MicahWalker
CCO/Founder, Bear Meets Eagle On Fire
Head Judge – Direction
Micah Walker is the Founder and Chief Creative Officer of award-winning creative studio Bear Meets Eagle On Fire, which celebrated its sixth birthday on April Fool’s Day in 2025. The studio was the first recipient of the AWARD Special Award for Individual Creative Agency of the Year in 2023, and was named by AdAge in New York as the #2 International Agency at the 2023 Small Agency Awards. They have also been named Small Agency of the Year, for two years in a row, by Campaign Brief.
Prior to Bear, Walker built his unique, global reputation working with some of the most respected creative brands and agencies in the world. Formerly a Creative Partner at Fallon London, he has led various agencies as Executive Creative Director in Australia, the UK and the US. Before returning to Sydney in 2017, Walker spent four and a half years as one of the creative leaders of Wieden + Kennedy in Portland.
His work has been recognised with over 200 international and local awards, including Australia’s first-ever Grand Clio in film for the iconic Boag’s Pure Waters campaign, and has D&AD awards in both advertising and design. He has been named to juries at D&AD, Cannes, AWARD, The One Show, London International Awards, AICP, Creative Review UK, and The Immortal Awards.