Nicki Field to chair jury for first stand-alone Kinsale Design event
Nicki Field has been announced as jury chair this year, as the Sharks give Design it's own dedicated space in their calendar of events.
Joint MD at Jelly, Nicki is a constant driving force behind the studio’s strategic creative evolution and is shaping it into a specialist partner that brands trust when they’re ready to take a bold visual leap. Nicki has helped shape Jelly (and the wider TBM Group) into an innovative, employee-owned business with studios in London, New York, and Barcelona.
This year, Jelly was once again named one of If You Could’s Top Creative Companies, and Nicki has previously served as a juror across Design, Art Direction and Craft categories for Creative Review, Creative Circle, The Shark Awards and D&AD. With 20 years of experience championing artists and creatives with strong points of view and distinct aesthetics, she’s committed to demystifying creative careers, elevating craft, and building inclusive pathways into the industry.
She leads the team with the belief that when nurtured right, creativity shifts culture and opens doors - a mindset that led her to launch Jelly’s talent programme, Futures, alongside Jelly’s numerous other cultural programmes.
"The Shark Awards have such a rich history of celebrating the best of the best when it comes to film and advertising and I’m thrilled to be part of a cohort celebrating design. Anyone familiar with Kinsale will know there’s nothing quite like it and the sense of creative community it nurtures, I’m excited to build on the newer breakout festival in my second home of Brighton. Above all else, excellent design is brilliant craft: Truly considered in all aspects of strategy, execution and application. Brand has become everything in commercial effectiveness and that simply can’t exist without design as its core. I can’t wait to get back in the room along with my highly expert co-jurors: Kasia Ozmin Founder/CD Together We Create, Paul Silcox ECD Futurebrand and Senior Creative Producer Jacqui Dixon plus many more tbc. And as the Sharks keeps reminding me, the Shark Head is one of the best looking awards trophies going!"
Nicki FieldNicki was honoured to bring together a jury of top design leaders and creatives across the industry:
Chloe Templeman - ECD at Pearl Fisher Live
Isaac Izekor - Brand Writer & Strategist
Paul Silcox - ECD at Future Brand Global
Jacqui Dixon - Senior Art Buyer
Tassia Swulinska - Design Director at Dixon Baxi
Kasia Ozmin - Founder & CD at Together We Create
Raissa Pardini - Creative Director
Lilia Quinaud - Design Director at W+K London
Rob Boon - Head of Design at 4Creative
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