Suzanne
Hargrove

about the jury

Suzanne Hargrove is Vice President/Executive Producer of PRETTYBIRD. An Emmy Award-winning commercial veteran, Hargrove started her career in music videos before entering the advertising business. She quickly began producing high-end commercials, broadening the scope to include branded content, experiential, and new media projects. In 2024, Hargrove won Ad Age’s inaugural Creativity Award for Executive Producer of the Year.

Some of her award-winning spots include Nike’s Unlimited Courage (winner at Cannes Lions, AICP, D&AD, Kinsale Shark), the Webby-winning short film House Comes With a Bird for Miu Miu, the Cannes Lions-winning spot for Adidas The Original Impossible featuring the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, the Shots-winning Rise, Dead Man for the video game The Callisto Protocol, and the D&AD-winning spot for GoPuff Lil Dicky Quartertime Show, which premiered online during the first and second quarters of the 2022 Super Bowl. 

She executive produced two Super Bowl spots in 2024, including the Jeremy Renner-led musical commercial for Silk and Michael CeraVe, the CeraVe campaign starring Michael Cera. The commercial was named the winner of the Super Clio and placed #1 on Ad Age and Adweek’s Super Bowl recap lists. The accolades continued with an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Commercial, a Grand Prix at Cannes Lions, and wins at the Clios, Andys, One Show, D&AD, Tribeca X, Webbys, and more. 

While Hargrove remains rooted in advertising, she continues to extend her reach beyond traditional commercials, embracing non-traditional projects including Audi’s Think Faster – The World’s Fastest AMA campaign, where Reddit Ask Me Anything conversations were live broadcast from the passenger seat of an Audi going 130 MPH. She developed and executive produced the podcast Dear Cousin for Audible, which was released in the summer of 2024. Hargrove also serves on the AICP West Board of Directors.