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Cameroonian Adman Kimani Becomes EXP Nigeria New MD News C ameroonian adman and former Managing Director of Ogilvy Ghana, Mr. Gil Kemani has been appointed as the new Managing Director of EXP Marketing Nigeria Limited, one of Nigeria’s leading ex p e r i e nt i a l m a r ket i n g a ge n c y. Kimani replaced Mr. Wole Olagundoye who recently quite the firm. Kimani will be bring his wealth of marketing communication experience to EXP Marketing Nigeria to further drive and boost its equity as well as positioning as a leading industry player i n A f r i c a ’ s l a r g e s t e c o n o m y. Despite the current economic challenges facing the country, analysts, however projected that 2016 will be a busy and highly competitive year in the experiential marketing sector. Source: brandarena.blogspot. com.ng New York Festival: Babaeko Joins Grand Jury to Select Final Winners T he organizers of the New York Advertising Festival has selected Steve Babaeko, Chief Executive Officer/ Chief Creativity Officer, X3M Ideas, Lagos, Nigeria as part of Grand Jury to select this year’s International Advertising Awards for Mobile at the prestigious New York Festival. Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, Broadway at 60th Street, New York City. A cocktail reception in the Ertegun Atrium will be followed by the awards ceremony in Rose Theater while a celebratory after-party Other international advertising practitioners that will function in same capacity as Babaeko at the festival include Gian Lanfranco, Creative Director at McCann, USA, who is on board to j u d ge t h i s ye a r ’s International Advertising Awards for Integrated / Mixed Media; Shaun O’Neill, National Business Development Manager at MediaWorks, New Zealand, a part of the Grand Jury 2016 for Radio and Kostas Verveniotis, Strategic Planning Director at The Newton Laboratory, Greece, is part of Grand Jury to select this year’s International Advertising Awards for Public & Media Relations. Babaeko was recently announced having functioned creditably as a member of the 2016 online judging panel for the awards described as t h e Wo r l d ’s B e st Advertising and Creative Communications Awards . Steve will therefore attend the 2016 Festival which holds on May 19th and feature creative panel sessions, a cocktail reception, the awards ceremony, and an afterparty. “New York Festivals will welcome award winners, jury members and guests from around the globe to this day long series of events honoring the World’s Best Advertising” said a statement by the organizers. As part of the events, four creative panel sessions will take place during the day at the NYIT Auditorium on Broadway, located at 1871 Broadway while the gala will hold at on the global space, therefore the call to be: first part online jury to shortlist the entries and next to be part of the Grand Jury that will select the final winners in our respective categories of this global Advertising Festival - New York Festival. I am really delighted”. will be held at Parkview Lounge, on the 4th floor of Time Warner Center, to toast all the winners of the World’s Best Advertising. Commenting on the development, Babaeko says, “We are delighted for the honour and global acknowledgement. We sit here doing our thing but technology has made it possible for our footprints to be noticeable Steve Babaeko, CEO, X3M Ideas at the centre and others ready for the NYF Grand Jury responsibilities Others include Martin Cerri, Group Creative Director at Walton Isaacson, USA is on board to judge this year’s International Advertising Awards for Print and Lingxiao Tan, Senior Designer at Red Peak, USA, he is part of the 2016 Grand Jury for Package Design while Jason Kwak, Film Director at Panda Productions, Korea was also added to the Grand Jury 2016 for Film Craft. · Signage vol.1 No1 7