WA student Maya Halilovic launches new campaign to get onto D&AD Board of Trustees
The U.K. may have already sunk its chances of being taken seriously on the world’s stage, but that doesn’t mean the advertising industry has to sink with it – in fact, it’s quite the opposite. In the middle of so much confusion and increased Google-searching, here’s your chance to get a young West Australian onto the D&AD Board of Trustees and completely turn advertising on its head.
WA student Maya Halilovic is the first Australian running for a spot on the board and has launched a new campaign ‘Don’t leave the AU (out)’ to encourage votes from Australian D&AD members who want to be better represented in the UK.
Halilovic says this isn’t just about winning some student vote and getting onto a board because it looks good on a resume, it’s about creating change within an industry between two countries that are very similar in their approach, but miles apart.
Says Halilovic: “I’m hoping to use the New Blood Trustee position to strengthen the connection between Australian and UK advertising industries and increase D&AD-supported educational programs at universities in Australia.
“If we want our creative industry to operate with the same tenacity, ruthlessness and fearlessness that we see and envy from bigger cities, clients and budgets then it’s important to work towards bridging the gap between these places and these people to help strengthen our educational approach as well as connecting like-minded agencies to grow our community.
“If that hasn’t swayed your vote for me already then consider this: you deserve 
it.
“You deserve to have someone at the D&AD who can empathise with the nuances of advertising and design in the Southern Hemisphere, you deserve a bigger broader network to draw from, and students from the south deserve every creative opportunity their counterparts in the north receive.
“So if you’re a D&AD member I urge you to vote, not for some kid from Perth, but for the Australian advertising community at large and how far something like this could take it.”
To vote for Halilovic, click here.
Voting closes August 28th.
