Jury

Niki Megvelidze is Managing Creative Director of BBDO Moscow. Under his leadership, projects are created for brands such as Snickers, Mars, M&M's, Lay's, Orbit, Eclipse, FIVE, Pepsi, 7up, McDonald’s, MegaFon, Beeline, MTS, Sberbank and many others.

Niki Megvelidze has a legal education, but advertising became his vocation. However, before getting into this field, he managed to work and gain valuable experience in related industries. Niki was a manager at the recording company Polygram Russia (1996), an editor at the Muz-TV channel (1997), and a producer of the morning show at the radio station Nashe Radio (1998). Finally, in 2001, Niki got into advertising as a junior copywriter at Ark Thompson. But almost immediately he moved to BBDO Moscow as a copywriter. In 2003, Niki tried to work at the DDB Moscow agency, but a year later he returned back to BBDO Moscow to stay with them for a long time and thoroughly.

Niki Megvelidze's works won prizes at D&AD, Cannes Lions, Golden Drum, Epica, Eurobest, Clio, Golden Hammer, ADCE, ONESHOW, WEBBY AWARDS, ADCR, Red Apple, Idea! and White Square. He has been a member of the jury at local and international festivals, including Clio Awards in 2016.