The larger and more social YoungGuns
YoungGunshas launched for 2009 with a brand new, content rich website and anumber of new initiatives that will further help young talent buildtheir profile and fast track their career.
The two big initiatives are:
The YoungGuns Social Network: this is designed so that you canexpand your creative network by showcasing, sharing and linking yourportfolio or reel. It interconnects with Facebook and provides apersonalized link to share. If you want to get your portfolio or reelout to the right people in the right environment, this is it.
This is another way YoungGuns will assist emerging and young talentreceive recognition for their ideas and creativity, helping them emergeas serious talent early on in their careers. Join now and share yourtalent with the world.
The YoungGuns Digital Award: Based on the YoungGunsprinciples it looks to recognize emerging and young digital talentwhether they are creating the idea, designing the interface, buildingthe backend or delivering the outcomes. Its creation recognizes thegrowing influence and importance of digital as part of our daily lives.
The general digital divisions are Websites, Website Crafts,Advertising, Mobile Web and Digital Innovation with a number ofcategories under these.
If you are under 30 and know you are doing great work in the digital space, YoungGuns wants to help you fast track your career.
Other new stuff on from YoungGuns this year (besides the website) include:
NEW – A website homepage where YOU can provide creative, news and information that is relevant to you.
NEW –Entry Fee Bundles. To help young talent get more of their work seen forless cash. Times are tight but our careers can’t stand still.
NEW –All work can now be digitally uploaded. This will save company’s andentrants money in printing, packaging and postage (also helps theenvironment).
NEW – MEDIA categories. At last all theemerging and young talent in media and strategy agencies, and mediaowners, can enter YoungGuns.
All information about the new stuff at YoungGuns is on the website