SA art director to compete in Clio Future Gold

The competition, whose mission is to elevate and inspire up-and-coming talent in the advertising industry, will take place at the 2008 Clio Festival, 14 - 17 May, at the Gansevoort South Hotel in South Beach, Miami, Florida.

The programme finalists are:

Copywriters
• David Orlic, Garbergs, Stockholm, Sweden
  
• Edson Shundi Oda, DM9 DDB, São Paulo, Brazil
  
• Colleen Harlan, R/GA, New York, USA
  
• Rajat Dawar, Rediffusion DYR, Mumbai, India
  
• Tim Cairns, DDB Sydney, Australia
  
• Keshavan Radhakrishnan, Team Y&R, Dubai, UAE

  Art directors

• Yona Hummels, FVH BBDO, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  
• Danilo Boer, AlmapBBDO, São Paulo, Brazil
  
• Amanda Clelland, Droga5, New York, USA
  
• Shakoon Khosla, TBWA\India, New Delhi, India
  
• Eron Broughton, Saatchi & Saatchi, Sydney, Australia
  
• Annie Klintworth, Lowe Bull, Cape Town, South Africa

These talented young copywriters and art directors will attend the upcoming Clio Festival, where they will be paired into six teams and asked to respond to a creative brief from client sponsor Yahoo! within 24 hours. All work will be judged by a panel of world-renowned 2008 Clio Awards jury members and later presented to Yahoo! before an audience of Clio Festival delegates.

The winning team will be awarded on stage at the Clio Awards Gala on the evening of 16 May at the Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater.

The Clio Future Gold | Young Creatives Program is coordinated by the Clio Awards, in conjunction with ihaveanidea (www.ihaveanidea.org). Technology for the programme is provided by Rackspace IT Hosting and Limelight Networks.

The 49th Annual Clio Awards will be presented during the 2008 Clio Festival, 14 - 17 May, at the Gansevoort South Hotel in South Beach. Delegates made up of advertising and design creatives from around the world will attend an array of events, including the Festival Opening Cocktail Party, the annual Lifetime Achievement Award Dinner Gala (this year honoring Marcello Serpa, partner and general creative director, AlmapBBDO, São Paulo, Brazil), The Saatchi & Saatchi Hero Show featuring provocative artist Ralph Steadman, daytime sessions featuring creative leaders from around the world, TV/Cinema/Digital, Print, Radio and Interactive Shortlist areas with technology provided by Rackspace IT Hosting and Limelight Networks, evening parties and two Awards Galas announcing 2008 winners, Advertiser of the Year and Agency/Network/Production Company of the Year at the Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater.

The Clio Awards is one of the world's most recognised awards competition for advertising, design and interactive. For more information, go to www.clioawards.com.