Spikes Asia – Project Assistant

Project Assistant

June - October 2011

Public Service / Education / Publishing

$800 monthly

Spikes Asia 2011 takes place in Singapore from 18 to 20 September to celebrate and inspire Asian creativity in advertising.

Building on the illustrious Spikes Awards, the Festival is a collaboration between Cannes Lions and Haymarket. It 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.

Over three days, Spikes Asia showcases the very best of Asian creativity. Across 26 seminars and six workshops, delegates explore the most important issues for the regional and global advertising industry. There are opportunities to network with industry professionals from across the globe, and the Festival culminates in the prestigious Awards Ceremony, where the best of the region’s creative output will be celebrated.

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.

Even as an Intern, you are exposed to real world problems and are given the responsibilities and resources to tackle them head-on. At the end of your internship, you will be more than ready to kick-start your career.

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The person will be working closely with the Festival Director and Festival Manager 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 the 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 including CDs and DVDs, referencing them and keeping a close control of the organisation of the material which will be judged for the competition.

• Involvement in the Festival (pre-planning, execution and post-festival activities)

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Students from the field of Mass Communications/Media/Design Studies may apply.

We are looking for an independent individual with a drive to make things work, especially individual with the following qualities:

• Highly interested in the creative industry

• Highly communicative and pleasant personality

• Adept in MS office

• Self-motivated individual with initiative who enjoys working within a team-oriented environment

• Individual must be able to work long hours nearer to the Festival dates

Interested candidates, please send your CV to ginnyt@spikes.asia