Spikes Asia 2014 takes
place in Singapore from 23 to 26 September to celebrate and inspire Asian
creativity in advertising. Building on 27 years of the illustrious Spikes
Awards, the Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity is the result of a collaboration
between Lions Festivals, organisers of Cannes Lions, Dubai Lynx and Eurobest,
and Haymarket, publishers of Campaign Asia Pacific. The Festival provides the
region’s growing creative and advertising industry with a platform to network
and exchange ideas, bringing together some of the finest creative thinkers from
across the region and around the world.
Spikes Asia, attended by over 1,800 delegates in 2013, offers a
challenging programme of seminars and workshops focusing on creativity and
learning, exhibitions of creative work from Asia-Pacific, networking events in
the evening and the Spikes Asia award show.
The Awards, judged by leading international and regional creatives, honour the
best creative work. We are committed to
attracting, retaining and developing the most talented people that work within
the industry. This means we are focused on supporting and enabling our people
to achieve their potential and career ambitions, and to share in our success .In
this fast passed temporary position, you are exposed to real world problems and
are given the responsibilities and resources to tackle them head-on.
The person will be working closely with the Awards Manager
and Festival Managers and be highly involved in the following aspects of the
business:
Telesales
This role does not involve hard selling, but
instead you will be developing and continuing a existing relationship with
contacts, informing them of new initiatives within the awards and encouraging
them to begin the entry process as the deadline approaches. At the same time
you will be able to answer questions about the entry process and offer deadline
extensions where applicable or necessary.
Processing
of entry materials for the Awards
The Role also includes processing of entry
material received to the Awards. This includes receiving advertising boards and
other supporting material referencing them and organizing materials which will
be judged for the competition.
Involvement
in the Festival
You will be highly involved in the preparation of the Festival from setup to
post event duties. Assignments include helping out at judging, at registration desks,
helping the entry team to put up the exhibition boards on display, usher duties
at networking parties and other adhoc duties required onsite.
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Asian Advertising Festival (Spikes Asia) Pte Ltd - Designation:
Festival Assistant - Profession:
Marketing / Public Relations - Industry:
Creative / Media