Lions announces 2024 scholarship recipients, SA on the list

30 May 2024

Cannes Lions has revealed the 2024 Lions Scholarship recipients with Courtney Williams, marketing manager at Le Coq Sportif, South Africa on the list.

Designed to support the next generation of underrepresented talent, the scholarship offers 10 young creatives from around the world a fully-funded place on the Cannes Lions Brand Marketers and Creative Academies. The Academies take place during the Festival, 17-21 June, and each will welcome five Scholarship recipients.

Courtney Williams is part of the cohort. Source: LinkedIN.

The 2024 cohort are named as follows:

Brand Marketers Academy

Amy Tsai, Marketing manager, EF Education First, Mainland China
Courtney Williams, marketing manager, Le Coq Sportif, South Africa
Juliana Oliveira, senior marketing analyst, L’Oréal, Brazil
Natasha Rey, customer marketing lead, Callia Flowers, Canada
Tina Gagua, brand manager, Moitane, Georgia

Creative Academy

Amanda Giutta, creative/brand manager/planner/social media manager, Freelance, Costa Rica
Brittany Benitez, art director, Thinkerbell, Australia
Karim Aziz Oghly, senior contentcCreator & film creative, Hill & Knowlton, UAE
Malvika Thirani, senior copywriter, Talented Webco Pvt Ltd., India
Preethi Balakrishnan, senior art director, The Martin Agency, USA

Frank Starling, chief DEI officer, Lions, said, “Each year we witness the creativity, connections and support that the Cannes Lions’ bespoke academies offer young talent. In our mission to support those ‘in the making’ and advance equitable access to this unique learning opportunity, we once again welcome young talent to our academies through the Lions Scholarship. Launched in 2023 as part of our Equity, Representation and Accessibility (ERA) Strategy, we are excited to have these 10 future industry leaders join us at the Festival this June. Congratulations to this year’s Scholarship recipients, and the Brand Marketers and Creative Academy cohorts.”

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The Lions scholarship sits within the ERA Strategy, which aims to foster diverse and inclusive representation of talent within the creative communications industry.

The full 2024 Brand Marketers Academy cohort have been named as:

Aislinn Skuropat, senior brand manager, Procter & Gamble, USA
Alaa Madan, marketing & branding officer, The Benefit Company, Bahrain
Amy Tsai, marketing manager, EF Education First, Mainland China
Ana Rico Granados, assistant manager, Ad Council, USA
Andrew Knowles, partner, Shoebridge Knowles Media Group, Australia
Benjamin Katz, manager, International Marketing & Innovation, BSE Global, USA
Brianna Mills, brand manager, SC Johsnon, USA
Carlissa Tapia, manager, Advertising Account Management, Sam’s Club Home Office, USA
Chiara del Bello, global brand marketing manager - Product Marketing, Red Bull, Austria
Courtney Williams, marketing manager, Le Coq Sportif, South Africa
Eliza Burnstein, senior brand manager, SC Johnson, USA
Gabriel Araujo, marketing manager, PepsiCo, USA
Giovanna Capossela, branding and creative communication manager, Gruppo Mediaset, Italy
India Adams, product marketing manager, Google, USA
Isabelle Bagge, manager, PwC London, UK
Iuliia Smirnova, content growth manager, OKX, Seychelles
Javaughn Loftman, senior account manager, TikTok, USA
Juliana Oliveira, senior marketing analyst, L’Oréal, Brazil
Krisha Sia, creative campaigns specialist, United Nations SDG Action Campaign, Germany
Lauren Hong, senior brand strategist, Droga5, USA
Lauren Kozar, associate social director, PepsiCo, USA
Marianne Green, senior marketing officer (Brand), MSWA, Australia
Mariam Imam, marketing associate manager - Snacks, PepsiCo, USA
Milan Genovese, campaign manager, Ad Council, USA
Mowin Dias, brand strategist, DDB Mudra Group, India
Natasha Evans, senior campaign manager, Virgin Media O2, UK
Natasha Rey, customer marketing lead, Callia Flowers, Canada
Paolo Narag, global brand director, Procter & Gamble - Gillette, USA
Temilayo Fadoju, brand manager, Celebrations, Nigeria
Tine Gagua, brand manager, Moitane, Georgia
Vishal Moriani, account-based marketing lead, PwC Switzerland, Switzerland
Yulia Chuzha, brand marketing manager, MacPaw, Ukraine
Zuri Godfrey, brand marketing manager, Google, USA

The full 2024 Creative Academy cohort have been named as:

Adam Fathur Qasidhi Braun, creative copywriter, Logitech Europe S.A., Switzerland
Amanda Giutta, creative/brand manager/planner/social media manager, Freelance, Costa Rica
Andile Ndaba, copywriter, M&C Saatchi Abel, South Africa
Brittany Benitez, art director, Thinkerbell, Australia
Brooke Cheney, junior copywriter, Mother | Berlin, Germany
Cecily Myers, senior art director, McCann Worldgroup, USA
Chelsea Sparrow, culture + creative lead on the Global Search & AI Product Marketing Team, Microsoft, USA
Cruz Rendon, social media manager, Hoorae, USA
Emma Hoang, content + publishing manager (Social Media), Hill & Knowlton, UK
Fabia Howard-Smith, service design lead, EY-Seren Limited, UK
Gui Moraes, creative director, Circulate, Ireland
Harry Roth, senior creative, Bastion, Australia
Hitamara Tamizou, motion designer, Media.Monks, Brazil
Isaac Zhang, senior designer, MetaDesign China Limited, Mainland China
Joshua De Luna, planner, The Right Kind, Mainland China
Karim Aziz Oghly, senior content creator & film creative, Hill & Knowlton, UAE
Kate Wells, art director, Create Health, UK
Madeline Miranda, art director, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Malvika Thirani, senior copywriter, Talented Webco Pvt Ltd., India
Matias Marcossi, creative copywriter, Media.Monks, Brazil
Molly Cohen-Scott, creative director, FCB Health NY, USA
Nicolò Peretti, global brand marketing manager - Creative Advertising, Red Bull, Austria
Oscar Mill, copywriter, FCB Fältman & Malmén AB, Sweden
Preethi Balakrishnan, senior art director, The Martin Agency, USA
Ruan Sarris, creative directo, DRPG, UK
Shiv Persad, service designer, EY-Seren Limited, UK
Siobhan Bird, copywriter, Abel, Australia
Teyra Anderson, creative producer, Netflix, USA
TK Teo, Associate creative director, Bluefocus Communication Group, Singapore
Yazmin Magana, digital media experimenter manager, Associate Change, Inc., USA