Cheil Worldwide Nurtures Young Talent

 

 

Cheil Worldwide continues to team up with the Spikes Asia to run the Spikes Asia Creative Academy, offering a unique learning opportunity for a select group of students from across Asia Pacific. This year, 15 students from 11 countries are gathering to immerse themselves in an exclusive course including dedicated tutorials from renowned industry figures.

 

Aimed at nurturing young advertising talents, the Academy's three-day programme is tailored to the needs of its students, including exclusive lectures and master-classes from the region’s leaders. Students will also participate in the Spikes Asia official programme, acquiring first-hand insight into the creative advertising and communications industry which they will take part in the future.

 

Commenting on their Spikes Academy sponsorship, Daiki Lim, President and CEO of Cheil Worldwide says, “As a global player, Cheil Worldwide has been committed to nurturing regional young talents through the Spikes Asia Creative Academy over the past five years. In the advertising industry, talent is the best asset, so I am excited and committed to continuing this Creative Academy programme”.

 

“Spikes Asia is very much committed to cultivating young talent by improving their knowledge and skills that will help them in their future careers. As such, we are delighted to team up with Cheil Worldwide again to provide such an outstanding learning platform – the Spikes Asia Creative Academy – where a group of students from around Asia Pacific can be immersed into the very heart of the advertising and communications industry – a truly unmissable opportunity,” says Steve Latham, Director of Talent and Training for Spikes Asia.

 

The students will be tutored by Noor Azhar, Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication and Media Design at the Singapore Polytechnic Design School. Before lecturing, Noor practiced advertising as an art director at CreAds Advertising and Batey Ads and then went on to set up integrated brand communications agency Just Media (now JM Asia). Noor has tutored the Academy since its birth in 2009.

 

This year’s group of students who have earned a place on the 2013 Spikes Asia Creative Academy are:
 

Country	Name	School
China	Lily Qian	Communication University Of China
China	Qinwen Yu	Communication University Of China
Hong Kong	Melessa Chu	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong	Devonne Pei Ti Niam	Savannah College of Arts and Design
Indonesia	Bina Nurrifri	Binus School of Design
Korea	Seonwoo Lim	Konkuk University
Korea	Kwang-jin Kim	Chonnam National Univertisy
Malaysia	Aaron Tan Jun Yuen	Saito College
Pakistan	Anosha Nimra Shahab	Institute of Business Management
The Philippines	Aaron Val P. Articulo	University of Asia and the Pacific
Singapore	Amanda Ler Liyun	Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
Singapore	Elijah Eugene Ng Jiajun	Lasalle College of the Arts
Sri Lanka	Sahil Gunesekere	Northumbria University
Taiwan	Jack Lee	Tamkang Univeristy
Thailand	Natcha Hiranburana	Chulalongkorn University.