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(Courtesy of BYU Magazine) With a boost from BYU’s top-ranked advertising program, students are blasting off—creating iconic campaigns and landing at the world’s most-respected agencies. More than 200 strong, boisterous Brimhall Building residents create impactful messages and effective strategies for real-world clients, squeaking colorful solutions onto whiteboards in their ground-floor workroom. Then they spend every spare dollar on props at
BYU Adlab students expand Animojis to include Sign Language creating Handimojis
Advertising students at BYU have developed a prototype for an Animoji-like program that incorporates American Sign Language (ASL): Handimojis. The Apple Animojis use facial tracking software to superimpose your facial features onto an animal emoji. This new prototype expands that tracking software to hands and sign language.
BYU Adlab Ranks #2 in the World at the 2019 Young Ones Student Awards
Colleges and students from 23 countries were among the winners at the global 2019 Young Ones Student Awards ceremony held tonight in New York, part of The One Club for Creativity’s Creative Week. The Young Ones Student Awards is one of the world’s most acclaimed competitive showcases for advertising, digital communication and design students. The US topped the list of
BYU Adlab Wins 3rd Consecutive Student Best of Show in the 2019 National AAF Addy Awards
The Student Best of Show Award went to the team from BYU who created a spot for Reebok titled “Miguel. Previous winners: 2018 – Best of Show – GE, One More Giant Leap 2017 – Best of Show – Vespa, Ride to Fly http://winners.americanadvertisingawards.com/awards2019/student-gold/
BYU Adlab wins 2019 National Collegiate Effie Competition
Subaru Brand Challenge Winner Announced On May 22, the two teams selected as finalists in the Subaru Brand Challenge presented their ideas to senior members of the Subaru and Carmichael Lynch teams at Subaru’s HQ in Camden, NJ. Winner: Brigham Young University Katie Nydegger (Acct Manager/Planner), Cera Pack (Copywriter), Cameryn Rupa (Acct Manager), Tanner Todd (Art Director) Kevin Kelly and
BYU Adlab Students Rank #1 in the World at Young Ones Portfolio Competition
Young Ones ADC Student Awards competition offering students the chance to earn an ADC Cube by competing in the same disciplines and categories as the ADC Annual Awards; Young Ones Brief competition, which tasks a team of college students with creating client work with the chance to earn a One Show Pencil; and Young Ones Portfolio competition, where students submit
BYU Multicultural Advertising Students Recognized as Nation’s “Most Promising”
Four BYU seniors in the School of Communication‘s advertising program — Lorien Pereyra, Pablo Perez, Erin Gazdik and Jessica Nugent — were selected for the Most Promising Multicultural Students Program class of 2019 by the American Advertising Federation (AAF). Each year, the AAF selects around 50 students nationwide for its program and connects the students with the top industry professionals
BYU Adlab Wins First-Ever College Television Emmy Award
Emulating the Emmy Awards selection process, entries for the College Television Awards were judged by Television Academy members. Top honors and a $3,000 cash prize were presented to winners in eight categories. Commercial, PSA or Promo: GE – One More Giant Leap – Scott James, Anthon Chase Johnson, Jason Murray, Jedediah Thunell. https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/news/foundation-news/cta-winners-190316
BYU Adlab Wins First Ever College Television Emmy Award
Emulating the Emmy Awards selection process, entries for the College Television Awards were judged by Television Academy members. Top honors and a $3,000 cash prize were presented to winners in eight categories. Commercial, PSA or Promo: GE – One More Giant Leap – Scott James, Anthon Chase Johnson, Jason Murray, Jedediah Thunell.https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/news/foundation-news/cta-winners-190316