New York Festivals Jury Members Offered Scholarship

The New York Festivals International Advertising Awards have partnered with the Berlin School of Creative Leadership for the Helga and Michael Conrad scholarhip 

 

New York Festivals International Advertising Awards, now in its 56th year of honouring the World’s Best Advertising, announced their partnership with the Berlin School of Creative Leadership to offer an exclusive scholarship for New York Festivals Executive and Grand Jury Members, the “Helga and Michael Conrad Scholarship for New York Festivals Jury Members”. 

 

“The industry of creative communications evolves at such a rapid pace, requiring the need to continue to learn and adapt. Berlin School’s ‘Helga and Michael Conrad Scholarship for New York Festivals Jury Members’ speaks volumes in terms of its dedication to improving the industry standard and establishing stronger creative leadership as a result,” said Michael O’Rourke, President International Awards Group. “We’re honoured to be part of this initiative, and share this excellent opportunity with our Executive and Grand Jury members.”

Today, effective leadership is critical to great work in all creative industries.  The Berlin School’s mission is to “turn great creatives into great creative leaders”.  And “having a creative CEO in every creative business” is the Berlin School’s vision.

 

“With our (fully paid) scholarship we want to globally spread the word amongst creative leaders about the Berlin School's successful mission "turning great creatives into great creative leaders" and at the same time of course we'd love to add another brilliant creative mind to our diverse classroom in March 2013. It’s so great we can do this with our friends from the New York Festivals for their outstanding group of global jury members.” Helga & Michael Conrad, President, Berlin School of Creative Leadership

 

This scholarship provides New York Festival International Advertising Awards Executive Jury and Grand Jury members the opportunity to attend the Berlin School’s part-time global Executive MBA Creative Leadership Program. The recipient of this scholarship will receive 53,000 Euro in tuition-based support to attend the EMBA program starting March 10, 2013 in Berlin. Designed for busy professionals, the program can be completed in one to two years with 5 separate 2-week modules in Berlin, the USA, and Asia.

 

The application deadline for the “Helga and Michael Conrad Scholarship for New York Festivals Jury Members” is November 1st, 2012 and the scholarship winner will be announced on November 15th, 2012. New York Festivals International Advertising Awards Jury members (both current and past) may apply or they may nominate a leader from their agency.

 

The scholarship is open to all jury members who have served on New York Festivals International Advertising Awards juries. All applicants must have a Bachelors degree and entries will be reviewed by an esteemed panel of judges from the Berlin School. The winner will be chosen based on the strength of the candidate’s overall professional, academic, and personal profile. Please click here for more info.

 

In 2012, Michael Conrad served as Executive Jury Moderator, with Donald Gunn, Founder of The Gunn Report, for the 55th Annual New York Festivals International Advertising Awards Executive Jury panel. The 2013 New York Festivals International Advertising Awards will begin accepting entries on November 5th, 2012.