The AToMiC Awards are coming into focus with Wednesday’s jury announcement for the 2026 competition.
The 14 industry-spanning experts have been tapped to judge the ideas that pushed boundaries across the categories of advertising, tech, media creativity and content creation.
Susan Irving, CMO of Kruger Products, and Sabaa Quao, president of Plusco Venture Studio, were announced as co-chairs for the AToMiC Awards last month. In the weeks ahead, the co-chairs and the jurors below will begin deliberations to whittle this year’s entries down to the winners who will be announced at next spring’s gala event in Toronto.
The deadline for submissions for this year’s competition is just two days away, on Friday, Oct. 17. All entries must have run in full, or the majority of work must have launched, between Nov. 1, 2024, and Nov. 4, 2025.
Co-chairs
Sabaa Quao, president, Plusco Venture Studio
Susan Irving, CMO, Kruger Products
Jury
Andrea Cook, CEO, Jam CRM
Alice DiGiovanni, president, Wavemaker
Glen D’Souza, head of creative, 72andSunny
Lianne George, principal, Navigator
Matt Houghton, digital and integrated marketing leader, Interac
Alistair Leyland, founding partner, Array of Stars
Kitty Luu, director, marketing, Porsche
Leslie Malcom, VP, marketing, Molson Coors
Deborah Neff, VP, product and marketing, Starbucks
Andres Norambuena, partner, executive director, experiential and brand activation, LG2
Benjamin Playford, creative director, McCann
Jessica Savage, CEO, North Strategic
Nicole Tapscott, chief commercial officer, Knix
Amin Todai, founder and chief innovation officer, One Method
