Ten Creative Advertising students are celebrating after picking up a prestigious Pencil Award from Design and Art Direction (D&AD).
The D&AD New Blood Awards highlight the outstanding creative work of young people who are often yet still to fully enter the world of employed advertising, such as students and recent graduates. The Awards are highly regarded internationally within the advertising industry and work together with some of the biggest companies in the world.
The BA Creative Advertising course at the University of Lincoln has an impressive record at the D&AD New Blood Awards, with wins in every year of the competition, but this year is more impressive than ever.
Dave Pettitt, Programme Leader for Creative Advertising said:
“No other university advertising course in the UK has managed as many wins as the University of Lincoln, and we’re hugely proud of the students and the teaching team for all the hard work that goes into producing these ideas.’
“With ten wins under our belt this year, you could say we are the best in the country and one of the best in the World!
“The Creative Advertising students are now working towards their final shows, with exhibitions of their portfolios taking place in the Lincoln studio and at the famous Ogilvy advertising agency in London.”
Four teams and two individuals picked up the famous D&AD Pencil, for their creative solutions to briefs from Audible, Top Trumps, Snapchat, Duolingo and 21 Grams. They were up against teams from the USA, China, Ireland, Germany and more.
Students Jess White & Elliott Lowbridge-Heath, Lidya Dundar & Patrick Shearer, Brandon Wolfe & Maria Vilaverde, Molly Lunn & Sayd Alkhaliki, Eden Taylor-Sixsmith, and Ally Smith are now invited to the virtual ceremony on Thursday 14 July to find out what level of award they’ve won.