Jenny Ehlers is Executive Creative Director and shareholder of the independent agency group, King James, based in Cape Town, South Africa. It is here she has enjoyed 20 years of driving creative excellence and growth across a portfolio of high-profile brands, including Levi’s® and Johnnie Walker®.
Jenny is a conscious creative leader driven by the desire to produce ideas that do more than just benefit her clients. She champions design thinking and problem-solving alongside design aesthetics to deliver beautiful, single-minded and persuasive creative solutions which are equal in meaning and purpose. She manages, mentors and inspires her team with a dynamic energy and enthusiasm to encourage a climate of creativity that constantly pushes boundaries.
Jenny judged The One Show in 2007, the Dubai Lynx in 2012 and was on the jury at Cannes twice, in 2006 and 2017. In 2018, she participated on The One Show Design jury and judged Crafts for Design at D&AD. In March 2019, she judged the Interactive and Integrated categories at the ADC Awards. In June 2019, she was Jury President at the African Cristals and also participated on the preliminary jury at ADSTARS. In addition, Jenny was invited by The One Club for Creativity and The 3% Movement to be part of the 2019 Next Creative Leaders jury.
She currently sits on the Academic and Advisory Boards of various design institutions in Cape Town, with her passion being the nurturing of young talent for the industry.