Judges 2022
Maverick Agency
CALGARY I OTTAWA I LOS ANGELES
Maverick is a brand marketing agency that partners with the unorthodox, the brave, and the fearlessly authentic. Our global team shares one common goal: to unite strategy with killer creative that ignites industry-defining, heart-racing, ground-breaking results for clients and their audiences. We’re the force behind positive, influential and compelling experiences that brings brands up to a rarified air. Our work pushes the boundaries of possibility, driving growth and unlocking opportunities for meaningful impact.
Matthew Howard
Founder & Managing Director
Matthew is the Founder & Managing Director of Maverick, an end-consumer focused brand marketing agency. A demonstrated entrepreneurial leader, Matthew has proven invaluable in working with brands who seek relevance and significance, through sharpened strategy and transformation. He is relentlessly focused on helping companies create the most powerful and relevant versions of their brands, positioning them for success, and allowing them to be pervasive and connect in a meaningful way.
Michelle Caplan
Strategy Director
For more than 15 years, Michelle has worked with a diverse range of local, national, and international organizations, developing marketing strategies that engage target audiences, inspire action, and build trust. She’s developed and executed multi-channel marketing campaigns for the likes of Canadian Geographic, Chefs Plate, Ronald McDonald House Charities and Glenbow Museum, and is most passionate about helping organizations articulate their purpose. Michelle holds an MA in journalism from Western University and is credited with developing the world’s largest epilepsy awareness initiative, Purple Day, which has reached more than 13 million people in over 120 countries worldwide.
Lucas Malta
Senior Designer
Lucas is a multi-disciplinary designer with more than eight years of experience in brand design, lettering, packaging, and graphic design. He continually seeks to broaden and strengthen his skill set. In his professional experience he has had the pleasure of working with worldwide brands including PayPal, Capital One, RIO 2016 Olympic Games, Red Bull – Wings For Life, and American Family, along with a number of brands in the Food & Beverage industry.
Moxie Sozo
BOULDER, COLORADO
Moxie Sozo is a world-class, independent branding agency located in Boulder, Colorado with accounts ranging from energetic start-ups to international established brands. We believe that art is everything any brand aspires to be: loved, shared, emotional, valuable, connective, and memorable. We make art work.
Derek Springston
Partner + Chief Creative Officer
Derek Springston leverages more than a decade of design and brand building experience in his role as Partner and Chief Creative Officer at Moxie Sozo Under his leadership, the creative team has developed innovative, disruptive, inspired work for startups and global brands like Boston Beer Company, Campari America and Danone. His portfolio includes projects across virtually every industry and media, from natural foods to luxury apparel and from packaging design to interactive. Derek got his start earlier than most, going to work in his parents’ small, family-owned print company at the age of 12. He has loved all things paper and ink ever since.
Charles Bloom
Partner + Creative Director
Charles Bloom moved to Colorado to join Moxie Sozo in 2008 after a two-year stint in newspaper publishing with the Kansas City Star. His passion for the practical application of art made him a quick and indispensable fit for the Moxie Sozo team. His story-driven design style has helped brands like Birch Benders and Good Day Chocolate to earn their reputations as some of the most beloved brands in their industries. More than a decade later as a Creative Director and Partner, Charles helps to manage the design team in creating captivating, purposeful work that stops passersby in their tracks. And although he may be a leader inside our four walls, he can’t seem to do better than runner-up in trivia at the local pub.
Mike Bowman
Group Account Director
Mike is a Group Account Director at Moxie Sozo. Mike has over a decade of branding, design, strategy, research, and innovation experience working with a wide range of brands, from Fortune 500, to startups. These include Kraft Foods, Constellation Brands, The Boston Beer Company, Frito-Lay, Pernod Ricard, Georgia-Pacific, Johnson & Johnson, and Ball Aerospace.
CRITERIUM
QUEBEC
Criterium is a design studio based in Quebec City, it also operate an exhibition space dedicated to emerging practices in visual art and design.
The studio is renowned for its typographic and conceptual approach. Over the years, the company has received several awards for excellence in design, on the national and international scene.
Maxime Rheault
Maxime Rheault is a creative director, graphic designer & educator currently based in Québec City.
His practice is at the intersection of many disciplines, from creating visual identities to conceptualizing artist’s books. Typography is a central element of is graphic work, which is characterized by a strong conceptual approach. Cofounder of the design studio Criterium in 2012, he also leads an exhibition space that presents the work of established and emerging artists.
He received many national and international recognition and his work has been presented in Québec, Montréal, Gatineau, Toronto, Berlin and Hong Kong.