President of the Young Drummers Competition Jury - Özge Güven

Özge Güven

Design Director, TBWA\Istanbul, Turkey

Özge is an Istanbul-based Graphic Designer and Art Director with more than 10 years’ experience. She took part in the establishment of the design department at TBWA/Istanbul and continues to lead the agency's design team as Design Director. She is also a member of Alliance Graphics Internationale (AGI) for 2022 and has won many awards in competitions such as D&AD, Golden Drum, Cannes Lions, One Show, Epica, Loeries, Kristal Elma and Felis. Özge has been a Jury member, Jury President, and speaker in competitions such as Cannes Lions, Golden Drum, China Internationale Poster Biennial, Kyiv Internationale Advertising Festival, Kristal Elma and Felis. She was featured on the Women to Watch list in 2019.

Özge organizes workshops in collaboration with various universities and design foundations in the context of design education. She taught “Art Direction in Advertising” at Bilgi University. She is on the board of directors of the Advertising Foundation.

Young Drummers Competition Jury ​President's message

“The creative sector should always be fresh and up to date. The most important vein that feeds the sector in this sense is the new generation. Young Drummers is a very important step in this sense, where the new generation that will nourish, grow, inspire today and keep the industry of the future alive will have the opportunity to introduce themselves to the creators who will both educate them and work with them as colleagues. It raises the bar and sets a new bar.

It is a great chance for contemporary creators from different countries and cultures to come together and could test themselves in a common pool. The degree they will receive in this competition will be a globally important document. I can't wait to see what kind of minds will produce work in the near future and to evaluate the works with the valuable jury. As communication language founders, we create common visual and audio languages across countries and cultures. I love this common language of ours. It is a great honor and chance to evaluate the works together with the Young Drummers jury.”