Intercontinental Advertising Cup opened doors to young creatives

Cristina Blanaru Creativity, Digital & Media, Mobile

Intercontinental Advertising Cup opened doors to young creatives, with  Young Cup Competition running on Facebook for more than two weeks and being visited by now by 11,327 people from 100 countries, that submitted 98 posters

Young creatives under 27 years have an unique opportunity to create a poster on a given theme  and win an unforgettable creative week in Istanbul with full participation for Istanbul Intercontinental Advertising Cup and Summit, lodging and internship in some of the largest advertising agencies – DDB&Co. and Markom Leo Burnett.

One winner each week is chosen by the Facebook crowd and highly respected jury, each participating 50 % of votes. At the end three “lucky losers” will also be chosen by the jury, joining the winners in Istanbul.

The competition already had 2 rounds, its jury including:

  • Jure Apih, CEO of Intercontinental Advertising Cup
  • Karpat Polat, President and Creative Director DDB & Co., Istanbul
  • Matevž Tadel, CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research and University of California, San Diego.

The event also will also have as speakers John Hegarty, Worldwide Creative Director, Bartle Bogle Hegarty. Hegarty was a fouding shareloder for keeping an eye on Cristina