Judge’s Choice

Meet the judges

Adam Brown is the award-winning creative director and founder of Marrow, a brand design firm for people who give a damn. His design career spans over a decade across a variety of industries including beverage, gaming, engineering, education, agriculture, real estate, legal practice, events, technology, retail, and nonprofit.

Jennifer Hohn

Jennifer Hohn is founder and chief creative officer at Articulation — a brand consultancy, design studio, and full-service advertising agency in Colorado. With more than 20 years of creative industry experience, Jen makes and leads category changing work that brings brands to life across channels and beyond expectations.

Cassidy Pazyniak Buzin

Cassidy Buzin is a creative director at Energy BBDO, where she’s developed innovative campaigns for brands like, Extra Gum, Ziploc® Accessory Bags and Bayer Alka-Seltzer, often weaving together narratives that make viewers laugh, cry, or both (if you’re her mother).

Jelise Roberts

Jelise A. Roberts is a native of Toledo, and a graduate from The Columbus College of Art and Design where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree specializing in graphic design and advertising. She is currently the creative director at a multichannel marketing firm in Columbus, Ohio.

Cross Platform

Sauce Detroit branding

Adam Brown

Entrant Melissa Wehrman Designs

Client Sauce Detroit Credits

Melissa Wehrman : Creative Director and Graphic Designer

Sales & Marketing

Radical Tradition Catalogue

Cassidy Pazyniak Buzin

Entrant Toledo Museum of Art

Client Toledo Museum of Art Credits

Lauren Applebaum: Associate Curator of American Art Paula Reich: Publications Manager/ Editor Julia Hayes: Publications Coordinator/Rights and Reproduction Mark Yappueying: Designer