Could you be the next David Droga? AWARD School applications open this Friday, Feb 10 – Top student will win a trip to NYC to meet David Droga

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Award_School_Website FINAL.jpg2017 is the 30th anniversary of a teenage David Droga, founder and creative chairman of renowned agency Droga5, winning Top Student at AWARD School. To mark the occasion, this year’s Award School top student – selected from the winners of all the Schools in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart and Auckland – will win an amazing opportunity to meet David Droga himself.

DROGA-87.jpgThe meeting will take place at Droga’s HQ on Wall Street in New York City.

Incredibly, David Droga also still has his original AWARD School entry submission and winning book from 1987.

[That’s an 18 year old Droga ~ pictured right and below in the daggy jumper ~ featured in our AWARD School 87 graduation story in Campaign Brief magazine 30 years ago, the year we started. The CB office was just down the road from OMON in Balmain, the red hot agency Droga joined in early 1988. OMON, thanks in part to Droga, was awarded CB Agency of the Year in 1989 and 1993.]

The winner of this year’s AWARD School will be the only person in the last 29 years to see the winning portfolio that landed Droga his big break at OMON. And as they say, the rest is history.

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fea-power100-08-2015 (1)-thumb-300x449-186285.jpgMaybe your book will launch a global empire, change the face of advertising and catapult you on to the stage at Cannes more often than any other human.

Says Droga (left): “AWARD School was without question a crucial onramp for my career. It’s hard to fathom that it has been so long since I was just a scruffy student dreaming of nothing more than being paid for my imagination but it’s something you never lose an appreciation of. Which is why I’m looking forward to meeting this year’s top student and being inspired.”

Says Wilf Sweetland, AWARD chair and managing partner of The Sweet Shop, co-sponsor of the trip: “AWARD School has been the foundation of almost every successful creative’s career since it began in 1983. But David Droga’s unparalleled success is a beacon for our entire industry.

 

“We are thrilled to celebrate the 30 years since he got his start as AWARD School’s top Student. We were delighted and amazed to discover that he has kept his student portfolio and has generously agreed to share its content with this year’s top student. It’s a unique and special honour and a once in a lifetime opportunity.”

 

AWARD School 2017 applications open this Friday, 10 February 2017.

 

In the meantime, attend a free AWARD School Information Night:

Information Nights:

NSW

Wednesday 8 February, 6:30-7:30pm

NSW Teachers Federation Conference Centre (Auditorium)

37 Reservoir Street, Surry Hills, Sydney

VIC

Wednesday 8 February, 6:30-7:30pm

CAE Melbourne – 253 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

WA

Wednesday 8 February, 6:00-7:00pm

Rockefeller Deli – 448 Beaufort Street, Highgate, Perth

QLD

Wednesday 8 February, 6:30-7:30pm

Khemistry – 23 Kyabra St, Newstead, Brisbane

SA

Wednesday 8 February, 6:30-7:30pm

KWP!  6 Solomon St, Adelaide, South Australia

AWARD School key dates:

   • Applications open online – Friday 10 February

   • Applications close – Friday 24 February

 

AWARD School start dates:

    • NSW – Monday 3 April

    • VIC – Monday 3 April

    • QLD – Monday 10 April

    • SA – Monday 10 April

    • WA – Tuesday 18 April