ASIA-PACIFIC – SINGAPORE, SEPTEMBER 08, 2011: Spikes Asia and Cheil Worldwide are once again teaming up to form the Spikes Asia Student Academy, offering a unique educational programme for a select group of 15 students from across Asia Pacific.
Taking place during the three-day Spikes Asia Festival, the Academy students currently in tertiary education studying advertising, marketing and communications, will be tutored by Noor Azhar, a lecturer on Visual Communication and Media Design at Singapore Polytechnic.
The students will benefit from a tailored agenda which will include exclusive access to personalized tutorials and masterclasses from top industry figures, as well as participating in the Spikes Asia seminar, workshop programme and networking events, giving them an exceptional first-hand insight into the creative advertising and communications industry. The Academy’s activities will culminate in a graduation ceremony.
“We look forward to welcoming this year’s group of students. The Spikes Academy will expand their knowledge about the advertising and communications sectors, giving them the skills they need to stand out from the crowd when they embark on a career in the industry. We are delighted to work with Cheil Worldwide again to deliver this unique learning platform,” says Steve Latham, Director of Talent and Training for Spikes Asia.
Commenting on their Spikes Academy sponsorship, Nack-Hoi Kim, President and CEO of Cheil Worldwide says, “This will be our third year sponsoring the Spikes Academy, and we are very excited to be inviting 15 promising students in Asia to attend the festival this year. We have no doubt that these students will learn and be inspired from the industry leaders as well as the wonderful, rich programme which will be tailor-made for the group. I hope that this experience will inspire them to reach their fullest potential in their future endeavours.”
The students participating in the 2011 Spikes Asia Academy are, from China, Chen Wang of Tsinghua University; from Hong Kong, Chan Hop Lao Henry of Savanna College of Art & Design and Iris Chang Ka yu of Hong Kong Polytechnic University; from India, Punit Chadha of Delhi University and Vivek Agarwal of Mumbai University; from Indonesia, Lolitya Anindita of Universitas Gadjah and Doppy Catur Prasetya of Gadjah Mada University Yogyakarta; from Japan, Takuma Namba of University of Waseda and Shuto Umemura of Tama Art University; from Korea, Kim Ko Eun of Dongkuk University and Yeon You Jin of Ewha University; from Singapore, Ian Gregory Tan of Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts; from Sri Lanka, Pathum Vishvakarma and Shanika Perera of Academy of Design; and from Taiwan, Cheng Hui Chun of National Chengchi University.
Spikes Asia is jointly organized by Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and Haymarket, publishers of Campaign Asia. Visit www.spikes.asia for more information.
