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Fabio Seidl, director, global creative development, Facebook

 GUEST JUDGE /BEST AD OF THE WEEK   WORLDWIDE    August 10, 2020 14:16 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
BEST TV
Favorite: Nike/Shelflife 'Weird'. Fantastic work - also in the "surreal" meaning of the expression - from director Marc Sidelsky. It's fashion, it's retail, it's to announce a collab between Nike and Stussy, but it's nothing that you'd expect. Great acting with two actors that un-act it with zero emotion, great product shots that are not product shots, packaged around a non-sense story. Wait, they said: weird. Yes, weird story.

Runner-up: Optus 'Amazing Race'. This one probably got me for the nostalgia. It's classic TV advertising, and for a classic category: telecom. Everything is really well thought: from the Hot Wheels/Matchbox cars that speak to the parent's audience, to the kids using gadgets to create a plan to play even when they're stuck at home, without making us feel bad for the quarantine, again. Extra points for the soundtrack, Rock Lobster from B-52's.

BEST PRINT
Favorite: Tupperware '#StayHome'. The concept ties perfectly to the product, and the moment we're living. Straightforward and simple.

Runner-up: Cadbury 'Fill In The Thanks'. You have to understand a little bit how India's society works to get this one. But the most important part to me is that the brand is promoting gratitude and sponsoring daily wagers during the pandemic.

BEST OUTDOOR
Favorite: Almacenes Exito 'Prouducts'. Coming from Latin America, I know the importance of creating ideas that cost nothing or almost nothing. The rainbow made with products in the aisle of a supermarket is so simple that it makes you wonder why nobody thought about it before. Well done, Sancho, well done.

Runner-up: Barilla 'Rooftop Match With Federer'. Before seeing this idea, I saw it all over the internet, and in almost every sports show I watch. So, hats off to the team from We Are Social, who turned something that was already viral (the girls playing tennis in their rooftops) into something much more viral (enter Federer). They almost lost me with the "hidden celeb watching the fans, nobody knew he's there" play, but they came back for the win adding Nadal in the tiebreaker.

BEST INTERACTIVE
Favorite: Tencent 'Micro Universe'. Digital craft, digital craft, digital craft. What a beautiful, elegant experience from China. Who said tech needs to produce only complicated things? This one is effortless, point, shoot, create, share a unique micro-universe created out of any image in the World.

Runner-up: Lebanese Army 'Peace Camo'. I don't know why this idea is in the Interactive category (shouldn't it be outdoor?), but here I go. Advertising is also about changing perception, and what a bold statement and commitment is for an army to add scenes of care and solidarity on their camouflage patterns. I love the pacifist symbolism, and I hope it is here to stay and to inspire.



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This week's guest judge is Fabio Seidl, director of global creative development at Facebook.

Fabio Seidl is the director for global creative development at Facebook, responsible for campaigns and experiences all around the World for brands as Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, and more.

His career spreads to three continents: from his native Latin America to Europe and the US. Before joining Facebook, Fabio worked for DDB, VMLY&R and 360i in NY; Leo Burnett Chicago; Ogilvy and Africa Sao Paulo; and McCann Portugal.

As a creative, Fabio won more than 20 Lions in Cannes, several awards at the One Show, D&AD, Art Directors Club, Webbys and more. He was part of the team that led Ogilvy Brazil to Agency of the Year in Cannes and to stay at the top 3 for three years in a row. His work was featured as the most awarded in the World for two years in a row by the Gunn Report and received the award for the best creative director of the United States by El Ojo de Ibero-America.

Fabio has been serving in several juries and as a speaker in international shows in the US, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Portugal, Poland, Costa Rica, Paraguay, and South Korea.

Besides his work with advertising, Fabio is a musician, writer, teacher, but his favorite occupation is to be the father of his lovely Valentina.


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