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A chance for students to win fame, acclaim, prizes…and a *&%t hot job!

Initiated by Think (the SA Communication Design Council) and Sappi, the Sappi Thinkahead Student Portfolio Awards is the ONLY awards platform aimed at helping final year designers prepare their portfolios for the job interviews and achieve recognition for an outstanding collection of work.

This year’s call to entry campaign challenges students to put their greatest design work into a “Best of 2009” hit compilation… which has the potential to go Gold or Platinum at the Sappi Thinkahead Awards and capture the attention of top design talent scouts.

The portfolio compilation must be uploaded at www.thinkaheadawards.org.za by 6 November 2009 to be eligible for judging by a panel of design legends.

Prizes

Students will be recognised for individual projects (Merits and Silvers), but the Top 3 awards will go to the best portfolio compilations of 2009!
Platinum Prize: Apple iPhone and Woolworths gift voucher
Two Gold Prizes: Apple iPods and Woolworths gift vouchers

The top 3 will also win a ticket to the Young Designers Simulcast at the 2010 Design Indaba. All winners will receive Design Books, sponsored by The Loerie Awards and Affinity Publishing.

Institutions can benefit to

The institution that is awarded the coveted Top Institution accolade will receive Design Books for the school, along with a one Ticket to the 2010 Design Indaba in Cape Town!

Promoting Best of 2009

In mid October, institutions will receive promotional material, to help students prepare their entries.

The red carpet event

On Wednesday, 25 November 2009, the prestigious awards ceremony will find out which campus has the hits…or the B-sides, whose compilations will go Gold and whose will achieve the coveted Platinum Portfolio of 2009!

Enter now!

Entries close 6 November 2009.

Visit www.thinkaheadawards.org.za for more info. (Entry website to launch soon!)

The Bookmarks – South Africa’s premier annual digital awards – is now open for entries!

From the website:

For those that have missed the hype, been in rehab, having a nervous breakdown, or just generally missing out on the hottest news – this year’s theme is Be Big In Digital. Let’s face it, haven’t all of us in wanted our 15 minutes of fame … or more? All those bright ideas, clever placements and tactical approaches need to be given their moment of glory. So here’s hoping you have some fantastic entries ready to wow the competition.

The Bookmarks celebrates digital media in all its guises, and is coordinated by the Online Publishers Association (OPA) as a means to promote digital media in South Africa, and establish it as a standard part of the marketing mix.

The flurry of activity over the next few months culminates in a glorious week-long digital event that will see everyone in the digital community gather together to discuss, debate, learn and ultimately reward all those that have made a difference. So check out the key dates, sign up for our regular updates and book your diary for the 2nd week in November.

About The Bookmarks

It’s Digital’s time to be big. Step aside print, TV and radio.

The 2nd Bookmarks Awards will celebrate the brave agencies and publishers who push the boundaries, come up with incredible creative concepts and manage, despite all the odds, to make a difference for advertisers and industry players.

The Bookmarks aims to benchmark the best in digital media, for both publishers and advertisers, whilst at the same time promote digital as an integral part of the marketing mix.

The Bookmarks will reward creativity, results and online media excellence. Have you performed miracles, or come up with a concept that really worked for your client or business? Have you come up with the most amazing creative execution that wowed users and got real results for advertisers? Or have you as a publisher achieved the balance between commercial success and audience appeal?

Learn more and to enter on their website.