Toronto, Ontario – November 10, 2011 – Humber College’s Creative Advertising degree students will host the program’s fourth annual Ad Week, November 14-18. The annual showcase of student work and industry presentations is the most important point of contact between graduating students and Toronto’s advertising industry. In many cases, students have secured internships and jobs at advertising and creative agencies, even before they graduate.
Humber Ad Week allows students to build their industry network while engaging with the reality of the advertising business, as many of the sessions revolve around the best work and sharpest thinking currently being done in Canadian advertising.
“Humber Ad Week is an integral part of the Creative Advertising degree curriculum. Over the last three years, the program’s profile has increased significantly in the business community, to where Humber is seen as a progressive, engaged, leading-edge institution. This reputation is proven by the number of work placements and jobs offered to our students before they complete their studies,” says Richard Bingham, professor, Bachelor of Applied Arts – Creative Advertising.
Ad Week Schedule. All events at the Assembly Hall (1 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Dr) unless noted.
Monday Nov. 14 6-10 pm
Portfolio Show
The Spoke Club, 600 King Street West
www.humberportfolioshow.com
youtube.com/user/CABAInterns2012#g/u
Tuesday Nov. 15 3-5 pm
Keynote
Neil McOstrich, CSO and Founder, CleanSheet Communications
Wednesday Nov. 16 3-5 pm
Building Creative Teams
Jamie Lirette and Graham Mutch, Creative Directors,
Euro RSCG;
Sean Davison, SVP, Creative Director, MacLaren McCann
Thursday Nov. 17 3-5 pm
Can Advertising Be a Force For Good?
Chris Hirsch, Senior Copywriter, John St
Gabrielle Makarewicz, Copywriter, Smith Roberts
Erin Edwards, Art Director, Smith Roberts
Brian Smith, Creative Director, Smith Roberts
Thursday Nov. 17 7 pm
Cannes Lions Winners Reel 2011 Screening
Friday Nov. 18 10 am –12 pm
Shopper Marketing: Working the Last 10 Yards
Matthew Diamond, Partner & Managing Director, Hunter Straker
About the Humber Portfolio Show
The Humber Portfolio Show introduces senior advertising students in the Creative Advertising degree program to more than 100 representatives from Toronto's top creative and advertising agencies.
The show is a casual, mix-and-mingle occasion that allows advertising professionals to talk to students and check out their portfolios in a relaxed and social setting. Humber's program is unique in that it trains art directors, copywriters and account executives (who work in teams), so whatever an agency is looking for in interns and junior hires, they can find it all in one room.
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About Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Established in 1967, Humber is one of Canada’s leading postsecondary institutions. Committed to student success through excellence in teaching and learning, Humber serves more than 22,000 full-time students and 56,000 continuing education registrants. With an internationally recognized reputation for quality learning, Humber offers a wide-range of career-focused opportunities for students to personalize their educational path. Our 150 full-time programs include four-year bachelor’s degrees, two and three-year diplomas, one and two-year certificates, and apprenticeship training. As a founding member of Polytechnics Canada, Humber offers students the opportunity to participate in applied research projects that find solutions for issues confronting small and medium-sized enterprises. Humber is one of 12 Vanguard Learning Colleges as identified by the League for Innovation, and the League’s only Canadian board member. More than four out of five Humber graduates are employed within six months of completing their studies. Visit humber.ca.
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For more information:
Richard Bingham
Professor
Humber College, School of Media Studies, Creative Advertising
416.675.6622 ext. 3018
richard.bingham@humber.ca
twitter: @bingham_humber
Andrew Leopold/Kevin Gonsalves
Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Marketing and Communications
416.675.6622 ext. 4296/5778
Andrew cell: 416.518.8989
andrew.leopold@humber.ca / kevin.gonsalves@humber.ca
