Spotlight Awards 2026 edition

Show off your artistic skills and explore the limitless possibilities of AI in retouching, developing and generating captivating commercial or editorial images to judges from Logitech, Cartier, Spotify, VML, Dentsu Creative, McCann Health & more!

Judges

Put your work in front of international expert judges who are managing billions of dollars of marketing budgets

Whether you’re a winner in the competition or not, if a judge likes what you do, you could get hired.

Joanne Banks Photo Editor The Economist UK
Kate Phillips Visual Director Country Living & Veranda USA
Sebastian Störmer Principal Creative Art Jung von Matt GERMANY
Diogo Bueno Sr. Art Director WPP SPAIN
James Millar Film & Photo Manager JLR: Range Rover, Defender, Discovery & Jaguar UK
Fedja Kehl Creative Director .monks GERMANY
Alex Elms Art Director Puma Football GERMANY
Sean Riley Executive Creative Director McCann Health CANADA
Virginia Lin Hassel Strategic Marketing Content Manager Subaru of America USA
Christine Saunders Art Buyer and Coach for Photographers UK
Javier Senovilla Executive Creative Director Ogilvy SPAIN
Melanie Robinson-White Art Director Tesco Homes UK
Nadia El-Dasher Creative Producer & Co-Founder SNAP14 EGYPT
Jenny Bowler Creative Strategist for CPG Brands DTCo USA
Cinzia Pallaoro Executive Creative Director Leagas Delaney ITALY
Maria Rojo Art Director Mother Berlin GERMANY
Constantino Merchán Suárez Creative Leader Dentsu Creative COLUMBIA
Daniel Borghesi Creative Director M&C Saatchi AUSTRALIA
Kevin O’Shea Group Creative Director Johnson Controls IRELAND
Emily Marcille Marketing Associate InterContinental USA
Linnea Gidlöf Senior Digital Art Director Rituals SWEDEN
Mitzie Rakich Senior Creative Producer Logitech USA
Maryam Cristillo Senior Creative Manager Lindt USA
Liza Goroshnikova Creative Producer HelloFresh USA
Tom Bates Director of Marketing and Communications Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group UK
Leonardo Gerotto Marketing Director Hot Wheels & Vehicles @Mattel USA
Jensen Granger Creative Director GoPro USA
Katie McCain Executive Producer Airbnb USA
Yen H. Nguyen Creative Director | Brand Creative & Design Mattel USA
Consuelo Bolea Senior Producer FMCG SPAIN
Franziska Brunner Creative Director Mercedes-Benz GERMANY
Lu Lulu Chief Creative Officer VML TAIWAN
Nopharit Dusadeedumkoeng Chief Creative Officer TBWAJuice Bangkok THAILAND
Lorraine Warner Senior Advertising Producer Unilever UK
Yazan Al Tamimi Social & Content Lead Spotify UAE
Federigo Gabellieri Art Director GQ/ Conde Nast ITALY
Valerie Laderriere Creative Director Nuxe FRANCE
Alex Marshall Global Brand Communications Bentley UK
Ignacio Murillo Global Talent Casting Director Vogue USA
Malika Rustam Senior Fashion & Beauty Editor Marie Claire KAZAKHSTAN
Ankita Chandra Photo Editor Vogue Arabia UAE
Nick Rainsford Creative Producer and Bookings Editor Harvey Nichols UK
Arthur Sabatier Creative Visual Experience Senior Project Manager Cartier FRANCE
Melissa Palmer Communication & Image Rolex BELGIUM
Rossana Coruzzi Senior Art Buyer Prodigious Worldwide ITALY
MaryAnn Corpuz Marketing Manager Sony USA
Bianca Hanauer Creative Lead Stokke GERMANY
Lameez Milan Davids Art Director Amazon Brand Innovation Lab UK
Kaia Hemming Director of Art Production VML USA
Alex Pibernat Creative Director C14/ Seat SPAIN
Lauren Abrams Head of Content Production - TV, Product, and Design Apple USA

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