JUDGES Deb Morrison Morrison, a professor at the University of Oregon, teaches conceptual thinking, creativity and content, portfolio, mobile media, and Oregon’s Creative Strategist course emphasizing social responsibility and innovation. Her students have gone on to great careers around the world. She believes strong university programs should uphold the promise of developing intellect and talent for the creative industry. Her creative activity focuses on professional creativity, creative leadership, and talent development. She consults regularly for brands and issues in higher education, and on talent development strategies for agencies. Her books include, with the amazing Glenn Griffin, The Creative Process Illustrated: How Advertising’s Big Ideas are Born (2010) and Idea Industry: How to Crack the Advertising Career Code with Brett Robbs (2009). Morrison is a two-time winner of the SOJC Marshall Award for Innovative Teaching, named a Grandmaster of The Art Directors Club in New York, and served on the board of The One Club for Art + Copy for two terms. She’s spoken at SXSW, HOW Design Conference, and various professional venues focused on creativity and talent. Her mantra: Let’s Do This. She lives in Eugene with a dashing photojournalist husband and has three sons, all wonderful. Life is good.
“Great work in tough categories…” Deborah Morrison Doug Pedersen Doug is a graduate of the University of Texas in Austin. Though he loved Texas, he hated the heat and left in search of cooler climates. Thus he spent nine years in Charlotte, NC at the highly awarded Loeffler Ketchum Mountjoy. Then it was on to stints at Crispin Porter + Bogusky in Miami and Carmichael Lynch in Minneapolis. Currently he works as a freelance art director/creative director. Over the course of his 12+ years in advertising he has had the fortune to produce advertising campaigns for Volkswagen, Harley-Davidson, Subaru, Outward Bound, Schutt Sports, Redfeather Snowshoes, Burger King, Miller Lite, North Carolina Tourism and a long list of others. Though advertising keeps him pretty busy Doug still finds time to take in more than his fair share of movies and music and whenever possible dabbles in creating his own art and illustrations.
“…nice to see several top notch fully integrated efforts.” Doug Pederson Matthew Barber Matthew Barber is an associate creative director with experience across media on brands like Sonic, Cracker Barrel, Crate & Barrel, Heineken, Autolite, and The History Channel. He currently lives in Chicago where he works at Havas Worldwide and spends his free time sampling the city’s wide variety of pork products and crafting the occasional short autobiography. “…it was inspiring to see good ideas leading the way.” Matt Barber
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