

Katie Ainsworth

Katie Ainsworth

Executive Creative Director at Cossette Vancouver - Western Canada

2019 Winners

Montreal

Toronto

Western Canada

Carte Blanche for creatives contest cancelled

THINGS TO KNOW

IMPORTANT DATES

ONE FORMAT ONLY FORALL MARKETS 14’H x 48’W

GRAND PRIZE:

2nd PLACE:

3rd PLACE:

THE INDUSTRY FAVOURITE PRIZE

The Jury

Sylvain Dufresne

Sylvain Dufresne

Vice President and Chief Creative Officer at FCB Montreal - Montreal

Eva Van den Bulcke

Eva Van den Bulcke

Creative Director at Forsman Montreal - Montreal

Gerald Kugler

Gerald Kugler

Creative Director at Zulu Alpha Kilo - Toronto

Lyranda Martin Evans

Lyranda Martin Evans

Executive Creative Director, Vice President at DentsuBos Canada - Toronto

Cameron Spires

Cameron Spires

Associate Creative Director at Rethink - Western Canada

Katie Ainsworth

Katie Ainsworth

Executive Creative Director at Cossette Vancouver - Western Canada

2019 Winners

Montreal

Toronto

Western Canada

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