Applications open for 2017 Copy School in Sydney held from Mon, Nov 27 – Fri, Dec 1
Applications have opened for this year’s second Copy School in Sydney, sponsored by NewsMediaWorks, with another world-class line-up of guest creative tutors.
Copy School is designed to encourage the best quality copywriting across all media channels and engages some of Australia’s leading advertising creative directors and copywriters, as well as news media editors, to pass on their knowledge and experience.
Copy School, to be held from Monday 27th November to Friday 1st December as five half-day workshops, is seeking up to 20 young copywriters, or those wanting to become a copywriter, to attend the workshop series.
The convenor of this Copy School is Phillip Putnam who will host some of the industry’s best senior creative talent and a senior newspaper editor. All tutors donate their time to be at the Sydney Copy School, including:
Ted Horton – chief creative officer – Big Red, Melbourne
Ralph Van Dyke, founder – Eardrum
Jonathan Kneebone – founder/writer and project director – The Glue Society
Ben Sampson, creative director – The Monkeys
Rebecca Currasco, creative consultant
Tim Brown, creative partner – Disciple
Rob Morrison, creative director, Ogilvy, Sydney
Alexandra Smith, education editor, The Sydney Morning Herald
Roseanna Donovan, creative consultant
Copy School will provide participants with a real world brief that will be presented and critiqued on the final morning of the course.
The workshop fee is just $250 per student. Copy School will donate the fully tax deductible fee to The Oasis Centre, Salvation Army.
Copy School Sydney will be held at Fairfax Media, 1 Darling Island Road, Pyrmont from 9am to 12pm daily.
Says Ray Black, convenor, Copy School: “Sydney Copy School continues to be a great success, due in no small part to the commitment and generosity of our tutors. Copy School is focused on how to creative great, effective advertising for brands and has attracted a range of students from junior writers at agencies to marketers themselves.”
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