THE BOB ISHERWOOD ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD – DEADLINE MONDAY

The deadline to enter the Bob Isherwood Encouragement Award is this coming Monday 29th October.

AWARD’s long-standing tribute to unparalleled junior creative stars, the Encouragement Award, is being sponsored for the second year running by Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide.

Isherwood is the inspirational Australian who has been Worldwide Creative Director of

Saatchi & Saatchi for 10 years. Sponsoring this Award is highly appropriate given his reputation for spotting and engaging new talent. Isherwood will judge the entries and Mike O’Sullivan, ECD of Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand, will hand out the Award out on November 30th in front of 800 industry leaders at the AWARD Awards Presentation Evening in Sydney.

The Encouragement Award has honoured young creatives since 1992, recognising those who have demonstrated an outstanding ability to answer briefs with a freshness of thought and creativity.

Previous winners include Ted Royer, Dejan Rasic, Leo Premutico and Guy Rooke.

Eligibility Criteria – Deadline Monday 29th October

Maximum three years in an agency creative department

Nominations taken by Creative Directors or Agency Management only

Australian and New Zealand Applicants only

Submissions – as jpeg, mpeg and word.doc/pdfs – max 4MB per file, on CD only – no email submissions accepted

Four examples of the entrant’s work; aired/published within the last 18 months

One written reference from CD or Agency Management – .doc or pdf

Entrant’s biography – .doc or pdf

Send CDs to:

Postal Address; Hannah Morden, The Bob Isherwood Encouragement Award, c/o AWARD, QVB 1055 Sydney NSW 1230.

OR Via Courier; Hannah Morden, The Bob Isherwood Encouragement Award, AWARD, Level 11, 89 York St, Sydney NSW 2000.

Deadline Monday 29th October 2007 – No Extensions

Contact hannah@awardonline.com or telephone 02 8297 3877 for more information on the Call for Entry process.

Credits for Ad:

Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney

Art Directors : Eron Broughton & Vince Lagana

Copywriter : Steve May

ECD : David Nobay

Retoucher : Kerry McElroy