The Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival has been honouring the best of interactive advertising for ten years. Launched in 1998, Cyber Lions is now the fourth largest category at the Festival.

Newly appointed 2008 Cyber Lions Jury President, Colleen DeCourcy, is responsible for developing and implementing a global digital strategy throughout the TBWA and TEQUILA networks. She has worked at the forefront of digital technology and entertainment for most of her career and her areas of expertise range from digital postproduction and motion graphics design, to creative campaign development and planning across digital platforms.

Terry Savage, Festival Chairman, said: “Colleen is a highly experienced and forward thinking professional. Her understanding of the digital space and her obvious leadership skills make her an ideal president for 2008.”  

Colleen commented: “To be asked to be Jury President is a terrific honour. Cannes Lions continues to be the pre-eminent global showcase of creative advertising and I am looking forward to putting a stake in the ground for what constitutes great digital work.”

In 2006, Colleen sat on the Cannes Cyber Lions Jury and was a member of the Titanium and Integrated Lions Jury in 2007. Advertising Age and the Advertising Women of New York Association named Colleen as one of the '25 Women to Watch' in the world of advertising, marketing and media.

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