Babaeko, Others for Ad Festival Jury

The New York Ad Festival has chosen three of Nigeria’s creative egg-heads led by Steve Ba baeko,CEO,X3M Ideas and Vice President, Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria( A A AN ); SolaKosokoKing, Creative Director, X3M Ideas and Chris Ogunlowo, Creative Director, SO&U as members of the grand jury for the 2019 New York International Advertising Awards.While Babaeko is making his third appearance as a Grand Jury member having featured earlier in 2016 and 2018 editions, Ogunlowo, and Kosoki-King are making their debut on the respected jury panel. The trio would join other international creatives to select the world’s best advertising .“The NY F’ s power house 400+ Grand Jury represents the most diverse brain trust of global creative mind sin the advertising industry from 65 countries,” a statement explained. Commenting on the selection, Babaeko said: It is actually humbling. NYAF is one of the oldest advertising awards in the world.They take special pride in selecting the best practitioners from across the globe to judge. “Getting a 3rd invitation is quite special. I am not alone though, I have with me this year the Creative Directors of X3M Ideas and SO&U. So it’s a good one for Nigeria “Clearly it shows that Nigeria is beginning to get the recognition it deserves. As the Vice President of the Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria, it’s part of our agenda to keep placing Nigeria’s advertising on the global stage. This is one step in the right direction.”