AWARD School applications due Jan 20: info nights announced for Sydney, Melbourne, Perth

January 9 2012, 10:41 am | BY Lynchy | No Comments

Screen shot 2012-01-09 at 10.49.03 AM.jpgAWARD School, the pre-eminent training program for aspiring creatives, copywriters and  art directors, is set to return in 2012.  The 16 week course is open to receive applications from January 20 to February 3 and follows a stringent selection process to pick future students.

For prospective students, AWARD School, powered by The Communications Council, will be holding its 2012 information nights this month. The nights will inform students on the course offering, tutors and entry requirements and will be hosted by the AWARD School heads. They, as well as the AWARD School coordinators, will be available to answer question on the structure and learnings of the course.

The dates of the information sessions are:

SYDNEY

Date: Wednesday 18 January 2012

Venue: NSW Teachers Federation

Address: 37 Reservoir Street Surry Hills

Time: 6:30-7:30pm

AWARD School heads: Adrian McNamara (EURP RSCG) and Hamish Grieve (Clemenger BBDO)

MELBOURNE

Date: Thursday 19 January 2012

Venue: Karstens

Address: 123 Queen St Melbourne

Time: 6:30-7:30pm

AWARD School heads: Jason Hynes (DRAFT FCB) and David Ponce De Leon (BD Network)

PERTH

Date: Thursday 12 January 2012

Venue: The Irish Club of WA

61 Townsend Road

Subiaco WA 6008

Time: 6 -7 pm

AWARD School head: Kurt Beaudoin (Meerkats)

Every year, throughout Australasia, AWARD School accepts up to 300 students from around 800 applications.

The application brief and entry criteria for Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane and Tasmania will be available to download from the website from January 20.  

For those interested in attending AWARD school in Auckland and Singapore please refer to the AWARD School website for information about the programme. Dates will be confirmed later in the year.

AWARD School is ranked 6th in the top advertising schools worldwide, as recognised by the International YoungGuns Top 10 of Schools producing the most awarded creative students in the past 10 years.

AWARD School has a 29 year history of nurturing creative talent, with graduates including creative leaders such as Matt Eastwood, chief creative officer of DDB New York, David Droga, Executive Creative Director, Droga5 New York and Creative Director Clemenger BBDO Sydney, and former AWARD school head, Rebecca Carrasco.

For more information contact AWARD School representative Tesha Jones: tesha@communicationscouncil.org.au or 02 8297 3877.