The Grand Indies, Worldwide Partners' (WPI) annual creative awards competition celebrating the best work from our partner agencies, has officially revealed the international advertising and marketing leaders who will serve on the 2026 global jury.
The jury will kick off deliberations on February 23, selecting winners across each vertical category and ultimately choosing the coveted Best of Show. In addition to earning top honors for the year, the Best of Show winner will receive two all-expenses-paid trips to attend the Worldwide Partners TRANSFORM Global Summit in Austin this May, where they’ll accept their trophy in person.
The 2026 Grand Indies Jury includes:
- Jon Evans – Uncensored CMO podcast host
- Bonin Bough – Marketing Guru, Investor & Author
- Nilesh Ashra – OK Tomorrow + Pragmatic Futurism
- Matt Weiss – Former Global President at agency Huge
- Rebeca Hwang – AI Visionary, Venture Capital Investor + Stanford Researcher
- Dr. Rebecca Swift – Getty Images Senior Vice President, Creative
- Vivan Yong - Former W+K Chief Creative Officer APAC
- Doug Zanger – Indie Agency News, Former Adweek + The Drum Editor
- Kyle O’Brien – Indie Agency News
- Kate Walley-Wiegart - Indie Agency News
- Marcus Brown – The Great Pitch Company
- Meg Kinney – Bad Babysitter
- Robin Bonn - Co:definery
- Michael Brookman-Aikins - billups
- Arnar Halldórsson – Brandenburg
- Hannah Cowie – AdForum
- Julia Morgan – Tracksuit
- Jasper Skinner – Tracksuit
- Justin Bajan - Familiar Creatures
The Grand Indies is a global competition built to spotlight the creativity, innovation, and effectiveness of campaigns created by WPI Partner agencies. Categories reflect the core industry verticals where our agencies’ clients compete: B2C, B2B, Travel & Tourism, Healthcare, Social Good, and Tech Innovation. Check out the 2025 Grand Indies winners.
Finalists will be announced on April 8, 2026. Trophies will be awarded at the Grand Indies Awards Ceremony on May 6, 2026, with winners announced publicly shortly after.
Best of luck to all Worldwide Partners agencies entering work this year—and a huge thank you to our incredible jury members for sharing their time and expertise to celebrate the very best of indie creativity around the globe!