Yasuharu Sasaki

After joining Dentsu Inc., he worked as a copywriter overseeing numerous advertising campaigns while spending his days photographing wildlife in mountains and oceans worldwide. Later, leveraging his computer science background, he became a founding member of Dentsu Inc.'s Interactive Creative Team. His career path includes roles as ECD at Dentsu Inc. Americas (now dentsu Americas) and Director of Dentsu Inc.'s Creative Planning Division 4 before assuming his current position. He pursues the creation of new value by merging creativity and technology. He has received numerous awards, including a Cannes Lions Gold Lion, D&AD Yellow Pencil, and CLIO Grand Prix. He served as Jury President for the Cannes Lions Creative Data category in 2019, Jury President for the D&AD Digital category in 2020, Jury President for the Cannes Lions Brand Experience & Activation category in 2022, and Head of Jury for the Effie APAC in 2023.