Fabrizio Russo and Luca Ralli in the AdPrint Jury

Fabrizio started working in 1979 as a creative advisor for several leading brands. Two years later, he joined Lintas Italia as a copywriter, before moving to McCann Erickson where he worked on campaigns from brands such as Coca-Cola, Algida, Nestlè and Brooklyn until 1994. In 1995 he moved to Leo Burnett where, a few years later, he became Executive Creative Director gaining new clients such as McDonald's, Poste Italiane, Blu and La 7. In March 2002 he joined TBWA/Italia, where he has been Chief Creative Officer and partner. Starting September the 1st, this year, Fabrizio became independent: he opened his own agency – KleinRusso creative community – and, from the first day, he started working for Liu-Jo, brand leader in fashion all over the world. Fabrizio has gained recognition at many of the national and international competitions, and has been twice jury in Advertising Cannes Festival. His judging teammate, Luca started working with different theatric companies, signing sceneries and costumes for many theatre shows. After studying at “Accademia delle Belle Arti” in Florence, he moved to Rome and started working as cartoonist and illustrator for popular magazines in Italy (Linus, Carta, Cuore, etc). In 1992, Luca “gave birth” to Blecchet Production, his creative hot shop, open to all the new ways of communications, such as web and media arts. Since then, he has collaborated with important advertising agencies such as Publicis Italy and France, TBWA, Saatchi and Saatchi, Lowe Pirella, Klein Russo. Please visit www.adprint.ro for more information about the competition.