Radio Mercury Awards Final Round Judge

Mel Routhier

Global Chief Creative Officer, Health & Wellness
VML

Mel Routhier currently serves as Global Chief Creative Officer, Health + Wellness as well as CCO of Chicago, leading a specialist creative team spanning three continents including Apac, Europe and North America. In line with VML Heath's connected strategy, she and her specialist health creative teams also collaborate with the VML creative teams to cross fertilize ideas from across the industry.

Key clients include Abbott Laboratories, Hyatt, Pizza Hut, Kimberly-Clark, Kohl's, Genentech, Astra-Zeneca, and Butterball.

A proven leader who tirelessly works to transform brands and make them famous, Mel's work has received top honors at the major industry shows, including awards from Cannes, the London International Awards, Clios, Effies, Lürzer's Archive, Communication Arts, ADDYs, REGGIEs, and the Chicago Advertising Federation.

In addition to being a 26-year veteran of the ad industry, Mel is also a 12-year vet of the equally challenging and fulfilling parenthood industry, where, alongside her husband Eric, she serves as co-Chief Operating Officer to her two children, Elliot (age 12) and Faye (age 9 and—very precisely—3/4ths).