UK Young Lions Competition 2022 – The Winners

We are delighted to announce the winners of the UK Young Lions Competition 2022.

We received an amazing 130 entries this year and the work was of an incredibly high standard. The brief was centred around our upcoming 2023 All In Census. We would like to thank all the entrants for taking part and for our wonderful panel of jurors for their valued feedback.

Below you can find our winners and their winning work: 1st prize for this years Young Lions is the opportunity to take part in the Global Young Lions Competition, taking place digitally again this year.

DESIGN WINNERS

Rosie Bottomley, Designer, Design Bridge

I’m Rosie Bottomley, a designer from West Yorkshire now living and working in London. My passion and understanding of design emerged at a young age, during my time at art college where I learned about how design can be used as a tool to fulfil a bigger purpose. I love working with strong creative concepts to create unexpected executions.

Tim Wilcox, Designer, Jones Knowles Ritchie (JKR)

I’m Tim Wilcox, a 23 year old graphic designer in London. I graduated from Norwich University of the Arts, and my passion for branding stemmed from watching my mum designing editorial spreads growing up. I love bringing joy and personality into everything I create, telling stories in simple, impactful ways.

What does it mean to be representing the UK in the Global Young Lions Competition?

We are excited and grateful for the opportunity to be representing the UK in the Global Young Lions competition 2022. The UK may be a small country, but it’s filled to the brim with emerging creative talent, of which we are proud to work amongst. We can’t wait to showcase more single-minded, bold design.

View the winning work here.

DIGITAL WINNERS

Matt Jones, Senior Creative, VMLY&R

An alumni of D&AD New Blood Shift – a free night school for non-graduates – Matt left school at 17 and cut his teeth in performing at the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain and was tutored by the BFI in scriptwriting before entering the weird and wonderful world of advertising.

Abi Stephenson, Senior Creative, VMLY&R

A graduate of Graphic Design and a fierce champion of neuro-diversity (having servere ADD, dyslexia and dyspraxia herself), Abi loves all things visual and was an Honouree in the ‘Rising to the Top’ category at Campaign’s Female Frontier Awards, is a Pitch 100 Superwoman & The Dots Rising Stars inspiring change 2021 & 2022.

What does it mean to be representing the UK in the Global Young Lions Competition?

The U.K is one of the strongest markets for advertising in the world, with so many talented practitioners here working across a wide breadth of capabilities, representing our nation feels like we’ve been handed a unique opportunity to show the rest of the world why we’re one of the most creative countries in the world.

View the winning work here and supporting documents here and here.

FILM WINNERS

Jacob Woodorth, Creative, Sky Creative

I was born in Wollongong, Australia and moved to London 4 years ago looking to make a go of it in creative. I’ve spent 3 years now at Sky Creative and have loved every second of it. There’s no better feeling than getting up every day to make cool stuff.

Eng Zyan Keh, Graphic Designer, Sky Creative

I am a Malaysian-born Graphic Designer who moved to the UK over 10 years ago and have spent the last 4 years at Sky Creative. I primarily work in motion design, and I love producing work that excites and moves people.

What does it mean to be representing the UK in the Global Young Lions Competition?

It is an amazing honour for us to represent the UK at the global competition. To get a chance to compete against the best young creatives in the world is massively exciting and something we don’t take lightly at all. Thanks to the judges and all our fellow UK competitors!

View their winning film here.

MARKETERS WINNERS

Rachael Slinger, Marketing Account Executive, 368 Deloitte

Rachael joined Deloitte’s in-house agency, 368, in October 2021. With a Marketing degree and 5 years’ experience working within the industry, her roles have included account management at creative agencies in Leeds, working client-side in Scotland and prior to joining Deloitte, still and video content production as a producer.

Cathrin Rhind-Tutt, Marketing Account Executive, 368 Deloitte

After achieving a degree in English, Cathrin spent 3 years agency-side in client facing roles, supporting local businesses to develop their marketing strategies and campaigns. Cathrin then ventured in-house at a plant-based baby food start-up before joining Deloitte’s 368 in-house agency, where she works in their campaign management team.

What does it mean to be representing the UK in the Global Young Lions Competition?

This is our first year entering the Young Lions competition, and a first for Deloitte too! We are thrilled to be joining the best advertising talent from across the globe and are proud to represent the UK. We look forward to the challenge of competing in the next stage.

View their winning work here and supporting document here.

MEDIA WINNERS

Jack Bellamy, Group Strategy Director, Initiative

Jack is a strategist at Initiative UK originally hailing from Sydney. He first met Lucas 7 years ago after a previous Young Lions attempt, when Lucas shockingly skipped his round of beers. Despite the bill, our thirst for creativity blossomed, and I’ve been chasing him for his round ever since.

Lucas Wesney, Global Strategy Director, Initiative

Lucas is a Strategist at Initiative Global. Hailing from Canberra, he has traversed the globe with Jack (the Robin to his Batman) in their unyielding pursuit of Young Lions glory and free Rosé.

What does it mean to be representing the UK in the Global Young Lions Competition?

Entering this competition over several years has had a huge impact on our careers to date & fuelled our passion for creativity in media. We also know how difficult it is to win – so we’re thrilled & honoured to have been given the opportunity to represent the UK (and enjoy some rosé while we’re at it).

View their winning work here and supporting document here.

PRINT WINNERS

James Danson, Art Director, Havas Lynx

James is an Art Director with 4 years’ experience. He’s passionate about bold and beautiful ideas that make people think, laugh and cry. He talks way too much about movies, is an avid reader, an ordained minister (long story), occasionally thinks about exercising and reviews hand dryers on Instagram @handtryers.

Glenn Scholefield, Copywriter, TBWA/MCR

With six years of experience between McCann and TBWA\MCR, Glenn likes ideas that are different, a bit weird and funny. His interests include playing pool, MMA, running and reading. He’s also the writer of a joke book and an ordained minister (again, long story).

What does it mean to be representing the UK in the Global Young Lions Competition?

To represent the UK means the world to us. And until they make punny headline writing and extreme kerning Olympic sports, this may well be our best chance.

Hopefully we can do a good job, our local postboxes could do with a lick of gold paint.

View their winning work here and supporting document here.