Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief
The annual Pikasso d’Or Awards announced its 2025 winners this week.
The awards highlight exceptional work in separate national competitions from across Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Mali, Algeria, Ivory Coast, and Senegal.
The Pikasso d’Or unveiled a new structure as of 2025 with the appointment of Dino Burbidge as new President of the Jury with Andrew Rawlins as Chairman of the Jury for this transitional edition.
This year’s Jury panel included:
- Malek Ghorayeb, Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Communication Levant and Qatar,
- Joe Abou Khaled, Regional ECD MENA at Impact BBDO, Lebanon
- Noor Al Shehab, Managing Director at Brodmann, Iraq
- Rana Hamarneh, CEO and Partner at Adpro & OMD, Jordan
- Shireen Nababteh, Executive Creative Director at Cheil Levant, Jordan
- Abibatou Gendry, Agency Manager at Havas Africa, Senegal
- Elias Hamla, Founder and Team Leader at Team Go, Algeria
For the first time this year, the jury gathered on Monday, January the 13th in Amman to mark Pikasso Jordan’s 25th anniversary. The honorees of the Jordan Chapter were celebrated during the 20th annual Awards Ceremony on Tuesday 14 January at the Four Seasons Amman.
The 29thedition of the Pikasso d’Or Awards Ceremony took place in Beirut on Friday 17 January at the most prestigious Fondation Charles Corm, located in the iconic white tower. The guest list included leading advertising agencies and clients, as well as representatives from the media with 161 visuals & videos were submitted by 26 agencies and were selected according to the following categories: Best Use of Billboards, Best Use of Supersize, Best Use of Mall Advertising, and Best Use of Digital Out-of-Home (DOOH). Awards of the Iraq Chapter were presented during the same ceremony; 33 visuals & videos were submitted by 7 agencies.
Award ceremonies will be organized later in February in Dakar the 4th of February 2025 and in Algiers the 24th February 2025 to present the trophees to the winners.
The complete list of Pikasso d’Or 2025 winners and finalists can be found at www.pikasso.com
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