The Rockies Award Show highlights the best creative advertising work completed during the previous year. It is the largest creative ad show in the State of Idaho and is an official event of the Idaho Advertising Federation. Any individual, student, agency, and/or business with a clever tagline or well-executed advertisement may enter the competition.
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Your 2024-2025 Rockies Judges
Matt Gilmore
Founder and CCO of Herd of Shepherds
Herd Of Shepherds
Matt believes every project, no matter how large or small, deserves big ideas. While working at agencies like DDB, Publicis, VML, WundermanThompson, POSSIBLE, FCB and The Richards Group he’s delivered big thinking to a wide range of brands including Budweiser, The Home Depot, AT&T, Nintendo, Coca-Cola, Paramount Pictures, Chevrolet, The North Face, Subaru, Verizon, Smartsheet, 7-Eleven, Tableau, Chick-fil-A, T-Mobile, Starbucks, Clorox, Microsoft, Amazon, Netflix and Sherman Williams.
Over the past 20+ years, Matt has embraced the ever-evolving ways in which it’s possible to communicate a brand’s message, forever anchored by the notion that good ideas will always be king.
Megan Steidl is a Chicago-based creative who has been in the industry for over 15 years. She has led creative concepts for global brands like McDonald's, Skittles, Coca Cola, Progressive Insurance, and many more. Her expertise spans leading Super Bowl campaigns to writing banner ads and everything in between. She also wrote and performed comedy at Second City in Chicago for over 10 years, hosts a weekly podcast, and has many many creative endeavors outside of advertising. She hates writing about herself in the 3rd person
Liz Feezor is a writer, storyteller, creative leader, sometimes musician and comedian, and forever goofball and fun gal. She is currently Creative Director for Huntress, a cybersecurity company bringing enterprise-level security to all businesses, not just the 1%. Her varied professional background in employee benefits, HR technology consulting, and B2B and D2C marketing gives her a unique perspective on marketing, brand positioning, and creative approaches that connect with their target audiences and amplify brand messaging.
Feezor holds a Master of Health Sciences from Boise State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and German from the University of Oregon and is a member of American Mensa. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband.