UK Creative Festival Announces Host of Guest Speakers
The UK Creative Festival (UKCF) is fast approaching, and with it comes a stellar lineup of guests set to appear at the two-day festival taking place on July 10th and 11th 2024.
This year, the festival welcomes a record number of brands to the stage, platforming the marketers and creatives that have been instrumental in bringing some of the most recognisable campaigns of the previous year to life. Celebrating creativity in all of its forms, the festival aspires to be a welcome and accessible antidote to the corporate nature of many other industry events.
The agenda this year revolves around three key themes: culture and community, purpose for the future, and action and policy, spearheaded by panellists from leading brands and agencies such as VCCP, Meta, Mother, McCann and Spotify, among others.
A selection of speakers confirmed to be taking part at this year’s event are:
Joel Midgley, head of marketing, The Guardian
Rory Sutherland, vice chairman, Ogilvy UK
Emma Houlston, creative director, VCCP
Russell Tovey, actor
Damian Bradfield, founder, WeTransfer
Kat Hahn, international creative director, Meta
Antonietta Chioccarelli, creative director, outdoor, Global
Calypso Newman, founder, Rock Badger Agency
Charlene Chandrasekaran, ECD, THE OR
Lucy Hart, executive director of strategy and insight, formerly VCCP and Mischief
Susie Braun, group director of social purpose and sustainability, ITV
Boris Nihom, CEO, Dentsu Creative Amsterdam
Rania Robinson, CEO, Quiet Storm
Lucy Jameson, co-founder, Uncommon Creative Studio
Tom Skinner, ECD, TikTok
Jonathan Reid, founder, Reidentify
Mathieu Desbrandes, category marketing manager Nurofen, Reckitt
Tom Ellis, director of ad creative, Yahoo
Megan Wastell, global creative director, Merlin Entertainments
Orlando Wood, CIO System1 and creator of advertising.principles.explained (a.p.e), System1 Group
Angela Jobson, global brand commercial director - new brands development, Merlin Entertainments
Laura Jordan Bambach, founder and CCO, Uncharted
Ruth Boulter, creative director, McCann London
Priya Ahluwalia, creative and film director, Ahluwalia
Will Butler-Adams, CEO, Brompton Bicycle Limited
Megan Taylor, head of creative, Lucky Saint
Christopher Taylor, CEO and co-founder, Young Creators UK (YCUK)
Gabriela Scardaccione, president of UK Creative Circle
Mae Yip, co-founder
Nhu Huynh, company director, Young Creators UK
Alaina Crystal, feminist strategist and coach, Alaina Crystal LTD
Tom Ghiden, managing director, JOAN London
Clemmie Telford, creative director, ITV Creative
Hugh Todd, co-founder, Behind the Billboard
Dan Shipton, creative director and co-founder, Black Skull Creative Ltd
Lee Smithurst, executive producer, BBC Studios
Lewis Allen, music manager, Fifteen04
Tanja Grubner, global marketing director, Essity
Steve Davies, chief executive, Advertising Producers Association
Emma Castle, founder and creative director, Bright Island Creative Agency
Rob Wood, head of communications, WWF
Phoebe Boateng, head of content opportunities, ERIC
Debbie Tembo, inclusion partner, Creative Equals
Jazz Gandhi, co-founder and director, Duet London
The full agenda and list of speakers can be found here.
Jeremy Green, CEO, Creative Circle commented, “I am humbled and thrilled at the calibre of guests that have agreed to join us in Margate this year. The UK Creative Festival is growing year on year, and I’m so excited to see our incredible creative community unite by the seaside soon!”
The Creative Careers Fair, led by the Creative Foundation returns to the Creative Festival once again this year, hosting students and young people looking for advice, inspiration and guidance on accessing the creative industries.
Buying a ticket for the festival directly supports the next generation of talent and helps to fund the Creative Careers Fair, the Creative Futures Mentorship Programme, and regular practical skills sessions. So far, there have been 44 success stories from mentees, who have either secured internships, book crits, work placements or job opportunities since attending.
The UKCF is the home of the Creative Circle Awards, the longest running creative awards in Europe. Founded in 1945, the evening is a showcase of great ideas, fresh thinking and craft, closing the UKCF on July 11th.
