Judges Selected for 26th Annual ADDY Competition

The extremely talented folks selected as the official judges for the AAF Metro Phoenix 26th Annual ADDYs are:

DWIGHT DOUTHIT
President & Chief Creative Officer
Douthit Design Group, Houston, TX

Formerly with McCann-Erickson and Benton and Bowles, Dwight Douthit is currently President and Chief Creative Officer of Douthit Design Group Incorporated in Houston, Texas. Douthit started his own company in 1985 at the age of 27.

Douthit's firm is responsible for award winning work for a wide variety of clients nationwide. Douthit has garnered numerous gold medals from the Houston Advertising Federation, and awards from the American Advertising Federation, Dallas Ad League, Dallas Society of Visual Communications, and The Art Directors Club of Houston.

Douthit’s work has appeared in HOW, Print, Art Direction magazines, and was included in Print’s Best Logos and Symbols, Print’s Best Posters, Print’s Best Letterheads and American Corporate Identity. His work was included in the 1990 and 1994 Mead Top 60 and his firm was the first to have multiple pieces featured in Strathmore’s Americana Portfolio series. In 2006, Douthit’s firm was awarded the MOSAIC ADDY from AAF. Douthit has served as Chairman of the AAF National Public Service Committee. He was the District 10 ADDY Chairperson and National ADDY Committee representative in 2007.

CAMERON GALE
Advertising Consultant
New York

Cameron Gale is an advertising consultant with over twenty years experience in branding and b2b and b2c program and gorilla marketing. He's served on a number of boards promoting interests ranging from fine arts to ecology, co-founded a handful of public messaging related ventures, and for ten years owned an advertising agency catering to regional software, technology and sporting goods sectors. Cameron has supported many clients such as Ciber, Inc, National Symphony and Warren Miller Films and donates a substantial percentage of his career hours to nonprofit advocacy. He received his undergraduate education at Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Communication Arts and Design and presently resides in New York.

KIUMARS “Q” GOURK
Founder/Creative Director
Animal Creative, San Diego, CA

An art director by trade, he brings a unique and highly desired design aesthetic to advertising, interactive and, of course, design. First house trained at Fallon, he quickly left his mark on clients such as Citi, Lee Jeans, Nikon, Starbucks, Timberland, Timex and United Airlines before moving onto Colle + McVoy and Vitro Robertson, where he was unleashed to go completely wild on Minnesota Office of Tourism, Red Wing Shoe Company, Cobra Golf and Taylor Guitars. Shortly after making tracks to the west coast habitat, he founded Animal in order to make his profession take on a more personal nature, where the chill environment allows him to freely communicate with clients using playful head butts and the several different languages he’s fluent in. He also enjoys surfing when his fellow Animals allow him to go outside. Q’s captivating work has been spotted in many significant award books domestically, including One Show, Communication Arts, The Obies (outdoor), PRINT and HOW.