This week's guest judge is Tolga Buyukdoganay, chief creative officer at Ogilvy Amsterdam.
After studying graphic design, Tolga has been wandering around Europe trying to find a place that fits his mindset. He has traveled from Istanbul to Vienna, Frankfurt to Düsseldorf, and recently to Amsterdam. Despite not speaking a word of Dutch, Tolga is proud to have landed the role of CCO at Ogilvy Amsterdam and is still learning the language.
Tolga has sat on many award juries including ADC Austria, Kristal Elma Turkey, ADC Germany, Golden Drum Slovenia, Adstars Asia, ZMG Germany, Das Plakat Germany, Adrenaline Lithuania, Jonge Honden Netherlands, LeBook Paris, Lurzer's 200 Best Illustrators, and the Lurzer's Grand Slam. In 2021, he was president of the ADCN Jury.
During his 26 years in the industry, Tolga has won over 100 national and international awards and in 2022 Drum named Tolga one of the Top 200 ECDs in the world.
In his spare time Tolga plays the blues on the guitar, warzone on Playstation, and American pool in the Dutch 2nd league. Tolga also releases electronic music under the name BDA and posts videos of himself fishing on his YouTube channel, Merman Fishing. Says Tolga: "My daughter Vien is not yet a follower of mine, so I think I need to do better."
